Start Kyren Williams or Aaron Jones Sr.? Week 5
Locks at kickoff, graded after.
Start Kyren Williams over Aaron Jones Sr.
- Market projects
- 17.4
- fantasy pts
- Snap share
- 70%
- Through Week 4
- Target share
- 16%
- Through Week 4
- Market projects
- 16.9
- fantasy pts
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Our Week 5 call
Start Kyren Williams over Aaron Jones Sr. in Week 5.
Market-based projections have Kyren Williams at 17.4 points and Aaron Jones Sr. at 16.9, a gap of 0.4. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip.
What the market projects
Player markets imply 17.4 fantasy points for Kyren Williams, with 100 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.
The market has Kyren Williams at 69.5 rushing yards, 19.5 receiving yards and 2.5 receptions, with a 62% chance to score a touchdown (16, 13, 15 and 14 market sources).
Player markets imply 17.0 fantasy points for Aaron Jones Sr., with 100 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.
The market has Aaron Jones Sr. at 72.5 rushing yards, 18.5 receiving yards and 3.5 receptions, with a 51% chance to score a touchdown (11, 14, 9 and 15 market sources).
That puts Kyren Williams 0.4 points ahead of Aaron Jones Sr. on the market projections.
Injury status
Kyren Williams is not on the injury report.
Aaron Jones Sr. is not on the injury report.
Usage before Week 5
Through Week 4, Kyren Williams played 70 percent of LAR snaps, took 54 percent of the carries, drew 16 percent of the targets and had 44 percent of the red zone chances.
Kyren Williams, Week 1 against SF: 39 of 61 snaps, 11 carries for 41 yards, 3 targets and 3 catches for 24 yards, 1 touchdown.
Kyren Williams, Week 2 against NYG: 34 of 62 snaps, 12 carries for 85 yards, 2 targets and 2 catches for 12 yards, 1 touchdown.
Kyren Williams, Week 3 against DEN: 61 of 86 snaps, 15 carries for 88 yards, 7 targets and 6 catches for 70 yards.
Kyren Williams, Week 4 against PHI: 70 of 84 snaps, 16 carries for 80 yards, 13 targets and 10 catches for 67 yards, 2 touchdowns.
Their 2025 seasons
In 2025, Kyren Williams played 17 games for LAR and scored 263.3 PPR points, 15.5 a game, finishing RB9.
He ran 259 times for 1252 yards and 10 touchdowns, and caught 36 of 50 targets for 281 yards.
He was on the field for 68 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.
Their other Week 5 calls
On the draft board
Ranked ahead
RB8 · LAR · bye 11
2026 vs carries line 2-2
- Overall rank
- 16
- Draft pick
- no consensus
- Tier
- 4
Ranked behind
RB9 · MIN · bye 6
2026 vs carries line 4-0
- Overall rank
- 18
- Draft pick
- no consensus
- Tier
- 4
The board cards are draft figures, not the week's call. Locks at kickoff, graded after. When the start/sit engine grades week 5, the call and the result appear on the public record, wrong ones included.
The gap between them
- Spots apart on the board2
- Pick differencenot comparable without a consensus on both
- Tiersboth in tier 4
- Board size222 draftable players
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