Start Ashton Jeanty or Bhayshul Tuten? Week 5

Our Week 5 call

Start Bhayshul Tuten over Ashton Jeanty in Week 5.

Market-based projections have Bhayshul Tuten at 13.4 points and Ashton Jeanty at 16.5, a gap of 3.1.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 16.5 fantasy points for Ashton Jeanty, with 100 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.

The market has Ashton Jeanty at 60.5 rushing yards, 23.5 receiving yards and 3.5 receptions, with a 54% chance to score a touchdown (14, 14, 11 and 15 market sources).

Player markets imply 13.4 fantasy points for Bhayshul Tuten, with 100 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.

The market has Bhayshul Tuten at 66.5 rushing yards, 9.5 receiving yards and 1.5 receptions, with a 51% chance to score a touchdown (15, 14, 14 and 14 market sources).

That puts Ashton Jeanty 3.1 points ahead of Bhayshul Tuten on the market projections.

Week 5 matchups

Ashton Jeanty and LV visit NE on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

NE allowed 20.9 fantasy points a game to RBs this season over 4 games, the 15th fewest in the league.

Running backs ran for 90 yards and 0.8 touchdowns a game against NE and caught passes for 32 more yards.

Injury status

Ashton Jeanty is not on the injury report.

Bhayshul Tuten is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 5

Through Week 4, Ashton Jeanty played 76 percent of LV snaps, took 70 percent of the carries, drew 18 percent of the targets and had 54 percent of the red zone chances.

Ashton Jeanty, Week 1 against MIA: 50 of 68 snaps, 23 carries for 102 yards, 6 targets and 6 catches for 45 yards, 2 touchdowns.

Ashton Jeanty, Week 2 against LAC: 51 of 63 snaps, 21 carries for 48 yards, 7 targets and 4 catches for 15 yards.

Ashton Jeanty, Week 3 against NO: 59 of 70 snaps, 19 carries for 56 yards, 3 targets and 3 catches for 37 yards.

Ashton Jeanty, Week 4 against KC: 56 of 84 snaps, 15 carries for 58 yards, 8 targets and 6 catches for 68 yards.

Through Week 4, Bhayshul Tuten played 52 percent of JAX snaps, took 56 percent of the carries, drew 7 percent of the targets and had 31 percent of the red zone chances.

Bhayshul Tuten, Week 1 against CLE: 28 of 57 snaps, 15 carries for 66 yards, 1 target and 1 catch for 22 yards.

Bhayshul Tuten, Week 2 against DEN: 30 of 59 snaps, 13 carries for 65 yards, 2 targets and 2 catches for -3 yards, 1 touchdown.

Bhayshul Tuten, Week 3 against NE: 30 of 62 snaps, 15 carries for 73 yards, 2 targets and 2 catches for 17 yards, 1 touchdown.

Bhayshul Tuten, Week 4 against CIN: 36 of 61 snaps, 17 carries for 73 yards, 2 targets and 2 catches for 18 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Ashton Jeanty played 17 games for LV and scored 245.1 PPR points, 14.4 a game, finishing RB11.

He ran 266 times for 975 yards and 5 touchdowns, and caught 55 of 73 targets for 346 yards.

He was on the field for 76 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

In 2025, Bhayshul Tuten played 15 games for JAX and scored 88.6 PPR points, 5.9 a game, finishing RB53.

He ran 83 times for 307 yards and 5 touchdowns, and caught 10 of 14 targets for 79 yards.

He was on the field for 21 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 5 calls

• Start Aaron Jones Sr. over Ashton Jeanty.
• Start Braelon Allen over Ashton Jeanty.
• Start Ashton Jeanty over Cam Skattebo.
• Start Aaron Jones Sr. over Bhayshul Tuten.
• Start Bhayshul Tuten over Blake Corum.
• Start Braelon Allen over Bhayshul Tuten.