Start Ashton Jeanty or Jacory Croskey-Merritt? Week 5
Locks at kickoff, graded after.
Start Ashton Jeanty over Jacory Croskey-Merritt
- Market projects
- 16.5
- fantasy pts
- NE D vs RB
- 20.9
- 15th fewest to RBs (2026)
- Snap share
- 76%
- Through Week 4
- Target share
- 18%
- Through Week 4
- Market projects
- 11.1
- fantasy pts
- Snap share
- 47%
- Through Week 4
- Target share
- 5%
- Through Week 4
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Our Week 5 call
Start Ashton Jeanty over Jacory Croskey-Merritt in Week 5.
Market-based projections have Ashton Jeanty at 16.5 points and Jacory Croskey-Merritt at 11.1, a gap of 5.4.
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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 59.5 rushing yards, 24.5 receiving yards and 3.5 receptions, with a 53% chance to score a touchdown (15, 14, 12 and 14 market sources).
Player markets imply 11.1 fantasy points for Jacory Croskey-Merritt, with 100 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.
The market has Jacory Croskey-Merritt at 55.5 rushing yards, with a 41% chance to score a touchdown (14 and 14 market sources).
That puts Ashton Jeanty 5.4 points ahead of Jacory Croskey-Merritt 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 listed as questionable with a ankle injury.
Jacory Croskey-Merritt is listed as questionable with a groin injury.
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, Jacory Croskey-Merritt played 47 percent of WAS snaps, took 48 percent of the carries, drew 5 percent of the targets and had 21 percent of the red zone chances.
Jacory Croskey-Merritt, Week 1 against PHI: 34 of 70 snaps, 16 carries for 63 yards, 1 target and 1 catch for -7 yards, 1 touchdown.
Jacory Croskey-Merritt, Week 2 against DAL: 26 of 71 snaps, 12 carries for 43 yards, 1 target and 1 catch for 5 yards.
Jacory Croskey-Merritt, Week 3 against SEA: 39 of 69 snaps, 19 carries for 36 yards, 1 target and 1 catch for 7 yards.
Jacory Croskey-Merritt, Week 4 against IND: 29 of 64 snaps, 9 carries for 15 yards, 4 targets and 2 catches for 35 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, Jacory Croskey-Merritt played 17 games for WAS and scored 140.3 PPR points, 8.3 a game, finishing RB33.
He ran 175 times for 805 yards and 8 touchdowns, and caught 9 of 13 targets for 68 yards.
He was on the field for 39 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.
Their other Week 5 calls
On the draft board
Ranked ahead
RB10 · LV · bye 13
2026 vs carries line 3-1
- Overall rank
- 21
- Draft pick
- no consensus
- Tier
- 5
Ranked behind
RB22 · WAS · bye 7
2026 vs carries line 2-2
- Overall rank
- 63
- Draft pick
- no consensus
- Tier
- 10
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 board42
- Pick differencenot comparable without a consensus on both
- Tierstier 5 and tier 10
- Board size258 draftable players
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