Start Ashton Jeanty or Quinshon Judkins? Week 5

Our Week 5 call

Start Quinshon Judkins over Ashton Jeanty in Week 5.

Market-based projections have Quinshon Judkins at 13.2 points and Ashton Jeanty at 16.5, a gap of 3.3.

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 13.2 fantasy points for Quinshon Judkins, with 100 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.

The market has Quinshon Judkins at 59.5 rushing yards, with a 41% chance to score a touchdown (14 and 15 market sources).

That puts Ashton Jeanty 3.3 points ahead of Quinshon Judkins 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.

Quinshon Judkins 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, Quinshon Judkins played 62 percent of CLE snaps, took 61 percent of the carries, drew 14 percent of the targets and had 44 percent of the red zone chances.

Quinshon Judkins, Week 1 against JAX: 33 of 51 snaps, 12 carries for 33 yards, 2 targets and 2 catches for 17 yards.

Quinshon Judkins, Week 2 against TB: 39 of 58 snaps, 12 carries for 21 yards, 5 targets and 5 catches for 27 yards.

Quinshon Judkins, Week 3 against CAR: 36 of 70 snaps, 18 carries for 70 yards, 2 targets and 2 catches for 9 yards.

Quinshon Judkins, Week 4 against PIT: 42 of 64 snaps, 17 carries for 53 yards, 7 targets and 6 catches for 43 yards, 1 touchdown.

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, Quinshon Judkins played 15 games for CLE and scored 169.8 PPR points, 11.3 a game, finishing RB26.

He ran 230 times for 827 yards and 7 touchdowns, and caught 26 of 36 targets for 171 yards.

He was on the field for 50 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 5 calls

• Start Aaron Jones Sr. over Ashton Jeanty.
• Start Bhayshul Tuten over Ashton Jeanty.
• Start Braelon Allen over Ashton Jeanty.
• Start Bhayshul Tuten over Quinshon Judkins.
• Start Braelon Allen over Quinshon Judkins.
• Start Quinshon Judkins over Brian Robinson.