Start Kyren Williams or Bhayshul Tuten? Week 5

Our Week 5 call

Start Kyren Williams over Bhayshul Tuten in Week 5.

Market-based projections have Kyren Williams at 17.4 points and Bhayshul Tuten at 13.4, a gap of 4.0.

What the market projects

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).

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).

That puts Kyren Williams 4.0 points ahead of Bhayshul Tuten on the market projections.

Injury status

Bhayshul Tuten is not on the injury report.

Kyren Williams is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 5

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.

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, 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.

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

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• Start Bhayshul Tuten over Ashton Jeanty.
• Start Bhayshul Tuten over Blake Corum.
• Start Kyren Williams over Aaron Jones Sr..
• Start Kyren Williams over Ashton Jeanty.
• Start Kyren Williams over Braelon Allen.