Start Woody Marks or Blake Corum? Week 5

Our Week 5 call

Start Woody Marks over Blake Corum in Week 5.

Market-based projections have Woody Marks at 8.3 points and Blake Corum at 6.0, a gap of 2.3.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 8.3 fantasy points for Woody Marks, with 100 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.

The market has Woody Marks at 36.5 rushing yards, 8.5 receiving yards and 1.5 receptions, with a 31% chance to score a touchdown (16, 13, 14 and 16 market sources).

Player markets imply 6.0 fantasy points for Blake Corum, with 100 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.

The market has Blake Corum at 33.5 rushing yards, with a 25% chance to score a touchdown (14 and 15 market sources).

That puts Woody Marks 2.3 points ahead of Blake Corum on the market projections.

Injury status

Woody Marks is not on the injury report.

Blake Corum is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 5

Through Week 4, Woody Marks played 46 percent of HOU snaps, took 31 percent of the carries, drew 7 percent of the targets and had 23 percent of the red zone chances.

Woody Marks, Week 1 against BUF: 40 of 79 snaps, 9 carries for 42 yards, 1 target and 1 catch for -2 yards.

Woody Marks, Week 2 against CIN: 38 of 80 snaps, 8 carries for 8 yards, 6 targets and 5 catches for 27 yards.

Woody Marks, Week 3 against IND: 20 of 54 snaps, 5 carries for 15 yards, 1 target and 1 catch for 6 yards, 1 touchdown.

Woody Marks, Week 4 against DAL: 24 of 55 snaps, 6 carries for 22 yards, 1 target and 0 catches for 0 yards, 1 touchdown.

Through Week 4, Blake Corum played 27 percent of LAR snaps, took 33 percent of the carries, drew 4 percent of the targets and had 3 percent of the red zone chances.

Blake Corum, Week 1 against SF: 14 of 61 snaps, 10 carries for 54 yards, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Blake Corum, Week 2 against NYG: 28 of 62 snaps, 12 carries for 79 yards, 1 target and 1 catch for 13 yards.

Blake Corum, Week 3 against DEN: 25 of 86 snaps, 6 carries for 15 yards, 4 targets and 2 catches for 0 yards.

Blake Corum, Week 4 against PHI: 13 of 84 snaps, 5 carries for 14 yards, 2 targets and 1 catch for 7 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Woody Marks played 16 games for HOU and scored 151.1 PPR points, 9.4 a game, finishing RB29.

He ran 196 times for 703 yards and 2 touchdowns, and caught 24 of 36 targets for 208 yards.

He was on the field for 53 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

In 2025, Blake Corum played 17 games for LAR and scored 122.2 PPR points, 7.2 a game, finishing RB40.

He ran 145 times for 746 yards and 6 touchdowns, and caught 8 of 14 targets for 36 yards.

He was on the field for 29 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 5 calls

• Start Woody Marks over Brian Robinson.
• Start David Montgomery over Woody Marks.
• Start Woody Marks over George Holani.
• Start Bhayshul Tuten over Blake Corum.
• Start Brian Robinson over Blake Corum.
• Start Bucky Irving over Blake Corum.