Start Jonathan Taylor or Chase Brown? Week 5

Our Week 5 call

Start Jonathan Taylor over Chase Brown in Week 5.

Market-based projections have Jonathan Taylor at 19.2 points and Chase Brown at 18.4, a gap of 0.8. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. Chase Brown's number is scaled up from a partial market: not every stat the position needs is posted yet, so the rest is estimated from what is.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 19.2 fantasy points for Jonathan Taylor, with 100 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.

The market has Jonathan Taylor at 88.5 rushing yards, 15.5 receiving yards and 2.5 receptions, with a 64% chance to score a touchdown (13, 14, 13 and 15 market sources).

Player markets imply 18.4 fantasy points for Chase Brown, with 70 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.

The market has Chase Brown at 67.5 rushing yards, with a 58% chance to score a touchdown (10 and 11 market sources).

That puts Jonathan Taylor 0.8 points ahead of Chase Brown on the market projections.

Week 5 matchups

Chase Brown and CIN visit MIA on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

MIA allowed 27.0 fantasy points a game to RBs this season over 4 games, the 5th most in the league.

Running backs ran for 100 yards and 0.8 touchdowns a game against MIA and caught passes for 42 more yards.

Injury status

Jonathan Taylor is not on the injury report.

Chase Brown is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 5

Through Week 4, Jonathan Taylor played 84 percent of IND snaps, took 77 percent of the carries, drew 12 percent of the targets and had 47 percent of the red zone chances.

Jonathan Taylor, Week 1 against BAL: 48 of 54 snaps, 19 carries for 98 yards, 4 targets and 3 catches for 23 yards, 2 touchdowns.

Jonathan Taylor, Week 2 against KC: 61 of 65 snaps, 24 carries for 92 yards, 4 targets and 4 catches for 40 yards, 2 touchdowns.

Jonathan Taylor, Week 3 against HOU: 60 of 71 snaps, 23 carries for 68 yards, 3 targets and 2 catches for 4 yards.

Jonathan Taylor, Week 4 against WAS: 47 of 66 snaps, 20 carries for 95 yards, 4 targets and 1 catch for 2 yards, 2 touchdowns.

Through Week 4, Chase Brown played 73 percent of CIN snaps, took 72 percent of the carries, drew 15 percent of the targets and had 26 percent of the red zone chances.

Chase Brown, Week 1 against TB: 46 of 64 snaps, 16 carries for 56 yards, 6 targets and 5 catches for 22 yards, 1 touchdown.

Chase Brown, Week 2 against HOU: 42 of 60 snaps, 20 carries for 80 yards, 5 targets and 3 catches for 2 yards.

Chase Brown, Week 3 against PIT: 40 of 57 snaps, 13 carries for 61 yards, 2 targets and 2 catches for 8 yards.

Chase Brown, Week 4 against JAX: 60 of 76 snaps, 9 carries for 10 yards, 11 targets and 11 catches for 71 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Jonathan Taylor played 17 games for IND and scored 362.3 PPR points, 21.3 a game, finishing RB4.

He ran 323 times for 1585 yards and 18 touchdowns, and caught 46 of 55 targets for 378 yards.

He was on the field for 84 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

In 2025, Chase Brown played 17 games for CIN and scored 282.6 PPR points, 16.6 a game, finishing RB7.

He ran 232 times for 1019 yards and 6 touchdowns, and caught 69 of 88 targets for 437 yards.

He was on the field for 67 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 5 calls

• Start Aaron Jones Sr. over Jonathan Taylor.
• Start Jonathan Taylor over Ashton Jeanty.
• Start Bijan Robinson over Jonathan Taylor.
• Start Aaron Jones Sr. over Chase Brown.
• Start Chase Brown over Ashton Jeanty.
• Start Bijan Robinson over Chase Brown.