Start D'Andre Swift or Christian McCaffrey? Week 5
Locks at kickoff, graded after.
Start Christian McCaffrey over D'Andre Swift
- Market projects
- 17.8
- fantasy pts
- Snap share
- 66%
- Through Week 4
- Target share
- 20%
- Through Week 4
- Market projects
- 18.4
- fantasy pts
- GB D vs RB
- 28.9
- 2nd most to RBs (2026)
- Snap share
- 56%
- Through Week 4
- Target share
- 9%
- Through Week 4
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Our Week 5 call
Start Christian McCaffrey over D'Andre Swift in Week 5.
Market-based projections have Christian McCaffrey at 17.8 points and D'Andre Swift at 18.4, a gap of 0.6. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip.
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What the market projects
Player markets imply 18.4 fantasy points for D'Andre Swift, with 100 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.
The market has D'Andre Swift at 84.5 rushing yards, 18.5 receiving yards and 2.5 receptions, with a 60% chance to score a touchdown (17, 15, 15 and 17 market sources).
Player markets imply 17.8 fantasy points for Christian McCaffrey, with 100 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.
The market has Christian McCaffrey at 49.5 rushing yards, 35.5 receiving yards and 4.5 receptions, with a 55% chance to score a touchdown (17, 17, 13 and 17 market sources).
That puts D'Andre Swift 0.6 points ahead of Christian McCaffrey on the market projections.
Week 5 matchups
D'Andre Swift and CHI visit GB on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.
GB allowed 29.0 fantasy points a game to RBs this season over 4 games, the 2nd most in the league.
Running backs ran for 114 yards and 1.8 touchdowns a game against GB and caught passes for 28 more yards.
Injury status
D'Andre Swift is not on the injury report.
Christian McCaffrey is not on the injury report.
Usage before Week 5
Through Week 4, D'Andre Swift played 56 percent of CHI snaps, took 45 percent of the carries, drew 9 percent of the targets and had 31 percent of the red zone chances.
D'Andre Swift, Week 1 against CAR: 43 of 75 snaps, 18 carries for 124 yards, 1 target and 1 catch for 10 yards, 3 touchdowns.
D'Andre Swift, Week 2 against MIN: 50 of 74 snaps, 16 carries for 45 yards, 5 targets and 5 catches for 54 yards.
D'Andre Swift, Week 3 against PHI: 50 of 72 snaps, 20 carries for 84 yards, 3 targets and 2 catches for 4 yards.
D'Andre Swift, Week 4 against NYJ: 33 of 93 snaps, 15 carries for 58 yards, 2 targets and 2 catches for 16 yards.
Through Week 4, Christian McCaffrey played 66 percent of SF snaps, took 45 percent of the carries, drew 20 percent of the targets and had 35 percent of the red zone chances.
Christian McCaffrey, Week 1 against LAR: 36 of 65 snaps, 10 carries for 68 yards, 8 targets and 5 catches for 20 yards.
Christian McCaffrey, Week 2 against MIA: 27 of 52 snaps, 10 carries for 23 yards, 4 targets and 4 catches for 43 yards, 2 touchdowns.
Christian McCaffrey, Week 3 against ARI: 45 of 54 snaps, 15 carries for 75 yards, 5 targets and 4 catches for 41 yards, 1 touchdown.
Christian McCaffrey, Week 4 against DEN: 49 of 66 snaps, 15 carries for 52 yards, 5 targets and 3 catches for 18 yards, 1 touchdown.
Their 2025 seasons
In 2025, D'Andre Swift played 16 games for CHI and scored 228.6 PPR points, 14.3 a game, finishing RB15.
He ran 223 times for 1087 yards and 9 touchdowns, and caught 34 of 48 targets for 299 yards.
He was on the field for 58 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.
In 2025, Christian McCaffrey played 17 games for SF and scored 416.6 PPR points, 24.5 a game, finishing RB1.
He ran 311 times for 1202 yards and 10 touchdowns, and caught 102 of 129 targets for 924 yards.
He was on the field for 83 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.
Their other Week 5 calls
On the draft board
Ranked ahead
RB4 · CHI · bye 10
2026 vs carries line 4-0
- Overall rank
- 9
- Draft pick
- no consensus
- Tier
- 4
Ranked behind
RB6 · SF · bye 8
2026 vs carries line 1-3
- Overall rank
- 12
- Draft pick
- no consensus
- Tier
- 4
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 board3
- Pick differencenot comparable without a consensus on both
- Tiersboth in tier 4
- Board size282 draftable players
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