Start Dameon Pierce or Isaiah Davis? Week 5

Our Week 5 call

Start Dameon Pierce over Isaiah Davis in Week 5.

Market-based projections have Dameon Pierce at 4.0 points and Isaiah Davis at 3.5, a gap of 0.5. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. Isaiah Davis'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 4.0 fantasy points for Dameon Pierce, with 100 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.

The market has Dameon Pierce at 23.5 rushing yards, with a 17% chance to score a touchdown (16 and 15 market sources).

Player markets imply 3.5 fantasy points for Isaiah Davis, with 90 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.

The market has Isaiah Davis at 11.5 rushing yards, with a 16% chance to score a touchdown (14 and 15 market sources).

That puts Dameon Pierce 0.5 points ahead of Isaiah Davis on the market projections.

Injury status

Dameon Pierce is not on the injury report.

Isaiah Davis is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 5

Through Week 4, Isaiah Davis played 6 percent of NYJ snaps, took 0 percent of the carries, drew 0 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

Isaiah Davis, Week 4 against CHI: 2 of 32 snaps, 0 carries for 0 yards, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Dameon Pierce played 5 games for KC and scored 3.6 PPR points, 0.7 a game, finishing RB128.

He ran 14 times for 36 yards and 0 touchdowns, and caught 0 of 1 target for 0 yards.

He was on the field for 8 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Dameon Pierce, Week 18 of 2025 against LV: 4 carries for 10 yards, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards, 1.0 PPR points.

In 2025, Isaiah Davis played 16 games for NYJ and scored 71.2 PPR points, 4.5 a game, finishing RB59.

He ran 43 times for 236 yards and 1 touchdown, and caught 21 of 28 targets for 186 yards.

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

Isaiah Davis, Week 17 of 2025 against NE: 8 of 61 snaps, 3 carries for 11 yards, 1 target and 1 catch for 9 yards, 3.0 PPR points.

Isaiah Davis, Week 16 of 2025 against NO: 24 of 66 snaps, 3 carries for 8 yards, 4 targets and 4 catches for 52 yards, 10.0 PPR points.

Their other Week 5 calls

• Start Chris Rodriguez Jr. over Dameon Pierce.
• Start Jaylen Wright over Dameon Pierce.
• Start Justice Hill over Dameon Pierce.
• Start Chase Brown over Isaiah Davis.
• Start Chris Rodriguez Jr. over Isaiah Davis.
• Start George Holani over Isaiah Davis.