Start James Cook III or D'Andre Swift? Week 5
Locks at kickoff, graded after.
Start James Cook III over D'Andre Swift
- Market projects
- 16.6
- fantasy pts
- LAR D vs RB
- 15.5
- 3rd fewest to RBs (2026)
- Market projects
- 13.5
- 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 James Cook III over D'Andre Swift in Week 5.
Market-based projections have James Cook III at 16.6 points and D'Andre Swift at 13.5, a gap of 3.1. James Cook III'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. Drafters take James Cook III at ADP 2 and D'Andre Swift at 15.
What the market projects
Player markets imply 16.6 fantasy points for James Cook III, with 80 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.
The market has James Cook III at 75.5 rushing yards, with a 52% chance to score a touchdown (11 and 14 market sources).
Player markets imply 13.5 fantasy points for D'Andre Swift, with 100 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.
The market has D'Andre Swift at 60.5 rushing yards, 13.5 receiving yards and 2.5 receptions, with a 44% chance to score a touchdown (15, 15, 12 and 15 market sources).
That puts James Cook III 3.1 points ahead of D'Andre Swift on the market projections.
Week 5 matchups
James Cook III and BUF visit LAR on Monday at 8:15 PM ET.
LAR allowed 15.5 fantasy points a game to RBs this season over 4 games, the 3rd fewest in the league.
Running backs ran for 82 yards and no touchdowns a game against LAR and caught passes for 26 more yards.
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.
By points allowed to the position, D'Andre Swift has the softer matchup.
Injury status
James Cook III is not on the injury report.
D'Andre Swift is listed as questionable with a hip injury.
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.
Their 2025 seasons
In 2025, James Cook III played 17 games for BUF and scored 302.2 PPR points, 17.8 a game, finishing RB6.
He ran 309 times for 1621 yards and 12 touchdowns, and caught 33 of 40 targets for 291 yards.
He was on the field for 60 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.
James Cook III, Week 18 of 2025 against NYJ: 2 carries for 15 yards, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards, 1.5 PPR points.
James Cook III, Week 17 of 2025 against PHI: 39 of 76 snaps, 20 carries for 74 yards, 4 targets and 1 catch for 3 yards, 8.7 PPR points.
James Cook III, Week 16 of 2025 against CLE: 28 of 50 snaps, 16 carries for 117 yards, 2 targets and 1 catch for 17 yards, 2 touchdowns, 26.4 PPR points.
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.
Their other Week 5 calls
On the draft board
Ranked ahead
RB10 · BUF · bye 7
2026 vs carries line 2-2
- Overall rank
- 20
- Draft pick
- no consensus
- Tier
- 4
Ranked behind
RB16 · CHI · bye 10
2026 vs carries line 4-0
- Overall rank
- 38
- Draft pick
- no consensus
- Tier
- 6
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 board18
- Pick differencenot comparable without a consensus on both
- Tierstier 4 and tier 6
- Board size222 draftable players
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