Start D'Andre Swift or Kyle Monangai? Week 5

Our Week 5 call

Start Kyle Monangai over D'Andre Swift in Week 5.

Market-based projections have Kyle Monangai at 13.1 points and D'Andre Swift at 13.4, a gap of 0.4. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. Kyle Monangai'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. Market coverage on Kyle Monangai is 70 percent of what his position needs, so the market side of this carries proportionally less weight.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 13.4 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 43% chance to score a touchdown (14, 13, 12 and 14 market sources).

Player markets imply 13.1 fantasy points for Kyle Monangai, with 70 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.

The market has Kyle Monangai at 51.5 rushing yards, with a 43% chance to score a touchdown (8 and 13 market sources).

That puts D'Andre Swift 0.4 points ahead of Kyle Monangai 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 listed as questionable with a hip injury.

Kyle Monangai is listed as questionable with a thumb 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.

Through Week 4, Kyle Monangai played 41 percent of CHI snaps, took 39 percent of the carries, drew 4 percent of the targets and had 23 percent of the red zone chances.

Kyle Monangai, Week 1 against CAR: 32 of 75 snaps, 10 carries for 100 yards, 2 targets and 2 catches for 24 yards, 1 touchdown.

Kyle Monangai, Week 2 against MIN: 25 of 74 snaps, 10 carries for 47 yards, 2 targets and 2 catches for 11 yards.

Kyle Monangai, Week 3 against PHI: 22 of 72 snaps, 10 carries for 31 yards, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Kyle Monangai, Week 4 against NYJ: 50 of 93 snaps, 30 carries for 146 yards, 1 target and 1 catch for 4 yards, 2 touchdowns.

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, Kyle Monangai played 17 games for CHI and scored 146.7 PPR points, 8.6 a game, finishing RB30.

He ran 169 times for 783 yards and 5 touchdowns, and caught 18 of 30 targets for 164 yards.

He was on the field for 41 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 5 calls

• Start Aaron Jones Sr. over D'Andre Swift.
• Start Ashton Jeanty over D'Andre Swift.
• Start Bhayshul Tuten over D'Andre Swift.
• Start Bhayshul Tuten over Kyle Monangai.
• Start Braelon Allen over Kyle Monangai.
• Start Kyle Monangai over Bucky Irving.