Start Isaiah Davis or Demond Claiborne? Week 5

Our Week 5 call

Start Isaiah Davis over Demond Claiborne in Week 5.

Market-based projections have Isaiah Davis at 3.0 points and Demond Claiborne at 1.8, a gap of 1.2. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. Demond Claiborne'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 3.0 fantasy points for Isaiah Davis, with 100 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.

The market has Isaiah Davis at 12.5 rushing yards, with a 14% chance to score a touchdown (17 and 15 market sources).

Player markets imply 1.8 fantasy points for Demond Claiborne, with 50 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.

The market gives Demond Claiborne a 8% chance to score a touchdown (16 market sources).

That puts Isaiah Davis 1.2 points ahead of Demond Claiborne on the market projections.

Injury status

Isaiah Davis is not on the injury report.

Demond Claiborne 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.

Through Week 4, Demond Claiborne played 7 percent of MIN snaps, took 8 percent of the carries, drew 1 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

Demond Claiborne, Week 2 against CHI: 2 of 52 snaps, 0 carries for 0 yards, 1 target and 1 catch for 2 yards.

Demond Claiborne, Week 3 against TB: 3 of 59 snaps, 3 carries for 1 yards, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Demond Claiborne, Week 4 against MIA: 9 of 78 snaps, 3 carries for 12 yards, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

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.

How Week 5 went

Isaiah Davis scored 2.7 PPR points and Demond Claiborne scored 1.6.

The call was right: Isaiah Davis outscored Demond Claiborne by 1.1.

Isaiah Davis finished 0.3 points below the 3.0 the market projected.

Isaiah Davis, Week 5 against CLE: 2 carries for 8 yards, 2 targets and 1 catch for 9 yards, 2.7 PPR points.

Isaiah Davis finished as the week's RB41 in PPR scoring.

Demond Claiborne finished 0.2 points below the 1.8 the market projected.

Demond Claiborne, Week 5 against NO: 0 carries for 0 yards, 1 target and 1 catch for 6 yards, 1.6 PPR points.

Demond Claiborne finished as the week's RB53 in PPR scoring.

Their other Week 5 calls

• Start Chase Brown over Isaiah Davis.
• Start Chris Rodriguez Jr. over Isaiah Davis.
• Start Dameon Pierce over Isaiah Davis.
• Start Justice Hill over Demond Claiborne.
• Start Raheim Sanders over Demond Claiborne.
• Start Roschon Johnson over Demond Claiborne.