Start Jahmyr Gibbs or Isaiah Davis? Week 5

Our Week 5 call

Start Jahmyr Gibbs over Isaiah Davis in Week 5.

Market-based projections have Jahmyr Gibbs at 25.9 points and Isaiah Davis at 3.2, a gap of 22.8. 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 3.2 fantasy points for Isaiah Davis, with 70 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.

The market has Isaiah Davis at 10.5 rushing yards, with a 16% chance to score a touchdown (13 and 14 market sources).

Player markets imply 26.0 fantasy points for Jahmyr Gibbs, with 100 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.

The market has Jahmyr Gibbs at 90.5 rushing yards, 37.5 receiving yards and 4.5 receptions, with a 76% chance to score a touchdown (15, 15, 11 and 15 market sources).

That puts Jahmyr Gibbs 22.8 points ahead of Isaiah Davis on the market projections.

Week 5 matchups

Jahmyr Gibbs and DET visit ARI on Sunday at 4:25 PM ET.

ARI allowed 14.9 fantasy points a game to RBs this season over 4 games, the 2nd fewest in the league.

Running backs ran for 97 yards and 0.5 touchdowns a game against ARI and caught passes for 15 more yards.

Injury status

Isaiah Davis is not on the injury report.

Jahmyr Gibbs 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, Jahmyr Gibbs played 78 percent of DET snaps, took 83 percent of the carries, drew 18 percent of the targets and had 48 percent of the red zone chances.

Jahmyr Gibbs, Week 1 against NO: 57 of 77 snaps, 29 carries for 156 yards, 5 targets and 5 catches for 30 yards, 2 touchdowns.

Jahmyr Gibbs, Week 2 against BUF: 54 of 65 snaps, 16 carries for 52 yards, 8 targets and 6 catches for 61 yards, 1 touchdown.

Jahmyr Gibbs, Week 3 against NYJ: 45 of 65 snaps, 20 carries for 99 yards, 8 targets and 7 catches for 65 yards, 3 touchdowns.

Jahmyr Gibbs, Week 4 against CAR: 62 of 71 snaps, 15 carries for 46 yards, 7 targets and 4 catches for 22 yards, 1 touchdown.

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.

In 2025, Jahmyr Gibbs played 17 games for DET and scored 366.9 PPR points, 21.6 a game, finishing RB3.

He ran 243 times for 1223 yards and 13 touchdowns, and caught 77 of 94 targets for 616 yards.

He was on the field for 67 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 5 calls

• Start Chase Brown over Isaiah Davis.
• Start Chris Rodriguez Jr. over Isaiah Davis.
• Start George Holani over Isaiah Davis.
• Start Jahmyr Gibbs over Aaron Jones Sr..
• Start Jahmyr Gibbs over Bijan Robinson.
• Start Jahmyr Gibbs over Chase Brown.