Start Isaiah Davis or Tyler Goodson? Week 5

Our Week 5 call

Start Isaiah Davis over Tyler Goodson in Week 5.

Market-based projections have Isaiah Davis at 3.3 points and Tyler Goodson at 3.0, a gap of 0.2. 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. Market coverage on Isaiah Davis 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 3.3 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 15 market sources).

Player markets imply 3.0 fantasy points for Tyler Goodson, with 100 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.

The market has Tyler Goodson at 16.5 rushing yards, with a 13% chance to score a touchdown (12 and 15 market sources).

That puts Isaiah Davis 0.2 points ahead of Tyler Goodson on the market projections.

Injury status

Isaiah Davis is not on the injury report.

Tyler Goodson 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, Tyler Goodson played 18 percent of DAL snaps, took 16 percent of the carries, drew 2 percent of the targets and had 3 percent of the red zone chances.

Tyler Goodson, Week 3 against BAL: 11 of 74 snaps, 6 carries for 22 yards, 1 target and 1 catch for -5 yards.

Tyler Goodson, Week 4 against HOU: 16 of 78 snaps, 3 carries for 12 yards, 1 target 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.

In 2025, Tyler Goodson played 11 games for IND and scored 5.2 PPR points, 0.5 a game, finishing RB121.

He ran 9 times for 24 yards and 0 touchdowns, and caught 2 of 3 targets for 8 yards.

He was on the field for 5 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Tyler Goodson, Week 18 of 2025 against HOU: 1 carry for 3 yards, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards, 0.3 PPR points.

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 Chase Brown over Tyler Goodson.
• Start George Holani over Tyler Goodson.
• Start Jahmyr Gibbs over Tyler Goodson.