Start Jacory Croskey-Merritt or MarShawn Lloyd? Week 5

Our Week 5 call

Start Jacory Croskey-Merritt over MarShawn Lloyd in Week 5.

Market-based projections have Jacory Croskey-Merritt at 10.1 points and MarShawn Lloyd at 10.0, a gap of 0.1. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 10.1 fantasy points for Jacory Croskey-Merritt, with 100 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.

The market has Jacory Croskey-Merritt at 52.5 rushing yards, with a 38% chance to score a touchdown (15 and 16 market sources).

Player markets imply 10.0 fantasy points for MarShawn Lloyd, with 100 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.

The market has MarShawn Lloyd at 27.5 rushing yards, 12.5 receiving yards and 2.5 receptions, with a 43% chance to score a touchdown (15, 14, 14 and 16 market sources).

That puts Jacory Croskey-Merritt 0.1 points ahead of MarShawn Lloyd on the market projections.

Injury status

Jacory Croskey-Merritt is not on the injury report.

MarShawn Lloyd is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 5

Through Week 4, Jacory Croskey-Merritt played 47 percent of WAS snaps, took 48 percent of the carries, drew 5 percent of the targets and had 21 percent of the red zone chances.

Jacory Croskey-Merritt, Week 1 against PHI: 34 of 70 snaps, 16 carries for 63 yards, 1 target and 1 catch for -7 yards, 1 touchdown.

Jacory Croskey-Merritt, Week 2 against DAL: 26 of 71 snaps, 12 carries for 43 yards, 1 target and 1 catch for 5 yards.

Jacory Croskey-Merritt, Week 3 against SEA: 39 of 69 snaps, 19 carries for 36 yards, 1 target and 1 catch for 7 yards.

Jacory Croskey-Merritt, Week 4 against IND: 29 of 64 snaps, 9 carries for 15 yards, 4 targets and 2 catches for 35 yards.

Through Week 4, MarShawn Lloyd played 37 percent of GB snaps, took 43 percent of the carries, drew 7 percent of the targets and had 27 percent of the red zone chances.

MarShawn Lloyd, Week 1 against MIN: 30 of 68 snaps, 13 carries for 37 yards, 1 target and 0 catches for 0 yards.

MarShawn Lloyd, Week 2 against NYJ: 16 of 59 snaps, 6 carries for 20 yards, 2 targets and 2 catches for 6 yards, 1 touchdown.

MarShawn Lloyd, Week 3 against ATL: 15 of 66 snaps, 4 carries for 11 yards, 3 targets and 2 catches for 7 yards.

MarShawn Lloyd, Week 4 against TB: 33 of 60 snaps, 7 carries for 13 yards, 5 targets and 5 catches for 36 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Jacory Croskey-Merritt played 17 games for WAS and scored 140.3 PPR points, 8.3 a game, finishing RB33.

He ran 175 times for 805 yards and 8 touchdowns, and caught 9 of 13 targets for 68 yards.

He was on the field for 39 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 5 calls

• Start Aaron Jones Sr. over Jacory Croskey-Merritt.
• Start Alvin Kamara over Jacory Croskey-Merritt.
• Start Ashton Jeanty over Jacory Croskey-Merritt.
• Start Alvin Kamara over MarShawn Lloyd.
• Start MarShawn Lloyd over Brian Robinson.
• Start David Montgomery over MarShawn Lloyd.