Start Jahmyr Gibbs or Jonathan Taylor? Week 5

Our Week 5 call

Start Jahmyr Gibbs over Jonathan Taylor in Week 5.

Market-based projections have Jahmyr Gibbs at 26.0 points and Jonathan Taylor at 19.2, a gap of 6.8.

What the market projects

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, 10 and 15 market sources).

Player markets imply 19.2 fantasy points for Jonathan Taylor, with 100 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.

The market has Jonathan Taylor at 88.5 rushing yards, 15.5 receiving yards and 2.5 receptions, with a 64% chance to score a touchdown (14, 13, 14 and 15 market sources).

That puts Jahmyr Gibbs 6.8 points ahead of Jonathan Taylor 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

Jahmyr Gibbs is not on the injury report.

Jonathan Taylor is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 5

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.

Through Week 4, Jonathan Taylor played 84 percent of IND snaps, took 77 percent of the carries, drew 12 percent of the targets and had 47 percent of the red zone chances.

Jonathan Taylor, Week 1 against BAL: 48 of 54 snaps, 19 carries for 98 yards, 4 targets and 3 catches for 23 yards, 2 touchdowns.

Jonathan Taylor, Week 2 against KC: 61 of 65 snaps, 24 carries for 92 yards, 4 targets and 4 catches for 40 yards, 2 touchdowns.

Jonathan Taylor, Week 3 against HOU: 60 of 71 snaps, 23 carries for 68 yards, 3 targets and 2 catches for 4 yards.

Jonathan Taylor, Week 4 against WAS: 47 of 66 snaps, 20 carries for 95 yards, 4 targets and 1 catch for 2 yards, 2 touchdowns.

Their 2025 seasons

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.

In 2025, Jonathan Taylor played 17 games for IND and scored 362.3 PPR points, 21.3 a game, finishing RB4.

He ran 323 times for 1585 yards and 18 touchdowns, and caught 46 of 55 targets for 378 yards.

He was on the field for 84 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 5 calls

• Start Jahmyr Gibbs over Aaron Jones Sr..
• Start Jahmyr Gibbs over Bijan Robinson.
• Start Jahmyr Gibbs over Chase Brown.
• Start Aaron Jones Sr. over Jonathan Taylor.
• Start Jonathan Taylor over Ashton Jeanty.
• Start Bijan Robinson over Jonathan Taylor.