Start Jahmyr Gibbs or Saquon Barkley? Week 5

Our Week 5 call

Start Jahmyr Gibbs over Saquon Barkley in Week 5.

Jahmyr Gibbs is projected from market data at 26.0 points. Saquon Barkley has too little of his market posted this week to price, so his side of this call rests on consensus ADP and his injury status only. Drafters take Jahmyr Gibbs at ADP 1 and Saquon Barkley at 3.

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 91.5 rushing yards, 37.5 receiving yards and 4.5 receptions, with a 76% chance to score a touchdown (15, 12, 12 and 14 market sources).

No player market was posted for Saquon Barkley in Week 5.

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.

Saquon Barkley and PHI visit JAX on Sunday at 9:30 AM ET.

JAX allowed 17.5 fantasy points a game to RBs this season over 4 games, the 10th fewest in the league.

Running backs ran for 48 yards and 0.3 touchdowns a game against JAX and caught passes for 48 more yards.

By points allowed to the position, Saquon Barkley has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Jahmyr Gibbs is not on the injury report.

Saquon Barkley is listed as questionable with a hamstring injury.

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, Saquon Barkley played 38 percent of PHI snaps, took 36 percent of the carries, drew 7 percent of the targets and had 14 percent of the red zone chances.

Saquon Barkley, Week 1 against WAS: 39 of 55 snaps, 15 carries for 83 yards, 2 targets and 1 catch for -3 yards.

Saquon Barkley, Week 2 against TEN: 12 of 76 snaps, 4 carries for 9 yards, 2 targets and 1 catch for 11 yards.

Saquon Barkley, Week 3 against CHI: 36 of 50 snaps, 15 carries for 82 yards, 2 targets and 1 catch for -2 yards.

Saquon Barkley, Week 4 against LAR: 4 of 61 snaps, 2 carries for 8 yards, 1 target and 1 catch for 2 yards.

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, Saquon Barkley played 16 games for PHI and scored 232.3 PPR points, 14.5 a game, finishing RB14.

He ran 280 times for 1140 yards and 7 touchdowns, and caught 37 of 50 targets for 273 yards.

He was on the field for 78 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 Chase Brown over Saquon Barkley.
• Start Saquon Barkley over Isaiah Davis.
• Start Saquon Barkley over Justice Hill.