Start Jaylen Wright or Seth McGowan? Week 5

Our Week 5 call

Start Jaylen Wright over Seth McGowan in Week 5.

Market-based projections have Jaylen Wright at 4.8 points and Seth McGowan at 2.3, a gap of 2.6.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 4.8 fantasy points for Jaylen Wright, with 100 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.

The market has Jaylen Wright at 23.5 rushing yards, with a 23% chance to score a touchdown (16 and 16 market sources).

Player markets imply 2.3 fantasy points for Seth McGowan, with 100 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.

The market gives Seth McGowan a 9% chance to score a touchdown (16 market sources).

That puts Jaylen Wright 2.6 points ahead of Seth McGowan on the market projections.

Injury status

Jaylen Wright is not on the injury report.

Seth McGowan is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 5

Through Week 4, Jaylen Wright played 12 percent of MIA snaps, took 12 percent of the carries, drew 0 percent of the targets and had 11 percent of the red zone chances.

Jaylen Wright, Week 1 against LV: 4 of 56 snaps, 1 carry for -1 yards, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Jaylen Wright, Week 2 against SF: 3 of 59 snaps, 2 carries for 11 yards, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Jaylen Wright, Week 4 against MIN: 12 of 39 snaps, 5 carries for 7 yards, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Through Week 4, Seth McGowan played 16 percent of IND snaps, took 11 percent of the carries, drew 2 percent of the targets and had 8 percent of the red zone chances.

Seth McGowan, Week 1 against BAL: 6 of 54 snaps, 0 carries for 0 yards, 1 target and 1 catch for 0 yards.

Seth McGowan, Week 2 against KC: 4 of 65 snaps, 2 carries for 0 yards, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Seth McGowan, Week 3 against HOU: 11 of 71 snaps, 4 carries for 14 yards, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Seth McGowan, Week 4 against WAS: 19 of 66 snaps, 6 carries for 31 yards, 2 targets and 1 catch for 7 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Jaylen Wright played 10 games for MIA and scored 48.2 PPR points, 4.8 a game, finishing RB70.

He ran 70 times for 288 yards and 2 touchdowns, and caught 5 of 9 targets for 44 yards.

He was on the field for 14 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

How Week 5 went

Jaylen Wright scored 1.1 PPR points and Seth McGowan scored 2.9.

The call was wrong: Seth McGowan outscored Jaylen Wright by 1.8.

Jaylen Wright finished 3.7 points below the 4.8 the market projected.

Jaylen Wright, Week 5 against CIN: 6 carries for 11 yards, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards, 1.1 PPR points.

Jaylen Wright finished as the week's RB54 in PPR scoring.

Seth McGowan finished 0.6 points above the 2.3 the market projected.

Seth McGowan, Week 5 against PIT: 5 carries for 16 yards, 1 target and 1 catch for 3 yards, 2.9 PPR points.

Seth McGowan finished as the week's RB39 in PPR scoring.

Their other Week 5 calls

• Start Blake Corum over Jaylen Wright.
• Start Brian Robinson over Jaylen Wright.
• Start Jaylen Wright over Chris Rodriguez Jr..
• Start Seth McGowan over Demond Claiborne.
• Start Isaiah Davis over Seth McGowan.
• Start Justice Hill over Seth McGowan.