Start Jaylen Wright or Tyler Goodson? Week 5

Our Week 5 call

Start Jaylen Wright over Tyler Goodson in Week 5.

Market-based projections have Jaylen Wright at 6.0 points and Tyler Goodson at 3.0, a gap of 3.0. Jaylen Wright'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 Jaylen Wright 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 6.0 fantasy points for Jaylen Wright, with 70 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.

The market has Jaylen Wright at 19.5 rushing yards, with a 28% chance to score a touchdown (6 and 10 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 12% chance to score a touchdown (12 and 15 market sources).

That puts Jaylen Wright 3.0 points ahead of Tyler Goodson on the market projections.

Injury status

Jaylen Wright is not on the injury report.

Tyler Goodson 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, 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, 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.

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 Jaylen Wright over Isaiah Davis.
• Start Jaylen Wright over Kenny Gainwell.
• Start Jaylen Wright over Najee Harris.
• Start Chase Brown over Tyler Goodson.
• Start George Holani over Tyler Goodson.
• Start Isaiah Davis over Tyler Goodson.