Start Jeremiyah Love or Kyle Monangai? Week 5

Our Week 5 call

Start Kyle Monangai over Jeremiyah Love in Week 5.

Market-based projections have Kyle Monangai at 12.7 points and Jeremiyah Love at 13.1, a gap of 0.3. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. Kyle Monangai'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 Kyle Monangai 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 13.1 fantasy points for Jeremiyah Love, with 100 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.

The market has Jeremiyah Love at 45.5 rushing yards, 11.5 receiving yards and 2.5 receptions, with a 55% chance to score a touchdown (9, 13, 12 and 13 market sources).

Player markets imply 12.7 fantasy points for Kyle Monangai, with 70 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.

The market has Kyle Monangai at 50.5 rushing yards, with a 42% chance to score a touchdown (4 and 5 market sources).

That puts Jeremiyah Love 0.3 points ahead of Kyle Monangai on the market projections.

Week 5 matchups

Jeremiyah Love and ARI host DET on Sunday at 4:25 PM ET.

DET allowed 21.7 fantasy points a game to RBs this season over 4 games, the 14th most in the league.

Running backs ran for 96 yards and a touchdown a game against DET and caught passes for 18 more yards.

Injury status

Jeremiyah Love is listed as questionable with a ankle injury.

Kyle Monangai is listed as questionable with a thumb injury.

Usage before Week 5

Through Week 4, Jeremiyah Love played 50 percent of ARI snaps, took 54 percent of the carries, drew 9 percent of the targets and had 27 percent of the red zone chances.

Jeremiyah Love, Week 1 against LAC: 32 of 75 snaps, 11 carries for 41 yards, 4 targets and 2 catches for 9 yards, 1 touchdown.

Jeremiyah Love, Week 2 against SEA: 20 of 50 snaps, 9 carries for 29 yards, 3 targets and 3 catches for 16 yards.

Jeremiyah Love, Week 3 against SF: 56 of 87 snaps, 21 carries for 90 yards, 5 targets and 5 catches for 19 yards, 1 touchdown.

Jeremiyah Love, Week 4 against NYG: 30 of 66 snaps, 14 carries for 63 yards, 1 target and 1 catch for -8 yards.

Through Week 4, Kyle Monangai played 41 percent of CHI snaps, took 39 percent of the carries, drew 4 percent of the targets and had 23 percent of the red zone chances.

Kyle Monangai, Week 1 against CAR: 32 of 75 snaps, 10 carries for 100 yards, 2 targets and 2 catches for 24 yards, 1 touchdown.

Kyle Monangai, Week 2 against MIN: 25 of 74 snaps, 10 carries for 47 yards, 2 targets and 2 catches for 11 yards.

Kyle Monangai, Week 3 against PHI: 22 of 72 snaps, 10 carries for 31 yards, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Kyle Monangai, Week 4 against NYJ: 50 of 93 snaps, 30 carries for 146 yards, 1 target and 1 catch for 4 yards, 2 touchdowns.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Kyle Monangai played 17 games for CHI and scored 146.7 PPR points, 8.6 a game, finishing RB30.

He ran 169 times for 783 yards and 5 touchdowns, and caught 18 of 30 targets for 164 yards.

He was on the field for 41 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 5 calls

• Start Aaron Jones Sr. over Jeremiyah Love.
• Start Alvin Kamara over Jeremiyah Love.
• Start Ashton Jeanty over Jeremiyah Love.
• Start Bhayshul Tuten over Kyle Monangai.
• Start Braelon Allen over Kyle Monangai.
• Start Bucky Irving over Kyle Monangai.