Start Najee Harris or Justice Hill? Week 5

Our Week 5 call

Start Najee Harris over Justice Hill in Week 5.

Market-based projections have Najee Harris at 6.2 points and Justice Hill at 4.4, a gap of 1.7. Najee Harris'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.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 4.4 fantasy points for Justice Hill, with 100 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.

The market has Justice Hill at 11.5 rushing yards, 8.5 receiving yards and 1.5 receptions, with a 14% chance to score a touchdown (11, 6, 5 and 13 market sources).

Player markets imply 6.2 fantasy points for Najee Harris, with 90 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.

The market has Najee Harris at 29.5 rushing yards, with a 20% chance to score a touchdown (14 and 13 market sources).

That puts Najee Harris 1.7 points ahead of Justice Hill on the market projections.

Injury status

Justice Hill is not on the injury report.

Najee Harris is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 5

Through Week 4, Justice Hill played 41 percent of BAL snaps, took 11 percent of the carries, drew 6 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

Justice Hill, Week 1 against IND: 31 of 68 snaps, 6 carries for 18 yards, 1 target and 1 catch for 10 yards.

Justice Hill, Week 2 against NO: 27 of 58 snaps, 2 carries for 6 yards, 2 targets and 2 catches for 12 yards.

Justice Hill, Week 3 against DAL: 21 of 64 snaps, 5 carries for 33 yards, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Justice Hill, Week 4 against TEN: 24 of 64 snaps, 1 carry for 3 yards, 3 targets and 2 catches for 22 yards.

Through Week 4, Najee Harris played 18 percent of NYG snaps, took 27 percent of the carries, drew 0 percent of the targets and had 32 percent of the red zone chances.

Najee Harris, Week 2 against LAR: 8 of 58 snaps, 4 carries for 6 yards, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Najee Harris, Week 3 against TEN: 14 of 64 snaps, 9 carries for 52 yards, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Najee Harris, Week 4 against ARI: 12 of 67 snaps, 9 carries for 30 yards, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Justice Hill played 10 games for BAL and scored 65.2 PPR points, 6.5 a game, finishing RB60.

He ran 18 times for 93 yards and 2 touchdowns, and caught 21 of 27 targets for 169 yards.

He was on the field for 37 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

In 2025, Najee Harris played 3 games for LAC and scored 11.6 PPR points, 3.9 a game, finishing RB105.

He ran 15 times for 61 yards and 0 touchdowns, and caught 3 of 3 targets for 25 yards.

He was on the field for 21 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 5 calls

• Start Chase Brown over Justice Hill.
• Start Chris Rodriguez Jr. over Justice Hill.
• Start George Holani over Justice Hill.
• Start Blake Corum over Najee Harris.
• Start Brian Robinson over Najee Harris.
• Start Chris Rodriguez Jr. over Najee Harris.