Start Justice Hill or Saquon Barkley? Week 5

Our Week 5 call

Start Saquon Barkley over Justice Hill in Week 5.

Justice Hill is projected from market data at 4.5 points and Saquon Barkley has too little of his market posted to price, so we are leaning on where drafters take them.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 4.5 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, with a 14% chance to score a touchdown (10 and 13 market sources).

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

Week 5 matchups

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.

Injury status

Justice Hill is not on the injury report.

Saquon Barkley is listed as questionable with a hamstring injury.

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, 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, 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, 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 Chase Brown over Justice Hill.
• Start Chris Rodriguez Jr. over Justice Hill.
• Start George Holani over Justice Hill.
• Start Chase Brown over Saquon Barkley.
• Start Saquon Barkley over Isaiah Davis.
• Start Jahmyr Gibbs over Saquon Barkley.