Start Woody Marks or Kaleb Johnson? Week 5

Our Week 5 call

Start Woody Marks over Kaleb Johnson in Week 5.

Market-based projections have Woody Marks at 7.6 points and Kaleb Johnson at 7.0, a gap of 0.7. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 7.6 fantasy points for Woody Marks, with 100 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.

The market has Woody Marks at 29.5 rushing yards, 8.5 receiving yards and 1.5 receptions, with a 31% chance to score a touchdown (13, 15, 14 and 14 market sources).

Player markets imply 7.0 fantasy points for Kaleb Johnson, with 100 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.

The market has Kaleb Johnson at 36.5 rushing yards, with a 34% chance to score a touchdown (12 and 14 market sources).

That puts Woody Marks 0.7 points ahead of Kaleb Johnson on the market projections.

Injury status

Woody Marks is not on the injury report.

Kaleb Johnson is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 5

Through Week 4, Woody Marks played 46 percent of HOU snaps, took 31 percent of the carries, drew 7 percent of the targets and had 23 percent of the red zone chances.

Woody Marks, Week 1 against BUF: 40 of 79 snaps, 9 carries for 42 yards, 1 target and 1 catch for -2 yards.

Woody Marks, Week 2 against CIN: 38 of 80 snaps, 8 carries for 8 yards, 6 targets and 5 catches for 27 yards.

Woody Marks, Week 3 against IND: 20 of 54 snaps, 5 carries for 15 yards, 1 target and 1 catch for 6 yards, 1 touchdown.

Woody Marks, Week 4 against DAL: 24 of 55 snaps, 6 carries for 22 yards, 1 target and 0 catches for 0 yards, 1 touchdown.

Through Week 4, Kaleb Johnson played 31 percent of GB snaps, took 41 percent of the carries, drew 3 percent of the targets and had 6 percent of the red zone chances.

Kaleb Johnson, Week 2 against NYJ: 16 of 59 snaps, 8 carries for 32 yards, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Kaleb Johnson, Week 3 against ATL: 24 of 66 snaps, 4 carries for 6 yards, 3 targets and 1 catch for 10 yards.

Kaleb Johnson, Week 4 against TB: 17 of 60 snaps, 8 carries for 42 yards, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Woody Marks played 16 games for HOU and scored 151.1 PPR points, 9.4 a game, finishing RB29.

He ran 196 times for 703 yards and 2 touchdowns, and caught 24 of 36 targets for 208 yards.

He was on the field for 53 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

In 2025, Kaleb Johnson played 10 games for PIT and scored 8.8 PPR points, 0.9 a game, finishing RB115.

He ran 28 times for 69 yards and 0 touchdowns, and caught 1 of 2 targets for 9 yards.

He was on the field for 6 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 5 calls

• Start Woody Marks over Brian Robinson.
• Start Woody Marks over George Holani.
• Start Woody Marks over Najee Harris.
• Start Kaleb Johnson over Brian Robinson.
• Start David Montgomery over Kaleb Johnson.
• Start Kaleb Johnson over George Holani.