Start Quinshon Judkins or Kyle Monangai? Week 5

Our Week 5 call

Start Quinshon Judkins over Kyle Monangai in Week 5.

Market-based projections have Quinshon Judkins at 13.7 points and Kyle Monangai at 13.1, a gap of 0.7. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. Both numbers are 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 13.1 fantasy points for Kyle Monangai, with 70 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.

The market has Kyle Monangai at 51.5 rushing yards, with a 43% chance to score a touchdown (8 and 13 market sources).

Player markets imply 13.7 fantasy points for Quinshon Judkins, with 90 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.

The market has Quinshon Judkins at 59.5 rushing yards, with a 41% chance to score a touchdown (14 and 15 market sources).

That puts Quinshon Judkins 0.7 points ahead of Kyle Monangai on the market projections.

Injury status

Kyle Monangai is listed as questionable with a thumb injury.

Quinshon Judkins is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 5

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.

Through Week 4, Quinshon Judkins played 62 percent of CLE snaps, took 61 percent of the carries, drew 14 percent of the targets and had 44 percent of the red zone chances.

Quinshon Judkins, Week 1 against JAX: 33 of 51 snaps, 12 carries for 33 yards, 2 targets and 2 catches for 17 yards.

Quinshon Judkins, Week 2 against TB: 39 of 58 snaps, 12 carries for 21 yards, 5 targets and 5 catches for 27 yards.

Quinshon Judkins, Week 3 against CAR: 36 of 70 snaps, 18 carries for 70 yards, 2 targets and 2 catches for 9 yards.

Quinshon Judkins, Week 4 against PIT: 42 of 64 snaps, 17 carries for 53 yards, 7 targets and 6 catches for 43 yards, 1 touchdown.

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.

In 2025, Quinshon Judkins played 15 games for CLE and scored 169.8 PPR points, 11.3 a game, finishing RB26.

He ran 230 times for 827 yards and 7 touchdowns, and caught 26 of 36 targets for 171 yards.

He was on the field for 50 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 5 calls

• Start Bhayshul Tuten over Kyle Monangai.
• Start Braelon Allen over Kyle Monangai.
• Start Kyle Monangai over Bucky Irving.
• Start Quinshon Judkins over Ashton Jeanty.
• Start Quinshon Judkins over Bhayshul Tuten.
• Start Braelon Allen over Quinshon Judkins.