Start MarShawn Lloyd or Will Shipley? Week 5

Our Week 5 call

Start MarShawn Lloyd over Will Shipley in Week 5.

Market-based projections have MarShawn Lloyd at 9.9 points and Will Shipley at 9.0, a gap of 0.8. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. Will Shipley'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 9.9 fantasy points for MarShawn Lloyd, with 100 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.

The market has MarShawn Lloyd at 28.5 rushing yards, with a 43% chance to score a touchdown (3 and 14 market sources).

Player markets imply 9.0 fantasy points for Will Shipley, with 70 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.

The market has Will Shipley at 35.5 rushing yards, with a 32% chance to score a touchdown (3 and 13 market sources).

That puts MarShawn Lloyd 0.8 points ahead of Will Shipley on the market projections.

Injury status

MarShawn Lloyd is not on the injury report.

Will Shipley is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 5

Through Week 4, MarShawn Lloyd played 37 percent of GB snaps, took 43 percent of the carries, drew 7 percent of the targets and had 27 percent of the red zone chances.

MarShawn Lloyd, Week 1 against MIN: 30 of 68 snaps, 13 carries for 37 yards, 1 target and 0 catches for 0 yards.

MarShawn Lloyd, Week 2 against NYJ: 16 of 59 snaps, 6 carries for 20 yards, 2 targets and 2 catches for 6 yards, 1 touchdown.

MarShawn Lloyd, Week 3 against ATL: 15 of 66 snaps, 4 carries for 11 yards, 3 targets and 2 catches for 7 yards.

MarShawn Lloyd, Week 4 against TB: 33 of 60 snaps, 7 carries for 13 yards, 5 targets and 5 catches for 36 yards.

Through Week 4, Will Shipley played 38 percent of PHI snaps, took 15 percent of the carries, drew 6 percent of the targets and had 19 percent of the red zone chances.

Will Shipley, Week 1 against WAS: 10 of 55 snaps, 2 carries for 4 yards, 1 target and 1 catch for 8 yards.

Will Shipley, Week 2 against TEN: 39 of 76 snaps, 7 carries for 24 yards, 2 targets and 2 catches for 5 yards.

Will Shipley, Week 3 against CHI: 13 of 50 snaps, 0 carries for 0 yards, 2 targets and 1 catch for 11 yards.

Will Shipley, Week 4 against LAR: 29 of 61 snaps, 6 carries for 23 yards, 1 target and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Will Shipley played 15 games for PHI and scored 17.5 PPR points, 1.2 a game, finishing RB96.

He ran 14 times for 49 yards and 0 touchdowns, and caught 9 of 12 targets for 56 yards.

He was on the field for 10 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 5 calls

• Start MarShawn Lloyd over Brian Robinson.
• Start David Montgomery over MarShawn Lloyd.
• Start MarShawn Lloyd over J.K. Dobbins.
• Start Tony Pollard over Will Shipley.