Start Najee Harris or Tyler Goodson? Week 5

Our Week 5 call

Start Najee Harris over Tyler Goodson in Week 5.

Market-based projections have Najee Harris at 5.7 points and Tyler Goodson at 2.9, a gap of 2.8.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 5.7 fantasy points for Najee Harris, with 100 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 (13 and 13 market sources).

Player markets imply 2.9 fantasy points for Tyler Goodson, with 100 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.

The market has Tyler Goodson at 15.5 rushing yards, with a 13% chance to score a touchdown (15 and 15 market sources).

That puts Najee Harris 2.8 points ahead of Tyler Goodson on the market projections.

Injury status

Najee Harris is not on the injury report.

Tyler Goodson is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 5

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.

Through Week 4, Tyler Goodson played 18 percent of DAL snaps, took 16 percent of the carries, drew 2 percent of the targets and had 3 percent of the red zone chances.

Tyler Goodson, Week 3 against BAL: 11 of 74 snaps, 6 carries for 22 yards, 1 target and 1 catch for -5 yards.

Tyler Goodson, Week 4 against HOU: 16 of 78 snaps, 3 carries for 12 yards, 1 target and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

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.

In 2025, Tyler Goodson played 11 games for IND and scored 5.2 PPR points, 0.5 a game, finishing RB121.

He ran 9 times for 24 yards and 0 touchdowns, and caught 2 of 3 targets for 8 yards.

He was on the field for 5 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Tyler Goodson, Week 18 of 2025 against HOU: 1 carry for 3 yards, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards, 0.3 PPR points.

Their other Week 5 calls

• Start Blake Corum over Najee Harris.
• Start Brian Robinson over Najee Harris.
• Start Chris Rodriguez Jr. over Najee Harris.
• Start Chase Brown over Tyler Goodson.
• Start George Holani over Tyler Goodson.
• Start Tyler Goodson over Isaiah Davis.