Start Woody Marks or Najee Harris? Week 5

Our Week 5 call

Start Woody Marks over Najee Harris in Week 5.

Market-based projections have Woody Marks at 7.6 points and Najee Harris at 5.7, a gap of 1.9.

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 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).

That puts Woody Marks 1.9 points ahead of Najee Harris on the market projections.

Injury status

Najee Harris is not on the injury report.

Woody Marks 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, 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.

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, 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.

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 Woody Marks over Brian Robinson.
• Start Woody Marks over George Holani.
• Start Woody Marks over Kaleb Johnson.