Start Omarion Hampton or Tyler Goodson? Week 5

Our Week 5 call

Start Omarion Hampton over Tyler Goodson in Week 5.

Market-based projections have Omarion Hampton at 10.1 points and Tyler Goodson at 2.9, a gap of 7.2. Omarion Hampton'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. Market coverage on Omarion Hampton is 70 percent of what his position needs, so the market side of this carries proportionally less weight.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 10.1 fantasy points for Omarion Hampton, with 70 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.

The market has Omarion Hampton at 37.5 rushing yards, with a 37% chance to score a touchdown (14 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 Omarion Hampton 7.2 points ahead of Tyler Goodson on the market projections.

Week 5 matchups

Omarion Hampton and LAC host DEN on Sunday at 4:05 PM ET.

DEN allowed 25.8 fantasy points a game to RBs this season over 4 games, the 7th most in the league.

Running backs ran for 114 yards and 0.8 touchdowns a game against DEN and caught passes for 44 more yards.

Injury status

Omarion Hampton is not on the injury report.

Tyler Goodson is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 5

Through Week 4, Omarion Hampton played 49 percent of LAC snaps, took 52 percent of the carries, drew 4 percent of the targets and had 37 percent of the red zone chances.

Omarion Hampton, Week 1 against ARI: 32 of 55 snaps, 12 carries for 43 yards, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards, 1 touchdown.

Omarion Hampton, Week 2 against LV: 43 of 68 snaps, 23 carries for 94 yards, 2 targets and 2 catches for 21 yards, 1 touchdown.

Omarion Hampton, Week 3 against BUF: 29 of 69 snaps, 15 carries for 56 yards, 1 target and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Omarion Hampton, Week 4 against SEA: 25 of 71 snaps, 9 carries for 45 yards, 2 targets and 2 catches for 8 yards, 1 touchdown.

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, Omarion Hampton played 9 games for LAC and scored 135.7 PPR points, 15.1 a game, finishing RB35.

He ran 124 times for 545 yards and 4 touchdowns, and caught 32 of 35 targets for 192 yards.

He was on the field for 63 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 Ashton Jeanty over Omarion Hampton.
• Start Omarion Hampton over Brian Robinson.
• Start Bucky Irving over Omarion Hampton.
• Start Chase Brown over Tyler Goodson.
• Start George Holani over Tyler Goodson.
• Start Tyler Goodson over Isaiah Davis.