Start Saquon Barkley or Tyler Goodson? Week 5

Our Week 5 call

Start Saquon Barkley over Tyler Goodson in Week 5.

Tyler Goodson is projected from market data at 2.9 points and Saquon Barkley has too little of his market posted to price, so we are leaning on where drafters take them.

What the market projects

No player market was posted for Saquon Barkley in Week 5.

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).

Week 5 matchups

Saquon Barkley and PHI visit JAX on Sunday at 9:30 AM ET.

JAX allowed 17.5 fantasy points a game to RBs this season over 4 games, the 10th fewest in the league.

Running backs ran for 48 yards and 0.3 touchdowns a game against JAX and caught passes for 48 more yards.

Injury status

Saquon Barkley is listed as questionable with a hamstring injury.

Tyler Goodson is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 5

Through Week 4, Saquon Barkley played 38 percent of PHI snaps, took 36 percent of the carries, drew 7 percent of the targets and had 14 percent of the red zone chances.

Saquon Barkley, Week 1 against WAS: 39 of 55 snaps, 15 carries for 83 yards, 2 targets and 1 catch for -3 yards.

Saquon Barkley, Week 2 against TEN: 12 of 76 snaps, 4 carries for 9 yards, 2 targets and 1 catch for 11 yards.

Saquon Barkley, Week 3 against CHI: 36 of 50 snaps, 15 carries for 82 yards, 2 targets and 1 catch for -2 yards.

Saquon Barkley, Week 4 against LAR: 4 of 61 snaps, 2 carries for 8 yards, 1 target and 1 catch for 2 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, Saquon Barkley played 16 games for PHI and scored 232.3 PPR points, 14.5 a game, finishing RB14.

He ran 280 times for 1140 yards and 7 touchdowns, and caught 37 of 50 targets for 273 yards.

He was on the field for 78 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 Chase Brown over Saquon Barkley.
• Start Saquon Barkley over Isaiah Davis.
• Start Jahmyr Gibbs over Saquon Barkley.
• Start Chase Brown over Tyler Goodson.
• Start George Holani over Tyler Goodson.
• Start Tyler Goodson over Isaiah Davis.