Saquon Barkley
vs Brock Bowers
2026 · Week 5 · Half-PPR
The crowd’s lean
Week 5No weekly comparisons recorded for this pair.
This week
WEEK 5Barkley
at JAX
Oct 11 · 9:30 AM ET
Out
Bowers
at NE
Oct 11 · 1:00 PM ET
—
Live
12.3
Projected
Half-PPR
points
2026 season, per game
2025 season, per game
Full game log & past seasons +
| WK | OPP | FPTS | RANK | ATT | YD | TD | TGT | REC | RYD | RTD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | — | 8.5 | RB28 | 15 | 83 | — | 2 | 1 | -3 | — |
2 | — | 2.5 | RB58 | 4 | 9 | — | 2 | 1 | 11 | — |
3 | — | 8.5 | RB26 | 15 | 82 | — | 2 | 1 | -2 | — |
4 | — | 1.5 | RB61 | 2 | 8 | — | 1 | 1 | 2 | — |
Earlier seasons (2025, 2024)
| WK | OPP | FPTS | RANK | ATT | YD | TD | TGT | REC | RYD | RTD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | DAL | 16.4 | RB7 | 18 | 60 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 24 | — |
2 | KC | 16.4 | RB10 | 22 | 88 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | — |
3 | LAR | 7.5 | RB31 | 18 | 46 | — | 5 | 4 | 9 | — |
4 | TB | 15.4 | RB17 | 19 | 43 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 31 | — |
5 | DEN | 16.3 | RB10 | 6 | 30 | — | 3 | 3 | 58 | 1 |
6 | NYG | 7.7 | RB21 | 12 | 58 | — | 3 | 2 | 9 | — |
7 | MIN | 4.7 | RB38 | 18 | 44 | — | 1 | 1 | -2 | — |
8 | NYG | 31.4 | RB4 | 14 | 150 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 24 | 1 |
9 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
10 | GB | 11.6 | RB20 | 22 | 60 | — | 3 | 3 | 41 | — |
11 | DET | 9.5 | RB27 | 26 | 83 | — | 2 | 1 | 7 | — |
12 | DAL | 8.9 | RB24 | 10 | 22 | — | 8 | 7 | 52 | — |
13 | CHI | 5.6 | RB43 | 13 | 56 | — | 2 | — | — | — |
14 | LAC | 18.2 | RB6 | 20 | 122 | 1 | 2 | — | — | — |
15 | LV | 16.2 | RB10 | 22 | 78 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 14 | — |
16 | WAS | 21.2 | RB10 | 21 | 132 | 1 | 2 | — | — | — |
17 | BUF | 6.8 | RB29 | 19 | 68 | — | — | — | — | — |
| WK | OPP | FPTS | RANK | ATT | YD | TD | TGT | REC | RYD | RTD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | GB | 32.2 | RB1 | 24 | 109 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 23 | 1 |
2 | ATL | 15.6 | RB11 | 22 | 95 | — | 5 | 4 | 21 | — |
3 | NO | 31.6 | RB1 | 17 | 147 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 9 | — |
4 | TB | 12.6 | RB21 | 10 | 84 | — | 4 | 2 | 32 | — |
5 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
6 | CLE | 6.4 | RB32 | 18 | 47 | — | 2 | 2 | 7 | — |
7 | NYG | 25.7 | RB3 | 17 | 176 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 11 | — |
8 | CIN | 11.6 | RB25 | 22 | 108 | — | 1 | 1 | 3 | — |
9 | JAX | 31.4 | RB1 | 27 | 159 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 40 | 1 |
10 | DAL | 8.3 | RB25 | 14 | 66 | — | 1 | 1 | 12 | — |
11 | WAS | 32.8 | RB2 | 26 | 146 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 52 | — |
12 | LAR | 44.2 | RB1 | 26 | 255 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 47 | — |
13 | BAL | 18.7 | RB7 | 23 | 107 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 10 | — |
14 | CAR | 14.4 | RB16 | 20 | 124 | — | 1 | — | — | — |
15 | PIT | 8.4 | RB30 | 19 | 65 | — | 2 | 2 | 9 | — |
16 | WAS | 27.0 | RB4 | 29 | 150 | 2 | 1 | — | — | — |
17 | DAL | 17.9 | RB6 | 31 | 167 | — | 2 | 2 | 2 | — |
| WK | OPP | FPTS | RANK | TGT | REC | YD | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
3 | — | 22.6 | TE2 | 14 | 10 | 116 | 1 |
4 | — | 17.6 | TE3 | 11 | 6 | 86 | 1 |
Earlier seasons (2025, 2024)
| WK | OPP | FPTS | RANK | TGT | REC | YD | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | NE | 12.8 | TE2 | 8 | 5 | 103 | — |
2 | LAC | 6.3 | TE16 | 8 | 5 | 38 | — |
3 | WAS | 7.8 | TE14 | 5 | 4 | 38 | — |
4 | CHI | 7.1 | TE19 | 6 | 5 | 46 | — |
5 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
6 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
7 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
8 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
9 | JAX | 37.3 | TE1 | 13 | 12 | 127 | 3 |
10 | DEN | 3.2 | TE29 | 3 | 1 | 31 | — |
11 | DAL | 10.7 | TE6 | 12 | 7 | 72 | — |
12 | CLE | 8.5 | TE10 | 9 | 6 | 55 | — |
13 | LAC | 20.3 | TE1 | 4 | 4 | 63 | 2 |
14 | DEN | 12.6 | TE5 | 5 | 4 | 46 | 1 |
15 | PHI | 5.8 | TE21 | 8 | 6 | 28 | — |
16 | HOU | 11.8 | TE12 | 5 | 5 | 33 | 1 |
| WK | OPP | FPTS | RANK | TGT | REC | YD | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | LAC | 8.8 | TE5 | 8 | 6 | 58 | — |
2 | BAL | 14.3 | TE4 | 9 | 9 | 98 | — |
3 | CAR | 5.6 | TE15 | 4 | 3 | 41 | — |
4 | CLE | 4.1 | TE23 | 3 | 2 | 19 | — |
5 | DEN | 19.7 | TE2 | 12 | 8 | 97 | 1 |
6 | PIT | 11.6 | TE8 | 10 | 9 | 71 | — |
7 | LAR | 14.3 | TE4 | 14 | 10 | 93 | — |
8 | KC | 8.3 | TE18 | 5 | 5 | 58 | — |
9 | CIN | 13.0 | TE6 | 8 | 5 | 45 | 1 |
10 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
11 | MIA | 24.8 | TE3 | 16 | 13 | 126 | 1 |
12 | DEN | 5.8 | TE19 | 10 | 4 | 38 | — |
13 | KC | 25.2 | TE1 | 14 | 10 | 140 | 1 |
14 | TB | 6.7 | TE16 | 5 | 3 | 49 | — |
15 | ATL | 5.0 | TE22 | 6 | 3 | 35 | — |
16 | JAX | 15.4 | TE1 | 13 | 11 | 99 | — |
17 | NO | 11.1 | TE11 | 7 | 7 | 77 | — |
18 | LAC | 13.0 | TE8 | 9 | 4 | 50 | 1 |
Expert takes
“Tank Bigsby was placed on IR, and Saquon Barkley was projected to be out and is. Barkley’s timeline isn’t clear, but Shipley has a brutal matchup this week. Jacksonville has allowed the fourth-fewest half-PPR points per game to running backs (14.3) this season, holding them to only 47.5 rushing yards per game and 2.84 yards per carry.”
Josh Shepardson· Oct 10, 2026“Through four games, Barkley has just 182 rushing yards, eight receiving yards and zero touchdowns, good for roughly 23 total PPR points. That’s the kind of production you’d be disappointed to get from your FLEX player, let alone your first-round pick. To make matters worse, Barkley left Sunday’s game with a hamstring injury after just two carries, adding durability to the growing list of concerns.”
Tim Brosnan· Oct 6, 2026“The offense still looks broken.” – Shaun Ireland ( FantasyPros ) “ Saquon Barkley gets a short-week matchup against the Rams, who have allowed only 14.4 half-PPR points per game to running backs so far this year, the 7th stingiest matchup, but the bigger red flag is that Barkley is slumping independent of any matchup… he’s averaging -2.1 fantasy points versus expectation this season. Stacking a tough run defense on top of an already underperforming workload on a team with major offensive struggles in a short week is a quadruple negative, not a single data point that regression can easily fix.”
FantasyPros Staff· Oct 1, 2026
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“News Lamar Jackson and Saquon Barkley are considered week-to-week with lower-body injuries.”
Jordan Pullett· Oct 10, 2026“With a soft schedule for running backs the rest of the way, Barkley is a guy I’d be hunting for. The fantasy points will start flowing soon; he won’t stay down like this for long. If I could turn a receiver like Rashee Rice into Barkley, I’d be a happy camper.” – Wolf Trelles-Heard ( FantasyPros )”
FantasyPros Staff· Sep 23, 2026“Best Bet: Saquon Barkley to Lead the NFL in Rushing Yards (+1000) Saquon Barkley is my value candidate who may be underpriced despite his clear path to volume.”
Curtis Hirsch· Sep 2, 2026“Saquon Barkley had a down season in 2025, but he is still a dynamic workhorse who could easily have a bounce-back season with coordinator Sean Mannion at the helm of the offense.”
Wyatt Bertolone· Sep 2, 2026“Saquon Barkley (RB – PHI) Yes, last season was pretty awful for Saquon Barkley and those who drafted him, but the warning signs were there. Barkley had an absurd number of touches in 2024.”
Tom Strachan· Aug 29, 2026“In a standard scoring league, Saquon Barkley was the smart move, especially since six running backs went in the first nine picks. 2.”
Kurt Blakeway· Aug 23, 2026“I think Barkley could have a bounce-back year, and he is being underrated. After he was going 1.01 in drafts, most fantasy owners will rightfully feel burned by him this year.”
Jason Kamlowsky· Aug 11, 2026“After an insane 2024 season, Saquon Barkley was poised to come back down to earth some in 2025.”
FantasyPros Staff· Aug 7, 2026“Saquon Barkley (RB – PHI) After running laps around the position in 2024, Saquon Barkley’s finish of RB14 was a shock. Despite only missing one game, he scored 214 fantasy points compared to the 339 points he scored in 2024.”
Ellis Johnson· Jul 17, 2026“Given the season he had in 2024 and the expectations created for gamers, Barkley may have produced the most disappointing 1,413-yard, 9-touchdown season in history. Regression was certainly expected coming off his historic run the year before, and a lot went wrong for this offense.”
Rich Hribar· Jul 7, 2026
“Brock Bowers Is Elite Bowers returned from his knee injury with 10 catches, 116 yards, and a TD. Three catches came on the opening drive, so he did not have to ease back into the offense. Apparently, two weeks off was enough rest for the entire season and will pay off the early-round investment.”
Chris Cash· Sep 28, 2026“Brock Bowers finished as the TE2 in his return from his preseason knee surgery.”
Jordan Pullett· Oct 2, 2026“Bowers had a 94.6% route participation rate, 39.4% target share, 0.37 TPRR, 50.0% first-read share, and 41.7% air yard share. Bowers should have another big effort in a contest where the Raiders will need to keep up with the favored Chiefs. Jaxon Smith-Njigba : 90.5 Receiving Yards – Higher Jaxon Smith-Njigba was the not-so-mystery player Kubiak fed last year.”
Josh Shepardson· Oct 1, 2026
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“IMAGN IMAGES via Reuters Connect Brock Bowers – 13 targets, 10 rec It did not take long for Bowers to remind the fantasy football world how dominant he can be when healthy. The 13 targets to him in his season debut accounted for a 43.3% target share. It was the tenth time in 30 career games that he has earned double-digit targets.”
Aaron Larson· Sep 29, 2026“TE Quick Hitters Brock Bowers | TE, Las Vegas Raiders (QUESTIONABLE) – Bowers is officially questionable after getting in two limited practices to start the week and then not practicing Friday. The Raiders indicated that Bowers’ Friday absence was planned and not a setback. If Bowers is active, he has to be in your starting lineup.”
Edward DeLauter· Sep 26, 2026“The Raiders are 2-0 despite not having TE Brock Bowers available, which is amazing considering how thin their skill group is viewed as. Unfortunately, I have serious doubts about how sustainable all of this is. The teams the Raiders have played so far have combined to go 0-4 with a scoring differential of -60.”
Logan Ulrich· Sep 24, 2026“Coach Klint Kubiak confirmed Bowers will sit after a meniscus procedure, leaving Mayer as the clear TE1 for Kirk Cousins. When Mayer has been featured, he has produced at a starter's volume. He logged a 78.4% route participation rate, a 23.7% target share, a 26% target rate per route, 4.5 receptions per game, 49.0 receiving yards per game, 2.25 yards per route run, and 1 receiving touchdown without Bowers last year.”
Tucker Bagley· Sep 12, 2026“With an anemic wide receiver corps in Las Vegas, Bowers should be awash in targets this season. New head coach Klint Kubiak has been tasked with repairing the Raiders’ offense, and his track record suggests he can right the ship. No. 1 overall pick Fernando Mendoza provides hope, while the Raiders also have tight end-friendly quarterback Kirk Cousins .”
FantasyPros Staff· Sep 8, 2026“Round 3 Jason (3.01) – Brock Bowers (TE, LV) Mike (3.05) – Chris Olave (WR, NO) Andy (3.09) – D’Andre Swift (RB, CHI) Of course, Brock Bowers is really only a third-round pick in this mock draft in name only, as Jason waited to take him at the 3.01.”
Kurt Mullen· Sep 4, 2026“Widely considered one of the best TE prospects to ever enter the league, Bowers had 112 catches for 1,194 yards and five touchdowns on 153 targets as a rookie. With better health in 2026, he has a chance to match or exceed his rookie numbers. The Raiders are talent-starved at wide receiver, so Bowers is poised to be their alpha pass catcher.”
FantasyPros Staff· Sep 3, 2026“There are great expectations for Brock Bowers in his third NFL season following an injury-plagued Year 2. Bowers had five catches for 103 yards in the Raiders’ 2025 season opener against the Patriots, but he sustained a PCL injury and bone bruise to his left knee in that game, was clearly hampered over his next three games (with under 50 receiving yards in each) and was shut down for three games.”
FantasyPros Staff· Aug 29, 2026“Brock Bowers (TE – LV) & Trey McBride (TE – ARI) Whether you prefer Brock Bowers or Trey McBride doesn’t really matter. Neither should be drafted this high. Last season, McBride averaged 18.6 PPR points per game, and Bowers averaged 15.5 in 2024, the better season of his two years in the NFL.”
Tom Strachan· Aug 28, 2026
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