Mark Andrews or AJ Barner: who should I start in Week 5?

What the player markets price

The player markets price Mark Andrews at 8.2 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 16 market sources. That is the 104th highest figure of the 184 players the market prices.

The player markets price AJ Barner at 6.9 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 15 market sources. That is the 123rd highest figure of the 184 players the market prices.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Mark Andrews: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 112th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on AJ Barner: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 134th overall on the rest of his evidence.

This season through Week 4

Through Week 4, Mark Andrews has been on the field for 63 percent of BAL snaps, drawn 24 percent of the targets and had 7 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 10 of the offence's 25 third down targets, had 1 of its 18 chances inside the five and seen 4 of its 24 two minute targets.

His 24 targets have averaged 7.2 air yards.

In Week 2 against NO he caught 6 of 7 targets for 49 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against DAL he caught 3 of 5 targets for 24 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against TEN he caught 5 of 6 targets for 27 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Through Week 4, AJ Barner has been on the field for 87 percent of SEA snaps, drawn 13 percent of the targets and had 13 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 1 of the offence's 31 third down targets, had 3 of its 15 chances inside the five and seen 4 of its 15 two minute targets.

His 15 targets have averaged 2.3 air yards.

In Week 2 against ARI he carried 1 time for 1 yards, caught 1 of 1 target for 8 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 3 against WAS he caught 5 of 9 targets for 69 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against LAC he caught 1 of 3 targets for 12 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Mark Andrews played 17 games and scored 131.0 PPR points, 7.7 a game, finishing TE16.

He caught 48 of 70 targets for 422 yards and 5 touchdowns, with 14 red zone targets.

That came to 4.1 targets a game, a 69 percent catch rate and 8.8 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 62 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 AJ Barner played 17 games and scored 147.3 PPR points, 8.7 a game, finishing TE14.

He caught 52 of 68 targets for 519 yards and 6 touchdowns, with 12 red zone targets.

That came to 4.0 targets a game, a 76 percent catch rate and 10.0 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 78 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Both were available for 17 games that season.

Head to head

In 2025 AJ Barner scored 8.7 PPR points a game and Mark Andrews 7.7, 1.0 a game between them.

Mark Andrews finished TE16 that year and AJ Barner TE14.

Mark Andrews had 2 more targets than AJ Barner, 70 to 68.

AJ Barner had 97 more receiving yards than Mark Andrews, 519 to 422.

This season AJ Barner holds the bigger snap share, 87 percent against 63 percent.

This season Mark Andrews holds the bigger target share, 24 percent against 13 percent.

What would change the answer

1.4 points a game is the entire case. The market restates it every week, and a line that moves moves the order with it.

The draft market is the half that is missing: when the consensus sample holds these two again it can order them differently from the price, and this page will follow the sample rather than the market price when it does.