Amon-Ra St. Brown or Ja'Marr Chase: who should I start in Week 5?

What the player markets price

The player markets price Amon-Ra St. Brown at 20.4 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 18 market sources. That is the 7th highest figure of the 219 players the market prices.

The player markets price Ja'Marr Chase at 18.4 PPR points a game, built from 4 markets across 15 market sources. That is the 12th highest figure of the 219 players the market prices.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Amon-Ra St. Brown: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 5th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 11.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Ja'Marr Chase: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 8th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 5.

This season through Week 4

Through Week 4, Amon-Ra St. Brown has been on the field for 89 percent of DET snaps, drawn 29 percent of the targets and had 21 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 15 of the offence's 36 third down targets, had 3 of its 13 chances inside the five and seen 4 of its 20 two minute targets.

His 46 targets have averaged 8.1 air yards.

In Week 2 against BUF he caught 9 of 13 targets for 142 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.

In Week 3 against NYJ he caught 4 of 8 targets for 19 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 4 against CAR he caught 8 of 11 targets for 75 yards and did not score.

Through Week 4, Ja'Marr Chase has been on the field for 72 percent of CIN snaps, drawn 18 percent of the targets and had 13 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 6 of the offence's 37 third down targets, had 1 of its 8 chances inside the five and seen 2 of its 31 two minute targets.

His 28 targets have averaged 8.1 air yards.

In Week 2 against HOU he caught 7 of 9 targets for 75 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.

In Week 3 against PIT he caught 9 of 12 targets for 98 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 4 against JAX he caught 3 of 3 targets for 27 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Amon-Ra St. Brown played 17 games and scored 324.0 PPR points, 19.1 a game, finishing WR3.

He caught 117 of 172 targets for 1401 yards and 11 touchdowns, with 34 red zone targets.

That came to 10.1 targets a game, a 68 percent catch rate and 12.0 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 85 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 Ja'Marr Chase played 16 games and scored 313.6 PPR points, 19.6 a game, finishing WR4.

He caught 125 of 185 targets for 1412 yards and 8 touchdowns, with 21 red zone targets.

That came to 11.6 targets a game, a 68 percent catch rate and 11.3 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 94 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Amon-Ra St. Brown was available for 1 game more.

Head to head

In 2025 Ja'Marr Chase scored 19.6 PPR points a game and Amon-Ra St. Brown 19.1, 0.5 a game between them.

Amon-Ra St. Brown finished WR3 that year and Ja'Marr Chase WR4.

Ja'Marr Chase had 13 more targets than Amon-Ra St. Brown, 185 to 172.

Ja'Marr Chase had 11 more receiving yards than Amon-Ra St. Brown, 1412 to 1401.

This season Amon-Ra St. Brown holds the bigger snap share, 89 percent against 72 percent.

This season Amon-Ra St. Brown holds the bigger target share, 29 percent against 18 percent.

Byes and availability

Both are off in Week 6, so a roster holding the pair has that one week to cover twice.

Ja'Marr Chase is listed as questionable on the injury report.

What would change the answer

2.1 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.