Austin Hooper or Ben Skowronek: who should I start in Week 5?

What the player markets price

The player markets price Austin Hooper at 1.9 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 17 market sources. That is the 190th highest figure of the 212 players the market prices.

The player markets price Ben Skowronek at 1.2 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 16 market sources. That is the 197th highest figure of the 212 players the market prices.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Austin Hooper: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 229th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Ben Skowronek: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 230th overall on the rest of his evidence.

This season through Week 4

Through Week 4, Austin Hooper has been on the field for 28 percent of ATL snaps, drawn 8 percent of the targets and had 4 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 2 of the offence's 26 third down targets, had 1 of its 8 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 14 two minute targets.

His 7 targets have averaged 3.0 air yards.

In Week 2 against CAR he caught 2 of 4 targets for 20 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against GB he caught 2 of 2 targets for 11 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 4 against NO he caught 1 of 1 target for 9 yards and did not score.

Through Week 4, Ben Skowronek has been on the field for 17 percent of PIT snaps, drawn 4 percent of the targets and had 5 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 22 third down targets, had 0 of its 1 chance inside the five and seen 0 of its 16 two minute targets.

His 4 targets have averaged 7.3 air yards.

In Week 2 against NE he caught 1 of 1 target for 2 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against CIN he caught 1 of 1 target for 23 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 4 against CLE he caught 1 of 2 targets for 7 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Austin Hooper played 16 games and scored 59.3 PPR points, 3.7 a game, finishing TE47.

He caught 21 of 26 targets for 263 yards and 2 touchdowns, with 5 red zone targets.

That came to 1.6 targets a game, a 81 percent catch rate and 12.5 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 50 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 Ben Skowronek played 17 games and scored 17.9 PPR points, 1.1 a game.

He caught 4 of 6 targets for 69 yards and 1 touchdown, with 1 red zone target.

That came to 0.4 targets a game, a 67 percent catch rate and 17.3 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 16 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Ben Skowronek was available for 1 game more.

Side by side

In 2025 Austin Hooper scored 3.7 PPR points a game and Ben Skowronek 1.1, 2.7 a game between them.

Austin Hooper is a tight end and Ben Skowronek a wide receiver, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Ben Skowronek is listed as questionable on the injury report.

What would change the answer

0.7 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.