Daniel Bellinger or Austin Hooper: who should I start in Week 5?

What the player markets price

The player markets price Daniel Bellinger at 2.1 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 16 market sources. That is the 201st highest figure of the 221 players the market prices.

The player markets price Austin Hooper at 2.0 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 14 market sources. That is the 202nd highest figure of the 221 players the market prices.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Daniel Bellinger: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 224th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Austin Hooper: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 226th overall on the rest of his evidence.

This season through Week 4

Through Week 4, Daniel Bellinger has been on the field for 42 percent of TEN snaps, drawn 5 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 2 of the offence's 31 third down targets, had 0 of its 12 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 20 two minute targets.

His 5 targets have averaged 0.2 air yards.

In Week 2 against PHI he caught 0 of 1 target for 0 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against NYG he caught 2 of 2 targets for 16 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against BAL he caught 1 of 1 target for 2 yards and did not score.

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.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Daniel Bellinger played 16 games and scored 59.6 PPR points, 3.7 a game, finishing TE46.

He caught 19 of 26 targets for 286 yards and 2 touchdowns, with 6 red zone targets.

That came to 1.6 targets a game, a 73 percent catch rate and 15.1 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 48 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

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.

Both were available for 16 games that season.

Head to head

In 2025 they scored the same 3.7 PPR points a game.

Daniel Bellinger finished TE46 that year and Austin Hooper TE47.

Both had 26 targets.

Daniel Bellinger had 23 more receiving yards than Austin Hooper, 286 to 263.

This season Daniel Bellinger holds the bigger snap share, 42 percent against 28 percent.

This season Austin Hooper holds the bigger target share, 8 percent against 5 percent.

What would change the answer

0.0 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.