Austin Hooper or DJ Moore: who should I start in Week 5?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Austin Hooper: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 212th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on DJ Moore: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 216th overall on the rest of his evidence.

By format he goes standard: ADP 16; 2QB: ADP 37.

What the player markets price

The player markets price Austin Hooper at 2.9 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 16 market sources. That is the 189th highest figure of the 220 players the market prices.

The market has DJ Moore at 2.5 PPR points a game off 1 market across 4 market sources. That is 30 percent of what a wide receiver's price needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

DJ Moore's price is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

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, DJ Moore has been on the field for 51 percent of BUF snaps, drawn 18 percent of the targets and had 8 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 9 of the offence's 31 third down targets, had 0 of its 13 chances inside the five and seen 6 of its 22 two minute targets.

His 20 targets have averaged 15.2 air yards.

In Week 2 against DET he carried 1 time for -1 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against LAC he caught 6 of 10 targets for 67 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against NE he carried 1 time for 6 yards, caught 1 of 2 targets for 11 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 DJ Moore played 17 games and scored 170.2 PPR points, 10.0 a game, finishing WR35.

He caught 50 of 85 targets for 682 yards and 6 touchdowns, with 11 red zone targets.

That came to 5.0 targets a game, a 59 percent catch rate and 13.6 yards a catch.

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

DJ Moore was available for 1 game more.

Side by side

In 2025 DJ Moore scored 10.0 PPR points a game and Austin Hooper 3.7, 6.3 a game between them.

Austin Hooper finished TE47 and DJ Moore WR35, which are two different ladders.

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

Byes and availability

DJ Moore is off in Week 7. No bye is listed for Austin Hooper.

DJ Moore is listed as questionable on the injury report.

What would change the answer

DJ Moore is only part priced, so the market half of this page is whole for only one of them.