Dareke Young or Bo Melton: who should I start in Week 5?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Dareke Young: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 233rd overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Bo Melton: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 237th overall on the rest of his evidence.

What the player markets price

The market has Dareke Young at 1.1 PPR points a game off 2 markets across 15 market sources. That is 70 percent of what a wide receiver's price needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

The player markets price Bo Melton at 0.9 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 15 market sources. That is the 217th highest figure of the 221 players the market prices.

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

This season through Week 4

Through Week 4, Dareke Young has been on the field for 16 percent of LV snaps, drawn 2 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 39 third down targets, had 0 of its 9 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 28 two minute targets.

His 3 targets have averaged 8.3 air yards.

In Week 2 against LAC he caught 1 of 1 target for 27 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against NO he was not given the ball.

In Week 4 against KC he caught 1 of 2 targets for 9 yards and did not score.

Through Week 4, Bo Melton has been on the field for 19 percent of GB snaps, drawn 3 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 2 of the offence's 41 third down targets, had 0 of its 11 chances inside the five and seen 2 of its 23 two minute targets.

His 4 targets have averaged 18.5 air yards.

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

In Week 3 against ATL he caught 0 of 1 target for 0 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against TB he caught 0 of 1 target for 0 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Dareke Young played 9 games and scored 6.8 PPR points, 0.8 a game.

He caught 2 of 3 targets for 48 yards and 0 touchdowns, with 0 red zone targets.

That came to 0.3 targets a game, a 67 percent catch rate and 24.0 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 9 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 Bo Melton played 16 games and scored 24.2 PPR points, 1.5 a game, finishing WR146.

He caught 4 of 13 targets for 107 yards and 1 touchdown, with 0 red zone targets.

That came to 0.8 targets a game, a 31 percent catch rate and 26.8 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 9 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Bo Melton was available for 7 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Bo Melton scored 1.5 PPR points a game and Dareke Young 0.8, 0.8 a game between them.

Bo Melton had 10 more targets than Dareke Young, 13 to 3.

Bo Melton had 59 more receiving yards than Dareke Young, 107 to 48.

This season Bo Melton holds the bigger snap share, 19 percent against 16 percent.

This season Bo Melton holds the bigger target share, 3 percent against 2 percent.

What would change the answer

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