Colston Loveland or Brenton Strange: who should I start in Week 5?

What the player markets price

The player markets price Colston Loveland at 9.1 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 15 market sources. That is the 96th highest figure of the 183 players the market prices.

The player markets price Brenton Strange at 8.5 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 15 market sources. That is the 100th highest figure of the 183 players the market prices.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Colston Loveland: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 97th overall on the rest of his evidence.

By format he goes standard: ADP 20; 2QB: ADP 44.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Brenton Strange: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 111th overall on the rest of his evidence.

This season through Week 4

Through Week 4, Colston Loveland has been on the field for 87 percent of CHI snaps, drawn 15 percent of the targets and had 9 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 5 of the offence's 33 third down targets, had 1 of its 21 chances inside the five and seen 4 of its 21 two minute targets.

His 18 targets have averaged 5.7 air yards.

In Week 2 against MIN he caught 1 of 3 targets for 3 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against PHI he caught 4 of 4 targets for 31 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against NYJ he caught 6 of 9 targets for 57 yards and did not score.

Through Week 4, Brenton Strange has been on the field for 79 percent of JAX snaps, drawn 18 percent of the targets and had 6 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 3 of the offence's 22 third down targets, had 0 of its 7 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 11 two minute targets.

His 18 targets have averaged 7.8 air yards.

In Week 2 against DEN he caught 2 of 2 targets for 17 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against NE he caught 3 of 5 targets for 32 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against CIN he caught 7 of 8 targets for 95 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Colston Loveland played 16 games and scored 165.1 PPR points, 10.3 a game, finishing TE12.

He caught 58 of 82 targets for 713 yards and 6 touchdowns, with 14 red zone targets.

That came to 5.1 targets a game, a 71 percent catch rate and 12.3 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 63 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 Brenton Strange played 12 games and scored 118.0 PPR points, 9.8 a game, finishing TE23.

He caught 46 of 60 targets for 540 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 9 red zone targets.

That came to 5.0 targets a game, a 77 percent catch rate and 11.7 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 76 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Colston Loveland was available for 4 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Colston Loveland scored 10.3 PPR points a game and Brenton Strange 9.8, 0.5 a game between them.

Colston Loveland finished TE12 that year and Brenton Strange TE23.

Colston Loveland had 22 more targets than Brenton Strange, 82 to 60.

Colston Loveland had 173 more receiving yards than Brenton Strange, 713 to 540.

This season Colston Loveland holds the bigger snap share, 87 percent against 79 percent.

This season Brenton Strange holds the bigger target share, 18 percent against 15 percent.

Byes and availability

Colston Loveland is off in Week 10. No bye is listed for Brenton Strange.

What would change the answer

0.6 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.