Courtland Sutton or Brenton Strange: who should I start in Week 5?

What the player markets price

The player markets price Courtland Sutton at 9.3 PPR points a game, built from 4 markets across 14 market sources. That is the 104th highest figure of the 217 players the market prices.

The player markets price Brenton Strange at 8.6 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 15 market sources. That is the 109th highest figure of the 217 players the market prices.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Courtland Sutton: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 78th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Brenton Strange: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 103rd overall on the rest of his evidence.

This season through Week 4

Through Week 4, Courtland Sutton has been on the field for 78 percent of DEN snaps, drawn 18 percent of the targets and had 17 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 7 of the offence's 35 third down targets, had 1 of its 11 chances inside the five and seen 7 of its 16 two minute targets.

His 22 targets have averaged 11.5 air yards.

In Week 2 against JAX he caught 3 of 4 targets for 25 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against LAR he caught 3 of 7 targets for 46 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against SF he caught 1 of 6 targets for 4 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 Courtland Sutton played 17 games and scored 219.7 PPR points, 12.9 a game, finishing WR13.

He caught 74 of 124 targets for 1017 yards and 7 touchdowns, with 17 red zone targets.

That came to 7.3 targets a game, a 60 percent catch rate and 13.7 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 86 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.

Courtland Sutton was available for 5 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Courtland Sutton scored 12.9 PPR points a game and Brenton Strange 9.8, 3.1 a game between them.

Courtland Sutton finished WR13 and Brenton Strange TE23, which are two different ladders.

Courtland Sutton is a wide receiver and Brenton Strange a tight end, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Courtland Sutton is off in Week 10. No bye is listed for Brenton Strange.

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.