Brenton Strange or Kalif Raymond: who should I start in Week 5?

What the player markets price

The player markets price Brenton Strange at 8.5 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 14 market sources. That is the 102nd highest figure of the 184 players the market prices.

The player markets price Kalif Raymond at 7.8 PPR points a game, built from 4 markets across 14 market sources. That is the 112th highest figure of the 184 players the market prices.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Brenton Strange: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 106th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Kalif Raymond: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 105th overall on the rest of his evidence.

This season through Week 4

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.

Through Week 4, Kalif Raymond has been on the field for 61 percent of CHI snaps, drawn 19 percent of the targets and had 6 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 8 of the offence's 33 third down targets, had 0 of its 21 chances inside the five and seen 2 of its 21 two minute targets.

His 23 targets have averaged 5.7 air yards.

In Week 2 against MIN he caught 5 of 5 targets for 40 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against PHI he caught 6 of 7 targets for 90 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 4 against NYJ he caught 2 of 2 targets for 6 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

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.

In 2025 Kalif Raymond played 15 games and scored 66.8 PPR points, 4.5 a game, finishing WR94.

He caught 24 of 30 targets for 289 yards and 1 touchdown, with 2 red zone targets.

That came to 2.0 targets a game, a 80 percent catch rate and 12.0 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 38 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Kalif Raymond was available for 3 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Brenton Strange scored 9.8 PPR points a game and Kalif Raymond 4.5, 5.4 a game between them.

Brenton Strange finished TE23 and Kalif Raymond WR94, which are two different ladders.

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

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.