Brock Bowers or CeeDee Lamb: who should I start in Week 5?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Brock Bowers: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 18th overall on the rest of his evidence.

By format he goes standard: ADP 17; 2QB: ADP 32.

Drafters have formed no consensus on CeeDee Lamb: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 22nd overall on the rest of his evidence.

What the player markets price

The player markets price Brock Bowers at 17.1 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 17 market sources. That is the 22nd highest figure of the 218 players the market prices.

No season market is posted for CeeDee Lamb, so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.

This season through Week 4

Through Week 4, Brock Bowers has been on the field for 81 percent of LV snaps, drawn 31 percent of the targets and had 24 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 13 of the offence's 22 third down targets, had 1 of its 5 chances inside the five and seen 6 of its 21 two minute targets.

His 24 targets have averaged 10.6 air yards.

In Week 3 against NO he caught 10 of 13 targets for 116 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 4 against KC he caught 6 of 11 targets for 86 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Through Week 4, CeeDee Lamb has been on the field for 82 percent of DAL snaps, drawn 32 percent of the targets and had 13 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 13 of the offence's 38 third down targets, had 3 of its 19 chances inside the five and seen 8 of its 24 two minute targets.

His 46 targets have averaged 10.2 air yards.

In Week 2 against WAS he caught 8 of 9 targets for 153 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.

In Week 3 against BAL he caught 7 of 8 targets for 112 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against HOU he carried 1 time for -6 yards, caught 17 of 21 targets for 189 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Brock Bowers played 12 games and scored 176.2 PPR points, 14.7 a game, finishing TE11.

He caught 64 of 86 targets for 680 yards and 7 touchdowns, with 16 red zone targets.

That came to 7.2 targets a game, a 74 percent catch rate and 10.6 yards a catch.

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

In 2025 CeeDee Lamb played 14 games and scored 200.9 PPR points, 14.4 a game, finishing WR22.

He caught 75 of 117 targets for 1077 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 17 red zone targets.

That came to 8.4 targets a game, a 64 percent catch rate and 14.4 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 75 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

CeeDee Lamb was available for 2 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Brock Bowers scored 14.7 PPR points a game and CeeDee Lamb 14.4, 0.3 a game between them.

Brock Bowers finished TE11 and CeeDee Lamb WR22, which are two different ladders.

Brock Bowers is a tight end and CeeDee Lamb a wide receiver, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Brock Bowers is off in Week 13 and CeeDee Lamb in Week 14, so either can cover the other's bye.

CeeDee Lamb is listed as questionable on the injury report.

What would change the answer

CeeDee Lamb has no posted market, so one half of the evidence on this page exists for only one of them.