Brock Bowers or Gunnar Helm: who should I start in Week 5?

What the player markets price

The player markets price Brock Bowers at 16.8 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 15 market sources. That is the 24th highest figure of the 184 players the market prices.

The player markets price Gunnar Helm at 5.4 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 11 market sources. That is the 139th highest figure of the 184 players the market prices.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Brock Bowers: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 20th overall on the rest of his evidence.

By format he goes standard: ADP 17; 2QB: ADP 33.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Gunnar Helm: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 149th overall on the rest of his evidence.

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, Gunnar Helm has been on the field for 79 percent of TEN snaps, drawn 11 percent of the targets and had 8 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 5 of the offence's 31 third down targets, had 0 of its 12 chances inside the five and seen 2 of its 20 two minute targets.

His 12 targets have averaged 3.8 air yards.

In Week 2 against PHI he caught 2 of 2 targets for 13 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against NYG he caught 2 of 4 targets for 14 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against BAL he caught 1 of 1 target for 5 yards and did not score.

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 Gunnar Helm played 16 games and scored 91.7 PPR points, 5.7 a game, finishing TE31.

He caught 44 of 55 targets for 357 yards and 2 touchdowns, with 7 red zone targets.

That came to 3.4 targets a game, a 80 percent catch rate and 8.1 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 53 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Gunnar Helm was available for 4 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Brock Bowers scored 14.7 PPR points a game and Gunnar Helm 5.7, 9.0 a game between them.

Brock Bowers finished TE11 that year and Gunnar Helm TE31.

Brock Bowers had 31 more targets than Gunnar Helm, 86 to 55.

Brock Bowers had 323 more receiving yards than Gunnar Helm, 680 to 357.

This season Brock Bowers holds the bigger snap share, 81 percent against 79 percent.

This season Brock Bowers holds the bigger target share, 31 percent against 11 percent.

Byes and availability

Brock Bowers is off in Week 13. No bye is listed for Gunnar Helm.

Brock Bowers is listed as questionable on the injury report.

What would change the answer

11.4 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.