Brock Bowers or T.J. Hockenson: who should I start in Week 5?

What the player markets price

The player markets price Brock Bowers at 17.2 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 18 market sources. That is the 19th highest figure of the 214 players the market prices.

The player markets price T.J. Hockenson at 10.5 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 17 market sources. That is the 80th highest figure of the 214 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 19th overall on the rest of his evidence.

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

Drafters have formed no consensus on T.J. Hockenson: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 74th 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, T.J. Hockenson has been on the field for 76 percent of MIN snaps, drawn 26 percent of the targets and had 24 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 10 of the offence's 42 third down targets, had 0 of its 2 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 9 two minute targets.

His 26 targets have averaged 6.8 air yards.

In Week 2 against CHI he caught 3 of 4 targets for 29 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against TB he caught 2 of 4 targets for 11 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against MIA he caught 13 of 13 targets for 119 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 T.J. Hockenson played 15 games and scored 112.8 PPR points, 7.5 a game, finishing TE26.

He caught 51 of 66 targets for 438 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 11 red zone targets.

That came to 4.4 targets a game, a 77 percent catch rate and 8.6 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 79 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

T.J. Hockenson was available for 3 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Brock Bowers scored 14.7 PPR points a game and T.J. Hockenson 7.5, 7.2 a game between them.

Brock Bowers finished TE11 that year and T.J. Hockenson TE26.

Brock Bowers had 20 more targets than T.J. Hockenson, 86 to 66.

Brock Bowers had 242 more receiving yards than T.J. Hockenson, 680 to 438.

This season Brock Bowers holds the bigger snap share, 81 percent against 76 percent.

This season Brock Bowers holds the bigger target share, 31 percent against 26 percent.

Byes and availability

Brock Bowers is off in Week 13. No bye is listed for T.J. Hockenson.

T.J. Hockenson is listed as out on the injury report.

What would change the answer

6.7 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.