Cam Skattebo or Terry McLaurin: who should I start in Week 5?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Cam Skattebo: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 49th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Terry McLaurin: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 193rd overall on the rest of his evidence.

What the player markets price

The player markets price Cam Skattebo at 12.0 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 14 market sources. That is the 73rd highest figure of the 218 players the market prices.

The market has Terry McLaurin at 2.6 PPR points a game off 1 market across 13 market sources. That is 30 percent of what a wide receiver's price needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

Terry McLaurin's price is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season so far

Through Week 4, Cam Skattebo has been on the field for 65 percent of NYG snaps, taken 59 percent of the carries, drawn 8 percent of the targets and had 35 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 3 of the offence's 39 third down targets, had 3 of its 5 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 15 two minute targets.

His 9 targets have averaged 3.6 air yards.

In Week 2 against LAR he carried 12 times for 36 yards, caught 4 of 4 targets for 19 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against TEN he carried 20 times for 60 yards, caught 3 of 4 targets for 40 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against ARI he carried 18 times for 58 yards, caught 1 of 1 target for 8 yards and did not score.

Through Week 3, Terry McLaurin has been on the field for 78 percent of WAS snaps, drawn 24 percent of the targets and had 7 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 5 of the offence's 26 third down targets, had 1 of its 7 chances inside the five and seen 2 of its 9 two minute targets.

His 22 targets have averaged 13.0 air yards.

In Week 1 against PHI he caught 2 of 4 targets for 14 yards and did not score.

In Week 2 against DAL he caught 2 of 9 targets for 50 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against SEA he caught 6 of 9 targets for 77 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Cam Skattebo played 8 games and scored 127.7 PPR points, 16.0 a game, finishing RB37.

He carried 101 times for 410 yards and 5 touchdowns, and caught 24 of 32 targets for 207 more yards.

That came to 12.6 carries a game at 4.1 yards a carry and 3.0 catches a game.

He was on the field for 54 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 Terry McLaurin played 10 games and scored 114.2 PPR points, 11.4 a game, finishing WR56.

He caught 38 of 60 targets for 582 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 7 red zone targets.

That came to 6.0 targets a game, a 63 percent catch rate and 15.3 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 70 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Terry McLaurin was available for 2 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Cam Skattebo scored 16.0 PPR points a game and Terry McLaurin 11.4, 4.5 a game between them.

Cam Skattebo finished RB37 and Terry McLaurin WR56, which are two different ladders.

Cam Skattebo is a running back and Terry McLaurin a wide receiver, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Cam Skattebo is off in Week 8 and Terry McLaurin in Week 7, so either can cover the other's bye.

Cam Skattebo is listed as questionable on the injury report.

Terry McLaurin is listed as questionable on the injury report.

What would change the answer

Terry McLaurin is only part priced, so the market half of this page is whole for only one of them.