Jordan Addison or Cam Ward: who should I start in Week 5?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Jordan Addison: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 173rd overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Cam Ward: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 177th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 46.

What the player markets price

The market has Jordan Addison at 2.1 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.

The player markets price Cam Ward at 9.9 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 10 market sources. That is the 87th highest figure of the 182 players the market prices.

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

This season through Week 4

Through Week 4, Jordan Addison has been on the field for 92 percent of MIN snaps, drawn 22 percent of the targets and had 5 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 11 of the offence's 42 third down targets, had 0 of its 2 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 9 two minute targets.

His 22 targets have averaged 12.4 air yards.

In Week 2 against CHI he caught 2 of 5 targets for 21 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against TB he caught 5 of 9 targets for 90 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 4 against MIA he carried 1 time for -1 yards, caught 4 of 6 targets for 52 yards and did not score.

Through Week 4, Cam Ward has been on the field for 100 percent of TEN snaps, dropped back 135 times and thrown 6.6 air yards an attempt.

He has been sacked or hit on 17 of 135 dropbacks and scrambled 10 times.

In Week 2 against PHI he completed 13 of 20 passes for 183 yards, threw 0 touchdowns and 0 interceptions and ran 4 times for 7 yards.

In Week 3 against NYG he completed 23 of 36 passes for 181 yards, threw 1 touchdown and 1 interception and ran 1 time for 2 yards.

In Week 4 against BAL he completed 20 of 31 passes for 222 yards, threw 1 touchdown and 1 interception and ran 4 times for 27 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Jordan Addison played 14 games and scored 135.1 PPR points, 9.7 a game, finishing WR45.

He caught 42 of 79 targets for 610 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 13 red zone targets.

That came to 5.6 targets a game, a 53 percent catch rate and 14.5 yards a catch.

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

In 2025 Cam Ward played 17 games and scored 193.7 PPR points, 11.4 a game, finishing QB22.

He threw for 3169 yards on 540 attempts with 15 touchdowns and 7 interceptions, and ran for 159 yards and 2 touchdowns.

That came to 31.8 attempts a game at 5.9 yards an attempt.

He was on the field for 100 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Cam Ward was available for 3 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Cam Ward scored 11.4 PPR points a game and Jordan Addison 9.7, 1.7 a game between them.

Jordan Addison finished WR45 and Cam Ward QB22, which are two different ladders.

Jordan Addison is a wide receiver and Cam Ward a quarterback, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Jordan Addison is off in Week 6 and Cam Ward in Week 9, so either can cover the other's bye.

Jordan Addison is listed as questionable on the injury report.

What would change the answer

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