CeeDee Lamb or Chase Brown: who should I start in Week 5?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on CeeDee Lamb: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 7th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Chase Brown: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 8th overall on the rest of his evidence.

By format he goes standard: ADP 5; 2QB: ADP 19.

What the player markets price

The player markets price CeeDee Lamb at 18.6 PPR points a game, built from 4 markets across 18 market sources. That is the 12th highest figure of the 182 players the market prices.

The market has Chase Brown at 18.5 PPR points a game off 2 markets across 11 market sources. That is 70 percent of what a running back's price needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

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

This season through Week 4

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.

Through Week 4, Chase Brown has been on the field for 73 percent of CIN snaps, taken 72 percent of the carries, drawn 15 percent of the targets and had 26 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 5 of the offence's 37 third down targets, had 3 of its 8 chances inside the five and seen 7 of its 31 two minute targets.

His 24 targets have come 0.8 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 2 against HOU he carried 20 times for 80 yards, caught 3 of 5 targets for 2 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against PIT he carried 13 times for 61 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 8 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against JAX he carried 9 times for 10 yards, caught 11 of 11 targets for 71 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

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.

In 2025 Chase Brown played 17 games and scored 282.6 PPR points, 16.6 a game, finishing RB7.

He carried 232 times for 1019 yards and 6 touchdowns, and caught 69 of 88 targets for 437 more yards.

That came to 13.6 carries a game at 4.4 yards a carry and 4.1 catches a game.

He was on the field for 67 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Chase Brown was available for 3 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Chase Brown scored 16.6 PPR points a game and CeeDee Lamb 14.4, 2.3 a game between them.

CeeDee Lamb finished WR22 and Chase Brown RB7, which are two different ladders.

CeeDee Lamb is a wide receiver and Chase Brown a running back, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

CeeDee Lamb is off in Week 14 and Chase Brown in Week 6, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

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