Justin Jefferson or CeeDee Lamb: who should I start in Week 5?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Justin Jefferson: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 16th overall on the rest of his evidence.

By format he goes standard: ADP 4; 2QB: ADP 15.

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

What the player markets price

The player markets price Justin Jefferson at 17.0 PPR points a game, built from 4 markets across 15 market sources. That is the 24th highest figure of the 220 players the market prices.

No season market is posted for CeeDee Lamb, so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.

This season so far

Through Week 3, Justin Jefferson has been on the field for 68 percent of MIN snaps, drawn 25 percent of the targets and had 21 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 8 of the offence's 30 third down targets, had 0 of its 2 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 6 two minute targets.

His 17 targets have averaged 11.1 air yards.

In Week 1 against GB he caught 8 of 9 targets for 92 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.

In Week 2 against CHI he caught 3 of 6 targets for 55 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against TB he caught 2 of 2 targets for 32 yards and did not score.

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.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Justin Jefferson played 17 games and scored 201.5 PPR points, 11.9 a game, finishing WR21.

He caught 84 of 141 targets for 1048 yards and 2 touchdowns, with 17 red zone targets.

That came to 8.3 targets a game, a 60 percent catch rate and 12.5 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 95 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

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.

Justin Jefferson was available for 3 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 CeeDee Lamb scored 14.4 PPR points a game and Justin Jefferson 11.9, 2.5 a game between them.

Justin Jefferson finished WR21 that year and CeeDee Lamb WR22.

Justin Jefferson had 24 more targets than CeeDee Lamb, 141 to 117.

CeeDee Lamb had 29 more receiving yards than Justin Jefferson, 1077 to 1048.

This season CeeDee Lamb holds the bigger snap share, 82 percent against 68 percent.

This season CeeDee Lamb holds the bigger target share, 32 percent against 25 percent.

Byes and availability

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

Justin Jefferson is listed as questionable on the injury report.

CeeDee Lamb is listed as questionable on the injury report.

What would change the answer

CeeDee Lamb has no posted market, so one half of the evidence on this page exists for only one of them.