Michael Wilson or C.J. Stroud: who should I start in Week 5?
Both players' season market price, their usage this season and their last full season's numbers, with the draft market's own figures wherever it still has them.
Updated Oct 13, 2026 at 1:36 AM ET
Neither is in the consensus draft sample any more, and the market has not posted a whole price on Michael Wilson, so there is no current market order to give between these two. What follows is what each of them has already done.
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WR5 · ARI · bye 14
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- Market price
- 16.1 pts a game Wk 5 price
- Overall rank
- 15
- Draft pick
- no consensus
- Tier
- 5
QB7 · HOU · bye 8
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- Market price
- 16.9 pts a game
- Draft pick
- no consensus
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The gap
- Pick differencenot comparable without a consensus on both
- Board size168 draftable players
Consensus average draft position has stopped updating on these two, so the figures that depend on it are left out rather than printed stale. The verdict line above restates the market price and nothing else.
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Where the draft room stands
Drafters have formed no consensus on Michael Wilson: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 15th overall on the rest of his evidence.
Drafters have formed no consensus on C.J. Stroud: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 16th overall on the rest of his evidence.
In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 30.
What the player markets price
No season market is posted for Michael Wilson, so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.
The player markets price C.J. Stroud at 16.9 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 10 market sources. That is the 8th highest figure of the 107 players the market prices.
This season through Week 5
Through Week 5, Michael Wilson has been on the field for 91 percent of ARI snaps, drawn 26 percent of the targets and had 15 percent of the red zone chances.
He has taken 15 of the offence's 52 third down targets, had 4 of its 17 chances inside the five and seen 14 of its 37 two minute targets.
His 51 targets have averaged 10.2 air yards.
In Week 3 against SF he caught 11 of 17 targets for 89 yards and scored 1 touchdown.
In Week 4 against NYG he caught 7 of 13 targets for 95 yards and did not score.
In Week 5 against DET he caught 4 of 7 targets for 30 yards and did not score.
Through Week 5, C.J. Stroud has been on the field for 100 percent of HOU snaps, dropped back 202 times and thrown 9.8 air yards an attempt.
He has been sacked or hit on 29 of 202 dropbacks and scrambled 7 times.
In Week 3 against IND he completed 16 of 27 passes for 167 yards, threw 1 touchdown and 0 interceptions and ran 2 times for 10 yards.
In Week 4 against DAL he completed 21 of 29 passes for 347 yards, threw 2 touchdowns and 0 interceptions and ran 2 times for 12 yards.
In Week 5 against TEN he completed 26 of 34 passes for 261 yards, threw 1 touchdown and 0 interceptions and ran 4 times for 7 yards.
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Their 2025 seasons
In 2025 Michael Wilson played 17 games and scored 220.6 PPR points, 13.0 a game, finishing WR10.
He caught 78 of 126 targets for 1006 yards and 7 touchdowns, with 15 red zone targets.
That came to 7.4 targets a game, a 62 percent catch rate and 12.9 yards a catch.
He was on the field for 81 percent of the snaps in the games he played.
In 2025 C.J. Stroud played 14 games and scored 216.5 PPR points, 15.5 a game, finishing QB21.
He threw for 3041 yards on 423 attempts with 19 touchdowns and 8 interceptions, and ran for 209 yards and 1 touchdown.
That came to 30.2 attempts a game at 7.2 yards an attempt.
He was on the field for 93 percent of the snaps in the games he played.
Michael Wilson was available for 3 games more.
Side by side
In 2025 C.J. Stroud scored 15.5 PPR points a game and Michael Wilson 13.0, 2.5 a game between them.
Michael Wilson finished WR10 and C.J. Stroud QB21, which are two different ladders.
Michael Wilson is a wide receiver and C.J. Stroud a quarterback, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.
Byes and availability
Michael Wilson is off in Week 14 and C.J. Stroud in Week 8, so either can cover the other's bye.
What would change the answer
Michael Wilson has no posted market, so one half of the evidence on this page exists for only one of them.
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