Courtland Sutton or Makai Lemon: who should I start in Week 5?

What the player markets price

The player markets price Courtland Sutton at 9.5 PPR points a game, built from 4 markets across 16 market sources. That is the 102nd highest figure of the 219 players the market prices.

The player markets price Makai Lemon at 7.9 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 16 market sources. That is the 123rd highest figure of the 219 players the market prices.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Courtland Sutton: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 92nd overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Makai Lemon: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 127th overall on the rest of his evidence.

This season through Week 4

Through Week 4, Courtland Sutton has been on the field for 78 percent of DEN snaps, drawn 18 percent of the targets and had 17 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 7 of the offence's 35 third down targets, had 1 of its 11 chances inside the five and seen 7 of its 16 two minute targets.

His 22 targets have averaged 11.5 air yards.

In Week 2 against JAX he caught 3 of 4 targets for 25 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against LAR he caught 3 of 7 targets for 46 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against SF he caught 1 of 6 targets for 4 yards and did not score.

Through Week 4, Makai Lemon has been on the field for 67 percent of PHI snaps, drawn 14 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 2 of the offence's 33 third down targets, had 0 of its 8 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 24 two minute targets.

His 15 targets have averaged 6.0 air yards.

In Week 2 against TEN he carried 1 time for -5 yards, caught 1 of 1 target for 14 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against CHI he caught 3 of 4 targets for 29 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against LAR he caught 3 of 6 targets for 27 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Courtland Sutton played 17 games and scored 219.7 PPR points, 12.9 a game, finishing WR13.

He caught 74 of 124 targets for 1017 yards and 7 touchdowns, with 17 red zone targets.

That came to 7.3 targets a game, a 60 percent catch rate and 13.7 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 86 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Makai Lemon is a rookie, so there is no NFL season behind him to price him against.

Head to head

This season Courtland Sutton holds the bigger snap share, 78 percent against 67 percent.

This season Courtland Sutton holds the bigger target share, 18 percent against 14 percent.

Byes and availability

Both are off in Week 10, so a roster holding the pair has that one week to cover twice.

What would change the answer

1.6 points a game is the entire case. The market restates it every week, and a line that moves moves the order with it.

The draft market is the half that is missing: when the consensus sample holds these two again it can order them differently from the price, and this page will follow the sample rather than the market price when it does.