Terry McLaurin or Dallas Goedert: who should I start in Week 5?

What the player markets price

The player markets price Terry McLaurin at 10.2 PPR points a game, built from 4 markets across 15 market sources. That is the 88th highest figure of the 226 players the market prices.

The player markets price Dallas Goedert at 10.1 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 16 market sources. That is the 89th highest figure of the 226 players the market prices.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Terry McLaurin: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 76th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Dallas Goedert: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 78th overall on the rest of his evidence.

This season so far

Through Week 3, Terry McLaurin has been on the field for 78 percent of WAS snaps, drawn 24 percent of the targets and had 7 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 5 of the offence's 26 third down targets, had 1 of its 7 chances inside the five and seen 2 of its 9 two minute targets.

His 22 targets have averaged 13.0 air yards.

In Week 1 against PHI he caught 2 of 4 targets for 14 yards and did not score.

In Week 2 against DAL he caught 2 of 9 targets for 50 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against SEA he caught 6 of 9 targets for 77 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Through Week 2, Dallas Goedert has been on the field for 54 percent of PHI snaps, drawn 13 percent of the targets and had 13 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 4 of the offence's 21 third down targets, had 0 of its 2 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 12 two minute targets.

His 7 targets have averaged 8.0 air yards.

In Week 1 against WAS he caught 4 of 5 targets for 77 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.

In Week 2 against TEN he caught 1 of 2 targets for 4 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Terry McLaurin played 10 games and scored 114.2 PPR points, 11.4 a game, finishing WR56.

He caught 38 of 60 targets for 582 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 7 red zone targets.

That came to 6.0 targets a game, a 63 percent catch rate and 15.3 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 70 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 Dallas Goedert played 15 games and scored 185.1 PPR points, 12.3 a game, finishing TE7.

He caught 60 of 82 targets for 591 yards and 11 touchdowns, with 15 red zone targets.

That came to 5.5 targets a game, a 73 percent catch rate and 9.9 yards a catch.

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

Dallas Goedert was available for 5 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Dallas Goedert scored 12.3 PPR points a game and Terry McLaurin 11.4, 0.9 a game between them.

Terry McLaurin finished WR56 and Dallas Goedert TE7, which are two different ladders.

Terry McLaurin is a wide receiver and Dallas Goedert a tight end, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Terry McLaurin is off in Week 7. No bye is listed for Dallas Goedert.

Terry McLaurin is listed as questionable on the injury report.

What would change the answer

0.1 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.