Dallas Goedert or T.J. Hockenson: who should I start in Week 5?

What the player markets price

The player markets price Dallas Goedert at 10.0 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 16 market sources. That is the 91st highest figure of the 218 players the market prices.

The player markets price T.J. Hockenson at 9.7 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 16 market sources. That is the 98th highest figure of the 218 players the market prices.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Dallas Goedert: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 84th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on T.J. Hockenson: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 97th overall on the rest of his evidence.

This season so far

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.

Through Week 4, T.J. Hockenson has been on the field for 76 percent of MIN snaps, drawn 26 percent of the targets and had 24 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 10 of the offence's 42 third down targets, had 0 of its 2 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 9 two minute targets.

His 26 targets have averaged 6.8 air yards.

In Week 2 against CHI he caught 3 of 4 targets for 29 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against TB he caught 2 of 4 targets for 11 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against MIA he caught 13 of 13 targets for 119 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

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.

In 2025 T.J. Hockenson played 15 games and scored 112.8 PPR points, 7.5 a game, finishing TE26.

He caught 51 of 66 targets for 438 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 11 red zone targets.

That came to 4.4 targets a game, a 77 percent catch rate and 8.6 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 79 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Both were available for 15 games that season.

Head to head

In 2025 Dallas Goedert scored 12.3 PPR points a game and T.J. Hockenson 7.5, 4.8 a game between them.

Dallas Goedert finished TE7 that year and T.J. Hockenson TE26.

Dallas Goedert had 16 more targets than T.J. Hockenson, 82 to 66.

Dallas Goedert had 153 more receiving yards than T.J. Hockenson, 591 to 438.

This season T.J. Hockenson holds the bigger snap share, 76 percent against 54 percent.

This season T.J. Hockenson holds the bigger target share, 26 percent against 13 percent.

What would change the answer

0.3 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.