Daniel Bellinger or Tanner Hudson: who should I start in Week 5?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Daniel Bellinger: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 224th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Tanner Hudson: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 229th overall on the rest of his evidence.

What the player markets price

The market has Daniel Bellinger at 1.5 PPR points a game off 2 markets across 15 market sources. That is 70 percent of what a tight end's price needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

The player markets price Tanner Hudson at 1.4 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 15 market sources. That is the 203rd highest figure of the 213 players the market prices.

Daniel Bellinger's price is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season through Week 4

Through Week 4, Daniel Bellinger has been on the field for 42 percent of TEN snaps, drawn 5 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 2 of the offence's 31 third down targets, had 0 of its 12 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 20 two minute targets.

His 5 targets have averaged 0.2 air yards.

In Week 2 against PHI he caught 0 of 1 target for 0 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against NYG he caught 2 of 2 targets for 16 yards and did not score.

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

Through Week 4, Tanner Hudson has been on the field for 25 percent of CIN snaps, drawn 3 percent of the targets and had 3 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 26 third down targets, had 0 of its 8 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 28 two minute targets.

His 4 targets have averaged 3.8 air yards.

In Week 1 against TB he caught 1 of 1 target for 4 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against PIT he caught 2 of 2 targets for 13 yards and did not score.

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

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Daniel Bellinger played 16 games and scored 59.6 PPR points, 3.7 a game, finishing TE46.

He caught 19 of 26 targets for 286 yards and 2 touchdowns, with 6 red zone targets.

That came to 1.6 targets a game, a 73 percent catch rate and 15.1 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 48 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 Tanner Hudson played 15 games and scored 47.8 PPR points, 3.2 a game, finishing TE55.

He caught 19 of 24 targets for 168 yards and 2 touchdowns, with 6 red zone targets.

That came to 1.6 targets a game, a 79 percent catch rate and 8.8 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 16 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Daniel Bellinger was available for 1 game more.

Head to head

In 2025 Daniel Bellinger scored 3.7 PPR points a game and Tanner Hudson 3.2, 0.5 a game between them.

Daniel Bellinger finished TE46 that year and Tanner Hudson TE55.

Daniel Bellinger had 2 more targets than Tanner Hudson, 26 to 24.

Daniel Bellinger had 118 more receiving yards than Tanner Hudson, 286 to 168.

This season Daniel Bellinger holds the bigger snap share, 42 percent against 25 percent.

This season Daniel Bellinger holds the bigger target share, 5 percent against 3 percent.

What would change the answer

Daniel Bellinger is only part priced, so the market half of this page is whole for only one of them.