Darnell Mooney or Ja'Marr Chase: who should I start in Week 5?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Darnell Mooney: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 153rd overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Ja'Marr Chase: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 155th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 5.

What the player markets price

The player markets price Darnell Mooney at 4.4 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 15 market sources. That is the 154th highest figure of the 183 players the market prices.

The market has Ja'Marr Chase at 4.3 PPR points a game off 1 market across 3 market sources. That is 30 percent of what a wide receiver's price needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

Ja'Marr Chase's price is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season through Week 4

Through Week 4, Darnell Mooney has been on the field for 57 percent of NYG snaps, drawn 9 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 5 of the offence's 39 third down targets, had 0 of its 5 chances inside the five and seen 2 of its 15 two minute targets.

His 10 targets have averaged 11.6 air yards.

In Week 2 against LAR he caught 2 of 3 targets for 48 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against TEN he carried 1 time for 9 yards, caught 2 of 3 targets for 20 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against ARI he caught 0 of 2 targets for 0 yards and did not score.

Through Week 4, Ja'Marr Chase has been on the field for 72 percent of CIN snaps, drawn 18 percent of the targets and had 13 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 6 of the offence's 37 third down targets, had 1 of its 8 chances inside the five and seen 2 of its 31 two minute targets.

His 28 targets have averaged 8.1 air yards.

In Week 2 against HOU he caught 7 of 9 targets for 75 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.

In Week 3 against PIT he caught 9 of 12 targets for 98 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

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

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Darnell Mooney played 15 games and scored 82.3 PPR points, 5.5 a game, finishing WR79.

He caught 32 of 72 targets for 443 yards and 1 touchdown, with 7 red zone targets.

That came to 4.8 targets a game, a 44 percent catch rate and 13.8 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 82 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 Ja'Marr Chase played 16 games and scored 313.6 PPR points, 19.6 a game, finishing WR4.

He caught 125 of 185 targets for 1412 yards and 8 touchdowns, with 21 red zone targets.

That came to 11.6 targets a game, a 68 percent catch rate and 11.3 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 94 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Ja'Marr Chase was available for 1 game more.

Head to head

In 2025 Ja'Marr Chase scored 19.6 PPR points a game and Darnell Mooney 5.5, 14.1 a game between them.

Darnell Mooney finished WR79 that year and Ja'Marr Chase WR4.

Ja'Marr Chase had 113 more targets than Darnell Mooney, 185 to 72.

Ja'Marr Chase had 969 more receiving yards than Darnell Mooney, 1412 to 443.

This season Ja'Marr Chase holds the bigger snap share, 72 percent against 57 percent.

This season Ja'Marr Chase holds the bigger target share, 18 percent against 9 percent.

Byes and availability

Ja'Marr Chase is off in Week 6. No bye is listed for Darnell Mooney.

Ja'Marr Chase is listed as questionable on the injury report.

What would change the answer

Ja'Marr Chase is only part priced, so the market half of this page is whole for only one of them.