Jake Ferguson or Darnell Washington: who should I start in Week 5?
Neither man carries a posted season price right now, so this is their usage this season and their last full season's numbers, side by side.
Updated Oct 11, 2026 at 7:56 PM ET
Jake Ferguson is the start on the latest market price, 6.9 points to Darnell Washington's 6.2, the market figures from their Week 5 games. The next week's markets are not all posted yet, and this answer reorders when they are. What follows is how each has been used this season.
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TE24 · DAL · bye unlisted
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- Market price
- 6.9 pts a game Wk 5 price
- Overall rank
- 146
- Draft pick
- no consensus
- Tier
- 7
TE29 · PIT · bye unlisted
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- Market price
- 6.2 pts a game Wk 5 price
- Overall rank
- 160
- Draft pick
- no consensus
- Tier
- 7
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The gap
- Pick differencenot comparable without a consensus on both
- Board size289 draftable players
Consensus average draft position has stopped updating on these two, so the figures that depend on it are left out rather than printed stale. The verdict line above restates the market price and nothing else.
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Where the draft room stands
Drafters have formed no consensus on Jake Ferguson: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 146th overall on the rest of his evidence.
Drafters have formed no consensus on Darnell Washington: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 160th overall on the rest of his evidence.
What the player markets price
No season market is posted for Jake Ferguson, so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.
No season market is posted for Darnell Washington, so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.
Neither carries a posted market, so this page rests on the draft room and on what the two have already done.
This season through Week 4
Through Week 4, Jake Ferguson has been on the field for 69 percent of DAL snaps, drawn 10 percent of the targets and had 8 percent of the red zone chances.
He has taken 3 of the offence's 38 third down targets, had 1 of its 19 chances inside the five and seen 2 of its 24 two minute targets.
His 15 targets have averaged 4.3 air yards.
In Week 2 against WAS he caught 4 of 4 targets for 43 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.
In Week 3 against BAL he caught 3 of 5 targets for 23 yards and scored 1 touchdown.
In Week 4 against HOU he caught 3 of 4 targets for 11 yards and did not score.
Through Week 4, Darnell Washington has been on the field for 66 percent of PIT snaps, drawn 9 percent of the targets and had 8 percent of the red zone chances.
He has taken 2 of the offence's 32 third down targets, had 0 of its 1 chance inside the five and seen 3 of its 20 two minute targets.
His 13 targets have averaged 5.1 air yards.
In Week 2 against NE he caught 1 of 2 targets for 7 yards and did not score.
In Week 3 against CIN he caught 3 of 4 targets for 67 yards and did not score.
In Week 4 against CLE he caught 3 of 5 targets for 27 yards and scored 1 touchdown.
Their 2025 seasons
In 2025 Jake Ferguson played 17 games and scored 188.1 PPR points, 11.1 a game, finishing TE5.
He caught 82 of 102 targets for 600 yards and 8 touchdowns, with 23 red zone targets.
That came to 6.0 targets a game, a 80 percent catch rate and 7.3 yards a catch.
He was on the field for 67 percent of the snaps in the games he played.
In 2025 Darnell Washington played 16 games and scored 73.4 PPR points, 4.6 a game, finishing TE39.
He caught 31 of 43 targets for 364 yards and 1 touchdown, with 8 red zone targets.
That came to 2.7 targets a game, a 72 percent catch rate and 11.7 yards a catch.
He was on the field for 57 percent of the snaps in the games he played.
Jake Ferguson was available for 1 game more.
Head to head
In 2025 Jake Ferguson scored 11.1 PPR points a game and Darnell Washington 4.6, 6.5 a game between them.
Jake Ferguson finished TE5 that year and Darnell Washington TE39.
Jake Ferguson had 59 more targets than Darnell Washington, 102 to 43.
Jake Ferguson had 236 more receiving yards than Darnell Washington, 600 to 364.
This season Jake Ferguson holds the bigger snap share, 69 percent against 66 percent.
This season Jake Ferguson holds the bigger target share, 10 percent against 9 percent.
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