Jake Ferguson or DeMario Douglas: who should I start in Week 5?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Jake Ferguson: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 145th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on DeMario Douglas: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 146th 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.

The player markets price DeMario Douglas at 6.7 PPR points a game, built from 4 markets across 16 market sources. That is the 134th highest figure of the 220 players the market prices.

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, DeMario Douglas has been on the field for 54 percent of NE snaps, drawn 14 percent of the targets and had 10 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 6 of the offence's 33 third down targets, had 0 of its 8 chances inside the five and seen 2 of its 14 two minute targets.

His 17 targets have averaged 10.6 air yards.

In Week 2 against PIT he caught 1 of 2 targets for 9 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against JAX he caught 1 of 5 targets for 38 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against BUF he caught 2 of 3 targets for 15 yards and did not score.

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 DeMario Douglas played 17 games and scored 95.8 PPR points, 5.6 a game, finishing WR65.

He caught 31 of 46 targets for 447 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 7 red zone targets.

That came to 2.7 targets a game, a 67 percent catch rate and 14.4 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 26 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Both were available for 17 games that season.

Side by side

In 2025 Jake Ferguson scored 11.1 PPR points a game and DeMario Douglas 5.6, 5.4 a game between them.

Jake Ferguson finished TE5 and DeMario Douglas WR65, which are two different ladders.

Jake Ferguson is a tight end and DeMario Douglas a wide receiver, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

What would change the answer

Jake Ferguson has no posted market, so one half of the evidence on this page exists for only one of them.