Demond Claiborne or Tanner Hudson: who should I start in Week 5?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Demond Claiborne: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 241st overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Tanner Hudson: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 243rd overall on the rest of his evidence.

What the player markets price

The market has Demond Claiborne at 1.4 PPR points a game off 4 markets across 16 market sources. That is 60 percent of what a running back's price needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

The player markets price Tanner Hudson at 1.2 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 15 market sources. That is the 198th highest figure of the 212 players the market prices.

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

This season through Week 4

Through Week 4, Demond Claiborne has been on the field for 7 percent of MIN snaps, taken 8 percent of the carries, drawn 1 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 1 of the offence's 32 third down targets and seen 0 of its 9 two minute targets.

His 1 target have come 7.0 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 2 against CHI he carried 0 times for 0 yards, caught 1 of 1 target for 2 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against TB he carried 3 times for 1 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against MIA he carried 3 times for 12 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

Demond Claiborne is a rookie, so there is no NFL season behind him to price him against.

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.

Side by side

Demond Claiborne is a running back and Tanner Hudson a tight end, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

What would change the answer

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