Justin Jefferson or DJ Moore: who should I start in Week 5?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Justin Jefferson: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 167th overall on the rest of his evidence.

By format he goes standard: ADP 4; 2QB: ADP 16.

Drafters have formed no consensus on DJ Moore: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 170th overall on the rest of his evidence.

By format he goes standard: ADP 16; 2QB: ADP 38.

What the player markets price

The market has Justin Jefferson at 2.8 PPR points a game off 1 market across 13 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.

The market has DJ Moore at 2.5 PPR points a game off 1 market across 7 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.

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

This season so far

Through Week 3, Justin Jefferson has been on the field for 68 percent of MIN snaps, drawn 25 percent of the targets and had 21 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 8 of the offence's 30 third down targets, had 0 of its 2 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 6 two minute targets.

His 17 targets have averaged 11.1 air yards.

In Week 1 against GB he caught 8 of 9 targets for 92 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.

In Week 2 against CHI he caught 3 of 6 targets for 55 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against TB he caught 2 of 2 targets for 32 yards and did not score.

Through Week 4, DJ Moore has been on the field for 51 percent of BUF snaps, drawn 18 percent of the targets and had 8 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 9 of the offence's 31 third down targets, had 0 of its 13 chances inside the five and seen 6 of its 22 two minute targets.

His 20 targets have averaged 15.2 air yards.

In Week 2 against DET he carried 1 time for -1 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against LAC he caught 6 of 10 targets for 67 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against NE he carried 1 time for 6 yards, caught 1 of 2 targets for 11 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Justin Jefferson played 17 games and scored 201.5 PPR points, 11.9 a game, finishing WR21.

He caught 84 of 141 targets for 1048 yards and 2 touchdowns, with 17 red zone targets.

That came to 8.3 targets a game, a 60 percent catch rate and 12.5 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 95 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 DJ Moore played 17 games and scored 170.2 PPR points, 10.0 a game, finishing WR35.

He caught 50 of 85 targets for 682 yards and 6 touchdowns, with 11 red zone targets.

That came to 5.0 targets a game, a 59 percent catch rate and 13.6 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 85 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Both were available for 17 games that season.

Head to head

In 2025 Justin Jefferson scored 11.9 PPR points a game and DJ Moore 10.0, 1.8 a game between them.

Justin Jefferson finished WR21 that year and DJ Moore WR35.

Justin Jefferson had 56 more targets than DJ Moore, 141 to 85.

Justin Jefferson had 366 more receiving yards than DJ Moore, 1048 to 682.

This season Justin Jefferson holds the bigger snap share, 68 percent against 51 percent.

This season Justin Jefferson holds the bigger target share, 25 percent against 18 percent.

Byes and availability

Justin Jefferson is off in Week 6 and DJ Moore in Week 7, so either can cover the other's bye.

Justin Jefferson is listed as questionable on the injury report.

DJ Moore is listed as questionable on the injury report.