Noah Fant or Eli Raridon: who should I start in Week 5?

What the player markets price

The player markets price Noah Fant at 3.7 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 14 market sources. That is the 177th highest figure of the 213 players the market prices.

The player markets price Eli Raridon at 3.4 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 15 market sources. That is the 182nd highest figure of the 213 players the market prices.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Noah Fant: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 197th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Eli Raridon: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 201st overall on the rest of his evidence.

This season so far

Through Week 3, Noah Fant has been on the field for 47 percent of NO snaps, drawn 10 percent of the targets and had 9 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 2 of the offence's 28 third down targets, had 1 of its 8 chances inside the five and seen 2 of its 23 two minute targets.

His 12 targets have averaged 5.1 air yards.

In Week 1 against DET he caught 4 of 8 targets for 33 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 2 against BAL he was not given the ball.

In Week 3 against LV he caught 4 of 4 targets for 33 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.

Through Week 4, Eli Raridon has been on the field for 46 percent of NE snaps, drawn 5 percent of the targets and had 18 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 24 third down targets, had 2 of its 5 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 13 two minute targets.

His 4 targets have averaged 10.3 air yards.

In Week 1 against SEA he caught 1 of 1 target for 2 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 2 against PIT he caught 1 of 1 target for 30 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against BUF he caught 1 of 2 targets for 12 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Noah Fant played 15 games and scored 74.8 PPR points, 5.0 a game, finishing TE37.

He caught 34 of 41 targets for 288 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 4 red zone targets.

That came to 2.7 targets a game, a 83 percent catch rate and 8.5 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 39 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Eli Raridon is a rookie, so there is no NFL season behind him to price him against.

Head to head

This season Noah Fant holds the bigger snap share, 47 percent against 46 percent.

This season Noah Fant holds the bigger target share, 10 percent against 5 percent.

What would change the answer

0.2 points a game is the entire case. The market restates it every week, and a line that moves moves the order with it.

The draft market is the half that is missing: when the consensus sample holds these two again it can order them differently from the price, and this page will follow the sample rather than the market price when it does.