Ja'Marr Chase or Elic Ayomanor: who should I start in Week 5?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Ja'Marr Chase: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 171st overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 5.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Elic Ayomanor: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 172nd overall on the rest of his evidence.

What the player markets price

The market has Ja'Marr Chase at 4.1 PPR points a game off 1 market across 8 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 player markets price Elic Ayomanor at 4.1 PPR points a game, built from 4 markets across 14 market sources. That is the 178th highest figure of the 217 players the market prices.

Ja'Marr Chase's price is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season through Week 4

Through Week 4, Ja'Marr Chase has been on the field for 72 percent of CIN snaps, drawn 18 percent of the targets and had 13 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 6 of the offence's 37 third down targets, had 1 of its 8 chances inside the five and seen 2 of its 31 two minute targets.

His 28 targets have averaged 8.1 air yards.

In Week 2 against HOU he caught 7 of 9 targets for 75 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.

In Week 3 against PIT he caught 9 of 12 targets for 98 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 4 against JAX he caught 3 of 3 targets for 27 yards and did not score.

Through Week 4, Elic Ayomanor has been on the field for 63 percent of TEN snaps, drawn 9 percent of the targets and had 13 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 3 of the offence's 31 third down targets, had 1 of its 12 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 20 two minute targets.

His 10 targets have averaged 11.7 air yards.

In Week 2 against PHI he caught 2 of 3 targets for 69 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against NYG he caught 1 of 3 targets for 11 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against BAL he caught 1 of 1 target for 22 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Ja'Marr Chase played 16 games and scored 313.6 PPR points, 19.6 a game, finishing WR4.

He caught 125 of 185 targets for 1412 yards and 8 touchdowns, with 21 red zone targets.

That came to 11.6 targets a game, a 68 percent catch rate and 11.3 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 94 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 Elic Ayomanor played 16 games and scored 116.5 PPR points, 7.3 a game, finishing WR55.

He caught 41 of 89 targets for 515 yards and 4 touchdowns, with 8 red zone targets.

That came to 5.6 targets a game, a 46 percent catch rate and 12.6 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 79 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Both were available for 16 games that season.

Head to head

In 2025 Ja'Marr Chase scored 19.6 PPR points a game and Elic Ayomanor 7.3, 12.3 a game between them.

Ja'Marr Chase finished WR4 that year and Elic Ayomanor WR55.

Ja'Marr Chase had 96 more targets than Elic Ayomanor, 185 to 89.

Ja'Marr Chase had 897 more receiving yards than Elic Ayomanor, 1412 to 515.

This season Ja'Marr Chase holds the bigger snap share, 72 percent against 63 percent.

This season Ja'Marr Chase holds the bigger target share, 18 percent against 9 percent.

Byes and availability

Ja'Marr Chase is off in Week 6. No bye is listed for Elic Ayomanor.

Ja'Marr Chase is listed as questionable on the injury report.

What would change the answer

Ja'Marr Chase is only part priced, so the market half of this page is whole for only one of them.