Terry McLaurin or Emanuel Wilson: who should I start in Week 5?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Terry McLaurin: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 39th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Emanuel Wilson: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 40th overall on the rest of his evidence.

What the player markets price

The market has Terry McLaurin at 13.0 PPR points a game off 3 markets across 15 market sources. That is 70 percent of what a wide receiver's price needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

The player markets price Emanuel Wilson at 13.5 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 17 market sources. That is the 55th highest figure of the 213 players the market prices.

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

This season so far

Through Week 3, Terry McLaurin has been on the field for 78 percent of WAS snaps, drawn 24 percent of the targets and had 7 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 5 of the offence's 26 third down targets, had 1 of its 7 chances inside the five and seen 2 of its 9 two minute targets.

His 22 targets have averaged 13.0 air yards.

In Week 1 against PHI he caught 2 of 4 targets for 14 yards and did not score.

In Week 2 against DAL he caught 2 of 9 targets for 50 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against SEA he caught 6 of 9 targets for 77 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Through Week 4, Emanuel Wilson has been on the field for 37 percent of SEA snaps, taken 48 percent of the carries, drawn 4 percent of the targets and had 28 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 31 third down targets, had 6 of its 15 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 15 two minute targets.

His 5 targets have come 2.6 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 2 against ARI he carried 21 times for 92 yards, caught 0 of 1 target for 0 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against WAS he carried 9 times for 14 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against LAC he carried 21 times for 81 yards, caught 3 of 4 targets for 39 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Terry McLaurin played 10 games and scored 114.2 PPR points, 11.4 a game, finishing WR56.

He caught 38 of 60 targets for 582 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 7 red zone targets.

That came to 6.0 targets a game, a 63 percent catch rate and 15.3 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 70 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 Emanuel Wilson played 17 games and scored 94.5 PPR points, 5.6 a game, finishing RB49.

He carried 125 times for 496 yards and 3 touchdowns, and caught 15 of 17 targets for 99 more yards.

That came to 7.4 carries a game at 4.0 yards a carry and 0.9 catches a game.

He was on the field for 30 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Emanuel Wilson was available for 7 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Terry McLaurin scored 11.4 PPR points a game and Emanuel Wilson 5.6, 5.9 a game between them.

Terry McLaurin finished WR56 and Emanuel Wilson RB49, which are two different ladders.

Terry McLaurin is a wide receiver and Emanuel Wilson a running back, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Terry McLaurin is off in Week 7. No bye is listed for Emanuel Wilson.

Terry McLaurin is listed as questionable on the injury report.

What would change the answer

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