Terry McLaurin or Emeka Egbuka: who should I start in Week 6?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Terry McLaurin: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 91st overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Emeka Egbuka: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 96th overall on the rest of his evidence.

What the player markets price

The market has Terry McLaurin at 2.4 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.

The market has Emeka Egbuka at 2.2 PPR points a game off 1 market across 6 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.

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

This season through Week 5

Through Week 5, Terry McLaurin has been on the field for 73 percent of WAS snaps, drawn 22 percent of the targets and had 9 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 5 of the offence's 31 third down targets, had 1 of its 7 chances inside the five and seen 4 of its 15 two minute targets.

His 26 targets have averaged 12.5 air yards.

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.

In Week 5 against NYG he caught 4 of 4 targets for 62 yards and did not score.

Through Week 5, Emeka Egbuka has been on the field for 85 percent of TB snaps, drawn 23 percent of the targets and had 13 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 14 of the offence's 40 third down targets, had 2 of its 6 chances inside the five and seen 6 of its 29 two minute targets.

His 33 targets have averaged 10.3 air yards.

In Week 3 against MIN he caught 5 of 9 targets for 62 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against GB he caught 2 of 4 targets for 13 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against DAL he carried 1 time for 14 yards, caught 6 of 9 targets for 38 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

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 Emeka Egbuka played 17 games and scored 195.7 PPR points, 11.5 a game, finishing WR23.

He caught 63 of 127 targets for 938 yards and 6 touchdowns, with 11 red zone targets.

That came to 7.5 targets a game, a 50 percent catch rate and 14.9 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 78 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Emeka Egbuka was available for 7 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Emeka Egbuka scored 11.5 PPR points a game and Terry McLaurin 11.4, 0.1 a game between them.

Terry McLaurin finished WR56 that year and Emeka Egbuka WR23.

Emeka Egbuka had 67 more targets than Terry McLaurin, 127 to 60.

Emeka Egbuka had 356 more receiving yards than Terry McLaurin, 938 to 582.

This season Emeka Egbuka holds the bigger snap share, 85 percent against 73 percent.

This season Emeka Egbuka holds the bigger target share, 23 percent against 22 percent.

Byes and availability

Terry McLaurin is off in Week 7 and Emeka Egbuka in Week 10, so either can cover the other's bye.