Jake Ferguson or Gunnar Helm: who should I start in Week 5?

What the player markets price

The player markets price Jake Ferguson at 8.1 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 16 market sources. That is the 119th highest figure of the 221 players the market prices.

The player markets price Gunnar Helm at 5.3 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 14 market sources. That is the 153rd highest figure of the 221 players the market prices.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Jake Ferguson: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 116th overall on the rest of his evidence.

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

This season through Week 4

Through Week 4, Jake Ferguson has been on the field for 69 percent of DAL snaps, drawn 10 percent of the targets and had 8 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 3 of the offence's 38 third down targets, had 1 of its 19 chances inside the five and seen 2 of its 24 two minute targets.

His 15 targets have averaged 4.3 air yards.

In Week 2 against WAS he caught 4 of 4 targets for 43 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.

In Week 3 against BAL he caught 3 of 5 targets for 23 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 4 against HOU he caught 3 of 4 targets for 11 yards and did not score.

Through Week 4, Gunnar Helm has been on the field for 79 percent of TEN snaps, drawn 11 percent of the targets and had 8 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 5 of the offence's 31 third down targets, had 0 of its 12 chances inside the five and seen 2 of its 20 two minute targets.

His 12 targets have averaged 3.8 air yards.

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

In Week 3 against NYG he caught 2 of 4 targets for 14 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against BAL he caught 1 of 1 target for 5 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Jake Ferguson played 17 games and scored 188.1 PPR points, 11.1 a game, finishing TE5.

He caught 82 of 102 targets for 600 yards and 8 touchdowns, with 23 red zone targets.

That came to 6.0 targets a game, a 80 percent catch rate and 7.3 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 67 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 Gunnar Helm played 16 games and scored 91.7 PPR points, 5.7 a game, finishing TE31.

He caught 44 of 55 targets for 357 yards and 2 touchdowns, with 7 red zone targets.

That came to 3.4 targets a game, a 80 percent catch rate and 8.1 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 53 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Jake Ferguson was available for 1 game more.

Head to head

In 2025 Jake Ferguson scored 11.1 PPR points a game and Gunnar Helm 5.7, 5.3 a game between them.

Jake Ferguson finished TE5 that year and Gunnar Helm TE31.

Jake Ferguson had 47 more targets than Gunnar Helm, 102 to 55.

Jake Ferguson had 243 more receiving yards than Gunnar Helm, 600 to 357.

This season Gunnar Helm holds the bigger snap share, 79 percent against 69 percent.

This season Gunnar Helm holds the bigger target share, 11 percent against 10 percent.

Byes and availability

Gunnar Helm is listed as questionable on the injury report.

What would change the answer

2.8 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.