Terry McLaurin or Isaiah Davis: 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 170th overall on the rest of his evidence.

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

What the player markets price

The market has Terry McLaurin at 2.7 PPR points a game off 1 market across 14 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 Isaiah Davis at 3.2 PPR points a game off 2 markets across 14 market sources. That is 70 percent of what a running back'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 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, Isaiah Davis has been on the field for 6 percent of NYJ snaps, taken 0 percent of the carries, drawn 0 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 5 third down targets and seen 0 of its 2 two minute targets.

In Week 4 against CHI he carried 0 times for 0 yards and did not score.

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 Isaiah Davis played 16 games and scored 71.2 PPR points, 4.5 a game, finishing RB59.

He carried 43 times for 236 yards and 1 touchdown, and caught 21 of 28 targets for 186 more yards.

That came to 2.7 carries a game at 5.5 yards a carry and 1.3 catches a game.

He was on the field for 29 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Isaiah Davis was available for 6 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Terry McLaurin scored 11.4 PPR points a game and Isaiah Davis 4.5, 7.0 a game between them.

Terry McLaurin finished WR56 and Isaiah Davis RB59, which are two different ladders.

Terry McLaurin is a wide receiver and Isaiah Davis 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 Isaiah Davis.

Terry McLaurin is listed as questionable on the injury report.