Mike Evans or Jadarian Price: who should I start in Week 5?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Mike Evans: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 55th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Jadarian Price: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 74th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 39.

What the player markets price

The player markets price Mike Evans at 10.7 PPR points a game, built from 4 markets across 16 market sources. That is the 82nd highest figure of the 185 players the market prices.

No season market is posted for Jadarian Price, so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.

This season so far

Through Week 4, Mike Evans has been on the field for 57 percent of SF snaps, drawn 22 percent of the targets and had 9 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 13 of the offence's 28 third down targets, had 1 of its 13 chances inside the five and seen 7 of its 18 two minute targets.

His 24 targets have averaged 13.1 air yards.

In Week 2 against MIA he caught 3 of 3 targets for 54 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against ARI he caught 3 of 6 targets for 34 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.

In Week 4 against DEN he caught 5 of 8 targets for 76 yards and did not score.

Through Week 3, Jadarian Price has been on the field for 36 percent of SEA snaps, taken 35 percent of the carries, drawn 7 percent of the targets and had 8 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 24 third down targets, had 1 of its 15 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 14 two minute targets.

His 7 targets have averaged 5.9 air yards.

In Week 1 against NE he carried 10 times for 52 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 6 yards and did not score.

In Week 2 against ARI he carried 13 times for 52 yards, caught 1 of 2 targets for 8 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against WAS he carried 5 times for 15 yards, caught 1 of 3 targets for 7 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Mike Evans played 8 games and scored 84.8 PPR points, 10.6 a game, finishing WR76.

He caught 30 of 61 targets for 368 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 8 red zone targets.

That came to 7.6 targets a game, a 49 percent catch rate and 12.3 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 65 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Jadarian Price is a rookie, so there is no NFL season behind him to price him against.

Side by side

Mike Evans is a wide receiver and Jadarian Price a running back, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Mike Evans is off in Week 8 and Jadarian Price in Week 11, so either can cover the other's bye.

Mike Evans is listed as questionable on the injury report.

Jadarian Price is listed as ir on the injury report.

What would change the answer

Jadarian Price has no posted market, so one half of the evidence on this page exists for only one of them.