Should I start Terry McLaurin or Jaleel McLaughlin in Week 6?

The market-based projections

Terry McLaurin's market-based projection is 10.3 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 14 market sources. That is the 84th highest figure of the 193 players with a market-based projection.

Jaleel McLaughlin's market-based projection is 9.6 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 12 market sources. That is the 89th highest figure of the 193 players with a market-based projection.

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Terry McLaurin, and the board ranks him 88th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Jaleel McLaughlin, and the board ranks him 89th overall on the rest of his evidence.

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, Jaleel McLaughlin has been on the field for 10 percent of CLE snaps, taken 2 percent of the carries, drawn 2 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 32 third down targets, had 0 of its 6 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 16 two minute targets.

His 2 targets have averaged 2.0 air yards.

In Week 3 against CAR he carried 0 times for 0 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against PIT he carried 1 time for 28 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 5 against NYJ he carried 0 times for 0 yards, caught 0 of 1 target 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 Jaleel McLaughlin played 8 games and scored 31.4 PPR points, 3.9 a game, finishing RB82.

He carried 37 times for 187 yards and 1 touchdown, and caught 4 of 6 targets for 27 more yards.

That came to 4.6 carries a game at 5.1 yards a carry and 0-1 catches a game.

He was on the field for 15 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Terry McLaurin was available for 2 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Terry McLaurin scored 11.4 PPR points a game and Jaleel McLaughlin 3.9, 7.5 a game between them.

Terry McLaurin finished WR56 and Jaleel McLaughlin RB82, which are two different ladders.

Terry McLaurin is a wide receiver and Jaleel McLaughlin 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 Jaleel McLaughlin.

What would change the answer

0.7 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 live drafts hold these two again they can order them differently from the projection, and this page will follow the drafts rather than the market-based projection when they do.