Jaxon Smith-Njigba or Terry McLaurin: who should I start in Week 5?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Jaxon Smith-Njigba: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 5th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 8.

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.

What the player markets price

The player markets price Jaxon Smith-Njigba at 20.1 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 15 market sources. That is the 9th highest figure of the 184 players the market prices.

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.

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

This season so far

Through Week 4, Jaxon Smith-Njigba has been on the field for 82 percent of SEA snaps, drawn 37 percent of the targets and had 22 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 15 of the offence's 31 third down targets, had 2 of its 15 chances inside the five and seen 6 of its 15 two minute targets.

His 42 targets have averaged 9.9 air yards.

In Week 2 against ARI he caught 9 of 11 targets for 155 yards and scored 3 touchdowns.

In Week 3 against WAS he caught 10 of 14 targets for 128 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.

In Week 4 against LAC he caught 5 of 6 targets for 76 yards and did not score.

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.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Jaxon Smith-Njigba played 17 games and scored 359.9 PPR points, 21.2 a game, finishing WR2.

He caught 119 of 163 targets for 1793 yards and 10 touchdowns, with 17 red zone targets.

That came to 9.6 targets a game, a 73 percent catch rate and 15.1 yards a catch.

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

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.

Jaxon Smith-Njigba was available for 7 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Jaxon Smith-Njigba scored 21.2 PPR points a game and Terry McLaurin 11.4, 9.8 a game between them.

Jaxon Smith-Njigba finished WR2 that year and Terry McLaurin WR56.

Jaxon Smith-Njigba had 103 more targets than Terry McLaurin, 163 to 60.

Jaxon Smith-Njigba had 1211 more receiving yards than Terry McLaurin, 1793 to 582.

This season Jaxon Smith-Njigba holds the bigger snap share, 82 percent against 78 percent.

This season Jaxon Smith-Njigba holds the bigger target share, 37 percent against 24 percent.

Byes and availability

Jaxon Smith-Njigba is off in Week 11 and Terry McLaurin in Week 7, so either can cover the other's bye.

Terry McLaurin is listed as questionable on the injury report.

What would change the answer

Terry McLaurin is only part priced, so the market half of this page is whole for only one of them.