Jayden Reed or Travis Kelce: who should I start in Week 5?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Jayden Reed: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 256th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Travis Kelce: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 259th overall on the rest of his evidence.

What the player markets price

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

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

Neither carries a posted market, so this page rests on the draft room and on what the two have already done.

This season so far

Through Week 2, Jayden Reed has been on the field for 32 percent of GB snaps, drawn 12 percent of the targets and had 6 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 3 of the offence's 19 third down targets, had 0 of its 2 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 12 two minute targets.

His 8 targets have averaged 5.6 air yards.

In Week 1 against MIN he caught 3 of 7 targets for 20 yards and did not score.

In Week 2 against NYJ he caught 1 of 1 target for 4 yards and did not score.

Through Week 4, Travis Kelce has been on the field for 80 percent of KC snaps, drawn 19 percent of the targets and had 5 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 5 of the offence's 33 third down targets, had 0 of its 14 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 16 two minute targets.

His 22 targets have averaged 6.0 air yards.

In Week 2 against IND he caught 9 of 11 targets for 101 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 3 against MIA he caught 2 of 2 targets for 59 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 4 against LV he caught 2 of 4 targets for 15 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Jayden Reed played 7 games and scored 48.5 PPR points, 6.9 a game, finishing WR114.

He caught 19 of 22 targets for 207 yards and 1 touchdown, with 3 red zone targets.

That came to 3.1 targets a game, a 86 percent catch rate and 10.9 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 45 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 Travis Kelce played 17 games and scored 193.2 PPR points, 11.4 a game, finishing TE3.

He caught 76 of 108 targets for 851 yards and 5 touchdowns, with 11 red zone targets.

That came to 6.4 targets a game, a 70 percent catch rate and 11.2 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 81 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Travis Kelce was available for 10 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Travis Kelce scored 11.4 PPR points a game and Jayden Reed 6.9, 4.4 a game between them.

Jayden Reed finished WR114 and Travis Kelce TE3, which are two different ladders.

Jayden Reed is a wide receiver and Travis Kelce a tight end, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Jayden Reed is off in Week 11 and Travis Kelce in Week 5, so either can cover the other's bye.

Jayden Reed is listed as ir on the injury report.