Terry McLaurin or Jonnu Smith: 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 192nd overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Jonnu Smith: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 207th overall on the rest of his evidence.

What the player markets price

The market has Terry McLaurin at 2.6 PPR points a game off 1 market across 13 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 player markets price Jonnu Smith at 2.8 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 13 market sources. That is the 194th highest figure of the 221 players the market prices.

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, Jonnu Smith has been on the field for 32 percent of GB snaps, drawn 5 percent of the targets and had 2 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 1 of the offence's 41 third down targets, had 0 of its 11 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 23 two minute targets.

His 7 targets have averaged 8.0 air yards.

In Week 2 against NYJ he was not given the ball.

In Week 3 against ATL he caught 2 of 3 targets for 16 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against TB he caught 1 of 1 target for 19 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 Jonnu Smith played 17 games and scored 85.2 PPR points, 5.0 a game, finishing TE35.

He caught 38 of 54 targets for 222 yards and 2 touchdowns, with 7 red zone targets.

That came to 3.2 targets a game, a 70 percent catch rate and 5.8 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 53 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Jonnu Smith was available for 7 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Terry McLaurin scored 11.4 PPR points a game and Jonnu Smith 5.0, 6.4 a game between them.

Terry McLaurin finished WR56 and Jonnu Smith TE35, which are two different ladders.

Terry McLaurin is a wide receiver and Jonnu Smith a tight end, 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 Jonnu Smith.

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.