Jordan Addison or Travis Etienne Jr.: who should I start in Week 5?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Jordan Addison: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 177th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Travis Etienne Jr.: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 199th overall on the rest of his evidence.

What the player markets price

The market has Jordan Addison at 2.1 PPR points a game off 1 market across 15 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.

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

This season so far

Through Week 4, Jordan Addison has been on the field for 92 percent of MIN snaps, drawn 22 percent of the targets and had 5 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 11 of the offence's 42 third down targets, had 0 of its 2 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 9 two minute targets.

His 22 targets have averaged 12.4 air yards.

In Week 2 against CHI he caught 2 of 5 targets for 21 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against TB he caught 5 of 9 targets for 90 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 4 against MIA he carried 1 time for -1 yards, caught 4 of 6 targets for 52 yards and did not score.

Through Week 3, Travis Etienne Jr. has been on the field for 51 percent of NO snaps, taken 38 percent of the carries, drawn 10 percent of the targets and had 18 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 2 of the offence's 28 third down targets, had 1 of its 8 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 23 two minute targets.

His 13 targets have come 0.7 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 1 against DET he carried 9 times for 46 yards, caught 7 of 9 targets for 32 yards and did not score.

In Week 2 against BAL he carried 8 times for 25 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 6 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against LV he carried 13 times for 57 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 13 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Jordan Addison played 14 games and scored 135.1 PPR points, 9.7 a game, finishing WR45.

He caught 42 of 79 targets for 610 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 13 red zone targets.

That came to 5.6 targets a game, a 53 percent catch rate and 14.5 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 85 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

The season feed carries no line for Travis Etienne Jr. in the last completed season.

Side by side

Jordan Addison is a wide receiver and Travis Etienne Jr. a running back, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Jordan Addison is off in Week 6 and Travis Etienne Jr. in Week 8, so either can cover the other's bye.

Jordan Addison is listed as questionable on the injury report.

Travis Etienne Jr. is listed as ir on the injury report.