Justice Hill or Terry McLaurin: who should I start in Week 5?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Justice Hill: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 165th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Terry McLaurin: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 168th overall on the rest of his evidence.

What the player markets price

The market has Justice Hill at 3.4 PPR points a game off 4 markets across 14 market sources. That is 80 percent of what a running back's price needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

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.

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

This season so far

Through Week 4, Justice Hill has been on the field for 41 percent of BAL snaps, taken 11 percent of the carries, drawn 6 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 2 of the offence's 25 third down targets, had 0 of its 18 chances inside the five and seen 2 of its 24 two minute targets.

His 6 targets have come 2.5 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 2 against NO he carried 2 times for 6 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 12 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against DAL he carried 5 times for 33 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against TEN he carried 1 time for 3 yards, caught 2 of 3 targets for 22 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 Justice Hill played 10 games and scored 65.2 PPR points, 6.5 a game, finishing RB60.

He carried 18 times for 93 yards and 2 touchdowns, and caught 21 of 27 targets for 169 more yards.

That came to 1.8 carries a game at 5.2 yards a carry and 2.1 catches a game.

He was on the field for 37 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.

Both were available for 10 games that season.

Side by side

In 2025 Terry McLaurin scored 11.4 PPR points a game and Justice Hill 6.5, 4.9 a game between them.

Justice Hill finished RB60 and Terry McLaurin WR56, which are two different ladders.

Justice Hill is a running back and Terry McLaurin a wide receiver, 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 Justice Hill.

Terry McLaurin is listed as questionable on the injury report.