Justin Jefferson or Terry McLaurin: who should I start in Week 5?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Justin Jefferson: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 190th overall on the rest of his evidence.

By format he goes standard: ADP 4; 2QB: ADP 15.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Terry McLaurin: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 193rd overall on the rest of his evidence.

What the player markets price

The market has Justin Jefferson at 2.8 PPR points a game off 1 market across 12 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 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.

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

This season through Week 3

Through Week 3, Justin Jefferson has been on the field for 68 percent of MIN snaps, drawn 25 percent of the targets and had 21 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 8 of the offence's 30 third down targets, had 0 of its 2 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 6 two minute targets.

His 17 targets have averaged 11.1 air yards.

In Week 1 against GB he caught 8 of 9 targets for 92 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.

In Week 2 against CHI he caught 3 of 6 targets for 55 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against TB he caught 2 of 2 targets for 32 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 Justin Jefferson played 17 games and scored 201.5 PPR points, 11.9 a game, finishing WR21.

He caught 84 of 141 targets for 1048 yards and 2 touchdowns, with 17 red zone targets.

That came to 8.3 targets a game, a 60 percent catch rate and 12.5 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 95 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.

Justin Jefferson was available for 7 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Justin Jefferson scored 11.9 PPR points a game and Terry McLaurin 11.4, 0.4 a game between them.

Justin Jefferson finished WR21 that year and Terry McLaurin WR56.

Justin Jefferson had 81 more targets than Terry McLaurin, 141 to 60.

Justin Jefferson had 466 more receiving yards than Terry McLaurin, 1048 to 582.

This season Terry McLaurin holds the bigger snap share, 78 percent against 68 percent.

This season Justin Jefferson holds the bigger target share, 25 percent against 24 percent.

Byes and availability

Justin Jefferson is off in Week 6 and Terry McLaurin in Week 7, so either can cover the other's bye.

Justin Jefferson is listed as questionable on the injury report.

Terry McLaurin is listed as questionable on the injury report.