Kyler Murray or Kalif Raymond: who should I start in Week 5?

What the player markets price

The player markets price Kyler Murray at 16.2 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 15 market sources. That is the 29th highest figure of the 183 players the market prices.

The player markets price Kalif Raymond at 7.8 PPR points a game, built from 4 markets across 15 market sources. That is the 109th highest figure of the 183 players the market prices.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Kyler Murray: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 96th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 20.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Kalif Raymond: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 98th overall on the rest of his evidence.

This season through Week 4

Through Week 4, Kyler Murray has been on the field for 73 percent of MIN snaps, dropped back 84 times and thrown 6.5 air yards an attempt.

He has been sacked or hit on 13 of 84 dropbacks and scrambled 6 times.

In Week 1 against GB he completed 3 of 5 passes for 18 yards, threw 0 touchdowns and 1 interception and ran 2 times for 9 yards.

In Week 3 against TB he completed 15 of 29 passes for 168 yards, threw 1 touchdown and 1 interception and ran 2 times for 17 yards.

In Week 4 against MIA he completed 27 of 37 passes for 247 yards, threw 0 touchdowns and 0 interceptions and ran 3 times for 21 yards.

Through Week 4, Kalif Raymond has been on the field for 61 percent of CHI snaps, drawn 19 percent of the targets and had 6 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 8 of the offence's 33 third down targets, had 0 of its 21 chances inside the five and seen 2 of its 21 two minute targets.

His 23 targets have averaged 5.7 air yards.

In Week 2 against MIN he caught 5 of 5 targets for 40 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against PHI he caught 6 of 7 targets for 90 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 4 against NYJ he caught 2 of 2 targets for 6 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Kyler Murray played 5 games and scored 80.8 PPR points, 16.2 a game, finishing QB38.

He threw for 962 yards on 161 attempts with 6 touchdowns and 3 interceptions, and ran for 173 yards and 1 touchdown.

That came to 32.2 attempts a game at 6.0 yards an attempt.

He was on the field for 99 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 Kalif Raymond played 15 games and scored 66.8 PPR points, 4.5 a game, finishing WR94.

He caught 24 of 30 targets for 289 yards and 1 touchdown, with 2 red zone targets.

That came to 2.0 targets a game, a 80 percent catch rate and 12.0 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 38 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Kalif Raymond was available for 10 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Kyler Murray scored 16.2 PPR points a game and Kalif Raymond 4.5, 11.7 a game between them.

Kyler Murray finished QB38 and Kalif Raymond WR94, which are two different ladders.

Kyler Murray is a quarterback and Kalif Raymond a wide receiver, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Kyler Murray is off in Week 6. No bye is listed for Kalif Raymond.

What would change the answer

8.4 points a game is the entire case. The market restates it every week, and a line that moves moves the order with it.

The draft market is the half that is missing: when the consensus sample holds these two again it can order them differently from the price, and this page will follow the sample rather than the market price when it does.