Should I start Terry McLaurin or KaVontae Turpin in Week 6?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Terry McLaurin: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 184th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on KaVontae Turpin: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 187th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Terry McLaurin is 2.4 PPR points a game off 1 market across 13 market sources. That is 30 percent of what a wide receiver's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

KaVontae Turpin's market-based projection is 2.2 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 13 market sources. That is the 168th highest figure of the 206 players with a market-based projection.

Terry McLaurin's projection is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season through Week 5

Through Week 5, Terry McLaurin has been on the field for 73 percent of WAS snaps, drawn 22 percent of the targets and had 9 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 5 of the offence's 31 third down targets, had 1 of its 7 chances inside the five and seen 4 of its 15 two minute targets.

His 26 targets have averaged 12.5 air yards.

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.

In Week 5 against NYG he caught 4 of 4 targets for 62 yards and did not score.

Through Week 5, KaVontae Turpin has been on the field for 18 percent of DAL snaps, drawn 4 percent of the targets and had 6 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 2 of the offence's 46 third down targets, had 0 of its 22 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 31 two minute targets.

His 7 targets have averaged 6.1 air yards.

In Week 3 against BAL he carried 1 time for 9 yards, caught 1 of 2 targets for 9 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 4 against HOU he was not given the ball.

In Week 5 against TB he caught 2 of 4 targets for 22 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 KaVontae Turpin played 15 games and scored 84.5 PPR points, 5.6 a game, finishing WR77.

He caught 26 of 38 targets for 396 yards and 2 touchdowns, with 5 red zone targets.

That came to 2-3 targets a game, a 68 percent catch rate and 15.2 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 37 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

KaVontae Turpin was available for 5 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Terry McLaurin scored 11.4 PPR points a game and KaVontae Turpin 5.6, 5.8 a game between them.

Terry McLaurin finished WR56 that year and KaVontae Turpin WR77.

Terry McLaurin had 22 more targets than KaVontae Turpin, 60 to 38.

Terry McLaurin had 186 more receiving yards than KaVontae Turpin, 582 to 396.

This season Terry McLaurin holds the bigger snap share, 73 percent against 18 percent.

This season Terry McLaurin holds the bigger target share, 22 percent against 4 percent.

Byes and availability

Terry McLaurin is off in Week 7. No bye is listed for KaVontae Turpin.

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.