Luther Burden III or Romeo Doubs: who should I start in Week 5?

What the player markets price

The player markets price Luther Burden III at 11.3 PPR points a game, built from 4 markets across 15 market sources. That is the 74th highest figure of the 184 players the market prices.

The player markets price Romeo Doubs at 11.3 PPR points a game, built from 4 markets across 15 market sources. That is the 78th highest figure of the 184 players the market prices.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Luther Burden III: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 48th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 41.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Romeo Doubs: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 51st overall on the rest of his evidence.

This season through Week 4

Through Week 4, Luther Burden III has been on the field for 61 percent of CHI snaps, drawn 24 percent of the targets and had 11 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 5 of the offence's 33 third down targets, had 1 of its 21 chances inside the five and seen 6 of its 21 two minute targets.

His 29 targets have averaged 8.2 air yards.

In Week 2 against MIN he caught 3 of 7 targets for 32 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against PHI he carried 1 time for 7 yards, caught 7 of 11 targets for 61 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 4 against NYJ he carried 1 time for 11 yards, caught 4 of 6 targets for 63 yards and did not score.

Through Week 4, Romeo Doubs has been on the field for 65 percent of NE snaps, drawn 17 percent of the targets and had 19 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 6 of the offence's 33 third down targets, had 1 of its 8 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 14 two minute targets.

His 20 targets have averaged 16.1 air yards.

In Week 2 against PIT he caught 3 of 4 targets for 96 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against JAX he caught 3 of 4 targets for 49 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against BUF he caught 6 of 9 targets for 58 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Luther Burden III played 15 games and scored 127.9 PPR points, 8.5 a game, finishing WR48.

He caught 47 of 60 targets for 652 yards and 2 touchdowns, with 4 red zone targets.

That came to 4.0 targets a game, a 78 percent catch rate and 13.9 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 39 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 Romeo Doubs played 16 games and scored 165.4 PPR points, 10.3 a game, finishing WR37.

He caught 55 of 85 targets for 724 yards and 6 touchdowns, with 17 red zone targets.

That came to 5.3 targets a game, a 65 percent catch rate and 13.2 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 78 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Romeo Doubs was available for 1 game more.

Head to head

In 2025 Romeo Doubs scored 10.3 PPR points a game and Luther Burden III 8.5, 1.8 a game between them.

Luther Burden III finished WR48 that year and Romeo Doubs WR37.

Romeo Doubs had 25 more targets than Luther Burden III, 85 to 60.

Romeo Doubs had 72 more receiving yards than Luther Burden III, 724 to 652.

This season Romeo Doubs holds the bigger snap share, 65 percent against 61 percent.

This season Luther Burden III holds the bigger target share, 24 percent against 17 percent.

Byes and availability

Luther Burden III is off in Week 10 and Romeo Doubs in Week 11, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

0.1 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.