Terry McLaurin or Rashee Rice: who should I start in Week 5?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Terry McLaurin: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 171st overall on the rest of his evidence.

Our board does not carry Rashee Rice at all right now: the consensus draft sample has dropped him and there is no player market on him this week, so he has no rank, no tier and no ADP here.

What the player markets price

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.

No season market is posted for Rashee Rice, so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.

This season so far

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.

Through Week 4, Rashee Rice has been on the field for 64 percent of KC snaps, drawn 14 percent of the targets and had 9 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 4 of the offence's 33 third down targets, had 0 of its 14 chances inside the five and seen 4 of its 16 two minute targets.

His 17 targets have averaged 7.4 air yards.

In Week 2 against IND he caught 4 of 6 targets for 83 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against MIA he caught 7 of 9 targets for 88 yards and did not score.

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

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 Rashee Rice played 8 games and scored 150.1 PPR points, 18.8 a game, finishing WR40.

He caught 53 of 78 targets for 571 yards and 5 touchdowns, with 18 red zone targets.

That came to 9.8 targets a game, a 68 percent catch rate and 10.8 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 73 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Terry McLaurin was available for 2 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Rashee Rice scored 18.8 PPR points a game and Terry McLaurin 11.4, 7.3 a game between them.

Terry McLaurin finished WR56 that year and Rashee Rice WR40.

Rashee Rice had 18 more targets than Terry McLaurin, 78 to 60.

Terry McLaurin had 11 more receiving yards than Rashee Rice, 582 to 571.

This season Terry McLaurin holds the bigger snap share, 78 percent against 64 percent.

This season Terry McLaurin holds the bigger target share, 24 percent against 14 percent.

Byes and availability

Terry McLaurin is off in Week 7. No bye is listed for Rashee Rice.

Terry McLaurin is listed as questionable on the injury report.