Stefon Diggs or Terry McLaurin: who should I start in Week 5?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Stefon Diggs: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 42nd overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 50.

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.

What the player markets price

The market has Stefon Diggs at 12.5 PPR points a game off 3 markets across 14 market sources. That is 70 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 2.7 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.

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

This season so far

Through Week 4, Stefon Diggs has been on the field for 59 percent of WAS snaps, drawn 24 percent of the targets and had 12 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 14 of the offence's 37 third down targets, had 1 of its 7 chances inside the five and seen 4 of its 14 two minute targets.

His 31 targets have averaged 9.0 air yards.

In Week 2 against DAL he caught 5 of 6 targets for 47 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.

In Week 3 against SEA he caught 4 of 7 targets for 33 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against IND he caught 5 of 9 targets for 35 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 Stefon Diggs played 17 games and scored 210.3 PPR points, 12.4 a game, finishing WR17.

He caught 85 of 102 targets for 1013 yards and 4 touchdowns, with 12 red zone targets.

That came to 6.0 targets a game, a 83 percent catch rate and 11.9 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 54 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.

Stefon Diggs was available for 7 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Stefon Diggs scored 12.4 PPR points a game and Terry McLaurin 11.4, 1.0 a game between them.

Stefon Diggs finished WR17 that year and Terry McLaurin WR56.

Stefon Diggs had 42 more targets than Terry McLaurin, 102 to 60.

Stefon Diggs had 431 more receiving yards than Terry McLaurin, 1013 to 582.

This season Terry McLaurin holds the bigger snap share, 78 percent against 59 percent.

Their target share this season is the same, 24 percent each.

Byes and availability

Both are off in Week 7, so a roster holding the pair has that one week to cover twice.

Stefon Diggs is listed as questionable on the injury report.

Terry McLaurin is listed as questionable on the injury report.