Tucker Kraft or Terry McLaurin: who should I start in Week 5?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Tucker Kraft: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 64th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Terry McLaurin: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 168th overall on the rest of his evidence.

What the player markets price

The player markets price Tucker Kraft at 11.3 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 15 market sources. That is the 72nd highest figure of the 182 players the market prices.

The market has Terry McLaurin at 2.7 PPR points a game off 1 market across 12 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.

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

This season so far

Through Week 4, Tucker Kraft has been on the field for 82 percent of GB snaps, drawn 16 percent of the targets and had 11 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 2 of the offence's 41 third down targets, had 2 of its 11 chances inside the five and seen 2 of its 23 two minute targets.

His 24 targets have averaged 5.5 air yards.

In Week 2 against NYJ he caught 2 of 3 targets for 15 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against ATL he caught 4 of 8 targets for 26 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against TB he carried 1 time for 3 yards, caught 6 of 7 targets for 42 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

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 Tucker Kraft played 8 games and scored 117.2 PPR points, 14.7 a game, finishing TE24.

He caught 32 of 44 targets for 489 yards and 6 touchdowns, with 12 red zone targets.

That came to 5.5 targets a game, a 73 percent catch rate and 15.3 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 86 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.

Terry McLaurin was available for 2 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Tucker Kraft scored 14.7 PPR points a game and Terry McLaurin 11.4, 3.2 a game between them.

Tucker Kraft finished TE24 and Terry McLaurin WR56, which are two different ladders.

Tucker Kraft is a tight end and Terry McLaurin a wide receiver, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Tucker Kraft is off in Week 11 and Terry McLaurin in Week 7, so either can cover the other's bye.

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.