Terry McLaurin or Tyler Goodson: 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 39th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Tyler Goodson: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 203rd overall on the rest of his evidence.

What the player markets price

The market has Terry McLaurin at 13.0 PPR points a game off 2 markets across 15 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.

No season market is posted for Tyler Goodson, 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, Tyler Goodson has been on the field for 18 percent of DAL snaps, taken 16 percent of the carries, drawn 2 percent of the targets and had 3 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 22 third down targets, had 0 of its 12 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 19 two minute targets.

His 2 targets have come 3.5 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 3 against BAL he carried 6 times for 22 yards, caught 1 of 1 target for -5 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against HOU he carried 3 times for 12 yards, caught 0 of 1 target for 0 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 Tyler Goodson played 11 games and scored 5.2 PPR points, 0.5 a game, finishing RB121.

He carried 9 times for 24 yards and 0 touchdowns, and caught 2 of 3 targets for 8 more yards.

That came to 0.8 carries a game at 2.7 yards a carry and 0.2 catches a game.

He was on the field for 5 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Tyler Goodson was available for 1 game more.

Side by side

In 2025 Terry McLaurin scored 11.4 PPR points a game and Tyler Goodson 0.5, 10.9 a game between them.

Terry McLaurin finished WR56 and Tyler Goodson RB121, which are two different ladders.

Terry McLaurin is a wide receiver and Tyler Goodson a running back, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Terry McLaurin is off in Week 7. No bye is listed for Tyler Goodson.

Terry McLaurin is listed as questionable on the injury report.