Start Amon-Ra St. Brown or Davante Adams? Week 5

Our Week 5 call

Start Amon-Ra St. Brown over Davante Adams in Week 5.

Market-based projections have Amon-Ra St. Brown at 20.4 points and Davante Adams at 14.6, a gap of 5.8.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 20.4 fantasy points for Amon-Ra St. Brown, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

The market has Amon-Ra St. Brown at 80.5 receiving yards and 7.5 receptions, with a 56% chance to score a touchdown (17, 13 and 17 market sources).

Player markets imply 14.6 fantasy points for Davante Adams, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

The market has Davante Adams at 62.5 receiving yards and 4.5 receptions, with a 48% chance to score a touchdown (14, 12 and 16 market sources).

That puts Amon-Ra St. Brown 5.8 points ahead of Davante Adams on the market projections.

Injury status

Amon-Ra St. Brown is not on the injury report.

Davante Adams is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 5

Through Week 4, Amon-Ra St. Brown played 89 percent of DET snaps, drew 29 percent of the targets, earned 30 percent of the air yards and had 21 percent of the red zone chances.

Amon-Ra St. Brown, Week 1 against NO: 69 of 77 snaps, 14 targets and 10 catches for 67 yards, 2 touchdowns.

Amon-Ra St. Brown, Week 2 against BUF: 62 of 65 snaps, 13 targets and 9 catches for 142 yards, 2 touchdowns.

Amon-Ra St. Brown, Week 3 against NYJ: 48 of 65 snaps, 8 targets and 4 catches for 19 yards, 1 touchdown.

Amon-Ra St. Brown, Week 4 against CAR: 68 of 71 snaps, 11 targets and 8 catches for 75 yards.

Through Week 4, Davante Adams played 76 percent of LAR snaps, drew 24 percent of the targets, earned 41 percent of the air yards and had 12 percent of the red zone chances.

Davante Adams, Week 1 against SF: 33 of 61 snaps, 6 targets and 3 catches for 26 yards.

Davante Adams, Week 2 against NYG: 40 of 62 snaps, 10 targets and 8 catches for 195 yards, 2 touchdowns.

Davante Adams, Week 3 against DEN: 71 of 86 snaps, 13 targets and 7 catches for 137 yards.

Davante Adams, Week 4 against PHI: 80 of 84 snaps, 9 targets and 4 catches for 32 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Amon-Ra St. Brown played 17 games for DET and scored 324.0 PPR points, 19.1 a game, finishing WR3.

He caught 117 of 172 targets for 1401 yards and 11 touchdowns, with 34 red zone targets and 831 air yards.

He was on the field for 85 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

In 2025, Davante Adams played 14 games for LAR and scored 222.9 PPR points, 15.9 a game, finishing WR9.

He caught 60 of 114 targets for 789 yards and 14 touchdowns, with 31 red zone targets and 671 air yards.

He was on the field for 70 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 5 calls

• Start Amon-Ra St. Brown over CeeDee Lamb.
• Start Amon-Ra St. Brown over Chris Olave.
• Start Amon-Ra St. Brown over Drake London.
• Start Davante Adams over Carnell Tate.
• Start CeeDee Lamb over Davante Adams.
• Start Chris Olave over Davante Adams.