Start Amon-Ra St. Brown or Justin Jefferson? Week 5

Our Week 5 call

Start Amon-Ra St. Brown over Justin Jefferson in Week 5.

Market-based projections have Amon-Ra St. Brown at 20.4 points and Justin Jefferson at 16.9, a gap of 3.5.

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 16.9 fantasy points for Justin Jefferson, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

The market has Justin Jefferson at 77.5 receiving yards and 6.5 receptions, with a 36% chance to score a touchdown (14, 12 and 15 market sources).

That puts Amon-Ra St. Brown 3.5 points ahead of Justin Jefferson on the market projections.

Week 5 matchups

Justin Jefferson and MIN visit NO on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

NO allowed 29.5 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 4 games, the 13th fewest in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 123 yards and 1.3 touchdowns a game against NO.

Injury status

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

Justin Jefferson is listed as questionable with a ankle injury.

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 3, Justin Jefferson played 68 percent of MIN snaps, drew 25 percent of the targets, earned 32 percent of the air yards and had 21 percent of the red zone chances.

Justin Jefferson, Week 1 against GB: 60 of 65 snaps, 9 targets and 8 catches for 92 yards, 2 touchdowns.

Justin Jefferson, Week 2 against CHI: 52 of 52 snaps, 6 targets and 3 catches for 55 yards.

Justin Jefferson, Week 3 against TB: 7 of 59 snaps, 2 targets and 2 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, Justin Jefferson played 17 games for MIN and scored 201.5 PPR points, 11.9 a game, finishing WR21.

He caught 84 of 141 targets for 1048 yards and 2 touchdowns, with 17 red zone targets and 597 air yards.

He was on the field for 95 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 Davante Adams.
• Start Justin Jefferson over Calvin Ridley.
• Start Justin Jefferson over Chris Olave.
• Start Justin Jefferson over Christian Watson.