Start Brock Bowers or Gunnar Helm? Week 5

Our Week 5 call

Start Brock Bowers over Gunnar Helm in Week 5.

Market-based projections have Brock Bowers at 16.8 points and Gunnar Helm at 5.4, a gap of 11.4.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 16.8 fantasy points for Brock Bowers, with 100 percent of the markets a TE needs posted.

The market has Brock Bowers at 72.5 receiving yards and 6.5 receptions, with a 39% chance to score a touchdown (14, 11 and 15 market sources).

Player markets imply 5.4 fantasy points for Gunnar Helm, with 100 percent of the markets a TE needs posted.

The market has Gunnar Helm at 18.5 receiving yards and 2.5 receptions, with a 15% chance to score a touchdown (10, 7 and 11 market sources).

That puts Brock Bowers 11.4 points ahead of Gunnar Helm on the market projections.

Week 5 matchups

Brock Bowers and LV visit NE on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

NE allowed 5.9 fantasy points a game to TEs this season over 4 games, the fewest in the league.

Tight ends caught passes for 26 yards and no touchdowns a game against NE.

Injury status

Brock Bowers is listed as questionable with a knee injury.

Gunnar Helm is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 5

Through Week 4, Brock Bowers played 81 percent of LV snaps, drew 31 percent of the targets, earned 35 percent of the air yards and had 24 percent of the red zone chances.

Brock Bowers, Week 3 against NO: 55 of 70 snaps, 13 targets and 10 catches for 116 yards, 1 touchdown.

Brock Bowers, Week 4 against KC: 69 of 84 snaps, 11 targets and 6 catches for 86 yards, 1 touchdown.

Through Week 4, Gunnar Helm played 79 percent of TEN snaps, drew 11 percent of the targets, earned 6 percent of the air yards and had 8 percent of the red zone chances.

Gunnar Helm, Week 1 against NYJ: 38 of 50 snaps, 5 targets and 4 catches for 28 yards.

Gunnar Helm, Week 2 against PHI: 46 of 53 snaps, 2 targets and 2 catches for 13 yards.

Gunnar Helm, Week 3 against NYG: 49 of 60 snaps, 4 targets and 2 catches for 14 yards.

Gunnar Helm, Week 4 against BAL: 46 of 64 snaps, 1 target and 1 catch for 5 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Brock Bowers played 12 games for LV and scored 176.2 PPR points, 14.7 a game, finishing TE11.

He caught 64 of 86 targets for 680 yards and 7 touchdowns, with 16 red zone targets and 375 air yards.

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

Brock Bowers, Week 16 of 2025 against HOU: 53 of 54 snaps, 5 targets and 5 catches for 33 yards, 1 touchdown, 14.3 PPR points.

In 2025, Gunnar Helm played 16 games for TEN and scored 91.7 PPR points, 5.7 a game, finishing TE31.

He caught 44 of 55 targets for 357 yards and 2 touchdowns, with 7 red zone targets and 198 air yards.

He was on the field for 53 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 5 calls

• Start Brock Bowers over AJ Barner.
• Start Brock Bowers over Cade Otton.
• Start Brock Bowers over Colston Loveland.
• Start AJ Barner over Gunnar Helm.
• Start Cade Otton over Gunnar Helm.
• Start Colston Loveland over Gunnar Helm.