Start Brock Bowers or T.J. Hockenson? Week 5

Our Week 5 call

Start Brock Bowers over T.J. Hockenson in Week 5.

Market-based projections have Brock Bowers at 17.2 points and T.J. Hockenson at 10.4, a gap of 6.8.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 17.2 fantasy points for Brock Bowers, with 100 percent of the markets a TE needs posted.

The market has Brock Bowers at 74.5 receiving yards and 6.5 receptions, with a 41% chance to score a touchdown (18, 14 and 18 market sources).

Player markets imply 10.4 fantasy points for T.J. Hockenson, with 100 percent of the markets a TE needs posted.

The market has T.J. Hockenson at 39.5 receiving yards and 4.5 receptions, with a 28% chance to score a touchdown (16, 13 and 16 market sources).

That puts Brock Bowers 6.8 points ahead of T.J. Hockenson 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 not on the injury report.

T.J. Hockenson is listed as out with a concussion injury.

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, T.J. Hockenson played 76 percent of MIN snaps, drew 26 percent of the targets, earned 23 percent of the air yards and had 24 percent of the red zone chances.

T.J. Hockenson, Week 1 against GB: 43 of 65 snaps, 5 targets and 4 catches for 36 yards, 1 touchdown.

T.J. Hockenson, Week 2 against CHI: 36 of 52 snaps, 4 targets and 3 catches for 29 yards.

T.J. Hockenson, Week 3 against TB: 50 of 59 snaps, 4 targets and 2 catches for 11 yards.

T.J. Hockenson, Week 4 against MIA: 65 of 78 snaps, 13 targets and 13 catches for 119 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, T.J. Hockenson played 15 games for MIN and scored 112.8 PPR points, 7.5 a game, finishing TE26.

He caught 51 of 66 targets for 438 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 11 red zone targets and 224 air yards.

He was on the field for 79 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

How Week 5 went

Brock Bowers scored 23.0 PPR points and T.J. Hockenson scored 1.7.

The call was right: Brock Bowers outscored T.J. Hockenson by 21.3.

Brock Bowers finished 5.8 points above the 17.2 the market projected.

Brock Bowers, Week 5 against NE: 10 targets and 8 catches for 110 yards, 1 touchdown, 23.0 PPR points.

Brock Bowers finished as the week's TE2 in PPR scoring.

T.J. Hockenson finished 8.7 points below the 10.4 the market projected.

T.J. Hockenson, Week 5 against NO: 1 target and 1 catch for 7 yards, 1.7 PPR points.

T.J. Hockenson finished as the week's TE41 in PPR scoring.

Their other Week 5 calls

• Start Brock Bowers over AJ Barner.
• Start Brock Bowers over Cade Otton.
• Start Brock Bowers over Colston Loveland.
• Start T.J. Hockenson over Brenton Strange.
• Start T.J. Hockenson over Chig Okonkwo.
• Start T.J. Hockenson over Colston Loveland.