Start Courtland Sutton or Emeka Egbuka? Week 5

Our Week 5 call

Start Courtland Sutton over Emeka Egbuka in Week 5.

Market-based projections have Courtland Sutton at 9.3 points and Emeka Egbuka at 8.9, a gap of 0.4. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 9.3 fantasy points for Courtland Sutton, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

The market has Courtland Sutton at 36.5 receiving yards and 3.5 receptions, with a 31% chance to score a touchdown (16, 13 and 15 market sources).

Player markets imply 8.9 fantasy points for Emeka Egbuka, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

The market has Emeka Egbuka at 35.5 receiving yards and 3.5 receptions, with a 26% chance to score a touchdown (16, 15 and 17 market sources).

That puts Courtland Sutton 0.4 points ahead of Emeka Egbuka on the market projections.

Injury status

Courtland Sutton is not on the injury report.

Emeka Egbuka is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 5

Through Week 4, Courtland Sutton played 78 percent of DEN snaps, drew 18 percent of the targets, earned 34 percent of the air yards and had 17 percent of the red zone chances.

Courtland Sutton, Week 1 against KC: 39 of 51 snaps, 5 targets and 2 catches for 11 yards.

Courtland Sutton, Week 2 against JAX: 45 of 62 snaps, 4 targets and 3 catches for 25 yards.

Courtland Sutton, Week 3 against LAR: 58 of 67 snaps, 7 targets and 3 catches for 46 yards.

Courtland Sutton, Week 4 against SF: 48 of 65 snaps, 6 targets and 1 catch for 4 yards.

Through Week 4, Emeka Egbuka played 84 percent of TB snaps, drew 20 percent of the targets, earned 25 percent of the air yards and had 10 percent of the red zone chances.

Emeka Egbuka, Week 1 against CIN: 49 of 57 snaps, 6 targets and 5 catches for 63 yards.

Emeka Egbuka, Week 2 against CLE: 56 of 65 snaps, 1 carry for -3 yards, 5 targets and 3 catches for 16 yards, 1 touchdown.

Emeka Egbuka, Week 3 against MIN: 51 of 69 snaps, 9 targets and 5 catches for 62 yards.

Emeka Egbuka, Week 4 against GB: 59 of 64 snaps, 4 targets and 2 catches for 13 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Courtland Sutton played 17 games for DEN and scored 219.7 PPR points, 12.9 a game, finishing WR13.

He caught 74 of 124 targets for 1017 yards and 7 touchdowns, with 17 red zone targets and 795 air yards.

He was on the field for 86 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

In 2025, Emeka Egbuka played 17 games for TB and scored 195.7 PPR points, 11.5 a game, finishing WR23.

He caught 63 of 127 targets for 938 yards and 6 touchdowns, with 11 red zone targets and 603 air yards.

He was on the field for 78 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 5 calls

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• Start Deebo Samuel Sr. over Courtland Sutton.
• Start Courtland Sutton over Devaughn Vele.
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• Start Emeka Egbuka over Chris Godwin Jr..
• Start Emeka Egbuka over Cooper Kupp.