Start Courtland Sutton or Kendrick Bourne? Week 5

Our Week 5 call

Start Courtland Sutton over Kendrick Bourne in Week 5.

Market-based projections have Courtland Sutton at 9.4 points and Kendrick Bourne at 8.1, a gap of 1.3. 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 9.4 fantasy points for Courtland Sutton, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

The market has Courtland Sutton at 37.5 receiving yards and 3.5 receptions, with a 31% chance to score a touchdown (16, 14 and 16 market sources).

Player markets imply 8.1 fantasy points for Kendrick Bourne, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

The market has Kendrick Bourne at 31.5 receiving yards and 3.5 receptions, with a 22% chance to score a touchdown (14, 13 and 15 market sources).

That puts Courtland Sutton 1.3 points ahead of Kendrick Bourne on the market projections.

Injury status

Courtland Sutton is not on the injury report.

Kendrick Bourne 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, Kendrick Bourne played 61 percent of ARI snaps, drew 9 percent of the targets, earned 6 percent of the air yards and had 4 percent of the red zone chances.

Kendrick Bourne, Week 1 against LAC: 50 of 75 snaps, 8 targets and 8 catches for 75 yards.

Kendrick Bourne, Week 2 against SEA: 30 of 50 snaps, 3 targets and 2 catches for 11 yards.

Kendrick Bourne, Week 3 against SF: 48 of 87 snaps, 3 targets and 2 catches for 22 yards.

Kendrick Bourne, Week 4 against NYG: 42 of 66 snaps, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 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, Kendrick Bourne played 16 games for SF and scored 92.1 PPR points, 5.8 a game, finishing WR68.

He caught 37 of 53 targets for 551 yards and 0 touchdowns, with 2 red zone targets and 386 air yards.

He was on the field for 57 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 5 calls

• Start Courtland Sutton over Adonai Mitchell.
• Start Carnell Tate over Courtland Sutton.
• Start Deebo Samuel Sr. over Courtland Sutton.
• Start Kendrick Bourne over Brian Thomas Jr..
• Start Kendrick Bourne over Cooper Kupp.
• Start Kendrick Bourne over Darius Cooper.