Start Terry McLaurin or Courtland Sutton? Week 5

Our Week 5 call

Start Terry McLaurin over Courtland Sutton in Week 5.

Market-based projections have Terry McLaurin at 10.0 points and Courtland Sutton at 9.5, a gap of 0.5. 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 10.0 fantasy points for Terry McLaurin, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

The market has Terry McLaurin at 44.5 receiving yards and 3.5 receptions, with a 30% chance to score a touchdown (16, 14 and 16 market sources).

Player markets imply 9.5 fantasy points for Courtland Sutton, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

The market has Courtland Sutton at 38.5 receiving yards and 3.5 receptions, with a 31% chance to score a touchdown (17, 14 and 16 market sources).

That puts Terry McLaurin 0.5 points ahead of Courtland Sutton on the market projections.

Injury status

Terry McLaurin is not on the injury report.

Courtland Sutton is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 5

Through Week 3, Terry McLaurin played 78 percent of WAS snaps, drew 24 percent of the targets, earned 31 percent of the air yards and had 7 percent of the red zone chances.

Terry McLaurin, Week 1 against PHI: 61 of 70 snaps, 4 targets and 2 catches for 14 yards.

Terry McLaurin, Week 2 against DAL: 50 of 71 snaps, 9 targets and 2 catches for 50 yards.

Terry McLaurin, Week 3 against SEA: 52 of 69 snaps, 9 targets and 6 catches for 77 yards, 1 touchdown.

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.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Terry McLaurin played 10 games for WAS and scored 114.2 PPR points, 11.4 a game, finishing WR56.

He caught 38 of 60 targets for 582 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 7 red zone targets and 489 air yards.

He was on the field for 70 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

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.

How Week 5 went

Terry McLaurin scored 12.2 PPR points and Courtland Sutton scored 9.8.

The call was right: Terry McLaurin outscored Courtland Sutton by 2.4.

Terry McLaurin finished 2.2 points above the 10.0 the market projected.

Terry McLaurin, Week 5 against NYG: 4 targets and 4 catches for 62 yards, 12.2 PPR points.

Terry McLaurin finished as the week's WR20 in PPR scoring.

Courtland Sutton finished 0.3 points above the 9.5 the market projected.

Courtland Sutton, Week 5 against LAC: 3 targets and 2 catches for 18 yards, 1 touchdown, 9.8 PPR points.

Courtland Sutton finished as the week's WR31 in PPR scoring.

Their other Week 5 calls

• Start Carnell Tate over Terry McLaurin.
• Start Christian Watson over Terry McLaurin.
• Start Davante Adams over Terry McLaurin.
• Start Courtland Sutton over Adonai Mitchell.
• Start Carnell Tate over Courtland Sutton.
• Start Deebo Samuel Sr. over Courtland Sutton.