Start Dallas Goedert or T.J. Hockenson? Week 5

Our Week 5 call

Start Dallas Goedert over T.J. Hockenson in Week 5.

Market-based projections have Dallas Goedert at 10.1 points and T.J. Hockenson at 9.7, 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 10.1 fantasy points for Dallas Goedert, with 100 percent of the markets a TE needs posted.

The market has Dallas Goedert at 40.5 receiving yards and 4.5 receptions, with a 22% chance to score a touchdown (16, 14 and 16 market sources).

Player markets imply 9.7 fantasy points for T.J. Hockenson, with 100 percent of the markets a TE needs posted.

The market has T.J. Hockenson at 36.5 receiving yards and 4.5 receptions, with a 24% chance to score a touchdown (16, 14 and 16 market sources).

That puts Dallas Goedert 0.4 points ahead of T.J. Hockenson on the market projections.

Injury status

Dallas Goedert is not on the injury report.

T.J. Hockenson is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 5

Through Week 2, Dallas Goedert played 54 percent of PHI snaps, drew 13 percent of the targets, earned 11 percent of the air yards and had 13 percent of the red zone chances.

Dallas Goedert, Week 1 against WAS: 52 of 55 snaps, 5 targets and 4 catches for 77 yards, 2 touchdowns.

Dallas Goedert, Week 2 against TEN: 19 of 76 snaps, 2 targets and 1 catch for 4 yards.

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, Dallas Goedert played 15 games for PHI and scored 185.1 PPR points, 12.3 a game, finishing TE7.

He caught 60 of 82 targets for 591 yards and 11 touchdowns, with 15 red zone targets and 357 air yards.

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

Dallas Goedert, Week 17 of 2025 against BUF: 43 of 54 snaps, 6 targets and 3 catches for 8 yards, 1 touchdown, 9.8 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.

Their other Week 5 calls

• Start Dallas Goedert over Brenton Strange.
• Start Brock Bowers over Dallas Goedert.
• Start Dallas Goedert over Colston Loveland.
• Start T.J. Hockenson over Brenton Strange.
• Start T.J. Hockenson over Chig Okonkwo.
• Start T.J. Hockenson over Colston Loveland.