Start Darnell Mooney or Derius Davis? Week 5

Our Week 5 call

Start Derius Davis over Darnell Mooney in Week 5.

Market-based projections have Derius Davis at 4.1 points and Darnell Mooney at 4.0, a gap of 0.0. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. Derius Davis's number is scaled up from a partial market: not every stat the position needs is posted yet, so the rest is estimated from what is. Market coverage on Derius Davis is 60 percent of what his position needs, so the market side of this carries proportionally less weight.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 4.1 fantasy points for Derius Davis, with 60 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

The market gives Derius Davis a 14% chance to score a touchdown (16 market sources).

Player markets imply 4.1 fantasy points for Darnell Mooney, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

The market has Darnell Mooney at 17.5 receiving yards and 1.5 receptions, with a 12% chance to score a touchdown (16, 16 and 16 market sources).

That puts Derius Davis 0.0 points ahead of Darnell Mooney on the market projections.

Injury status

Derius Davis is not on the injury report.

Darnell Mooney is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 5

Through Week 4, Derius Davis played 8 percent of LAC snaps, drew 3 percent of the targets, earned 7 percent of the air yards and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

Derius Davis, Week 1 against ARI: 10 of 55 snaps, 1 target and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Derius Davis, Week 2 against LV: 8 of 68 snaps, 1 target and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Derius Davis, Week 3 against BUF: 1 of 69 snaps, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Derius Davis, Week 4 against SEA: 3 of 71 snaps, 1 target and 1 catch for 6 yards.

Through Week 4, Darnell Mooney played 57 percent of NYG snaps, drew 9 percent of the targets, earned 11 percent of the air yards and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

Darnell Mooney, Week 1 against DAL: 39 of 69 snaps, 2 targets and 2 catches for 27 yards.

Darnell Mooney, Week 2 against LAR: 42 of 58 snaps, 3 targets and 2 catches for 48 yards.

Darnell Mooney, Week 3 against TEN: 28 of 64 snaps, 1 carry for 9 yards, 3 targets and 2 catches for 20 yards.

Darnell Mooney, Week 4 against ARI: 37 of 67 snaps, 2 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Derius Davis played 11 games for LAC and scored 1.5 PPR points, 0.1 a game.

He caught 2 of 3 targets for 10 yards and 0 touchdowns, with 0 red zone targets and 2 air yards.

He was on the field for 5 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

In 2025, Darnell Mooney played 15 games for ATL and scored 82.3 PPR points, 5.5 a game, finishing WR79.

He caught 32 of 72 targets for 443 yards and 1 touchdown, with 7 red zone targets and 370 air yards.

He was on the field for 82 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

How Week 5 went

Derius Davis scored 0.0 PPR points and Darnell Mooney scored 3.4.

The call was wrong: Darnell Mooney outscored Derius Davis by 3.4.

Derius Davis finished 4.1 points below the 4.1 the market projected.

Derius Davis, Week 5 against DEN: 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Darnell Mooney finished 0.6 points below the 4.1 the market projected.

Darnell Mooney, Week 5 against WAS: 7 targets and 2 catches for 14 yards, 3.4 PPR points.

Darnell Mooney finished as the week's WR70 in PPR scoring.

Their other Week 5 calls

• Start Dyami Brown over Derius Davis.
• Start Derius Davis over Elic Ayomanor.
• Start Jahan Dotson over Derius Davis.
• Start Darnell Mooney over Calvin Ridley.
• Start Cody White over Darnell Mooney.
• Start Darnell Mooney over Devontez Walker.