Start Emeka Egbuka or Deebo Samuel Sr.? Week 5
Locks at kickoff, graded after.
Start Deebo Samuel Sr. over Emeka Egbuka
- Market projects
- 8.5
- fantasy pts
- Market projects
- 7.8
- fantasy pts
- Snap share
- 84%
- Through Week 4
- Target share
- 20%
- Through Week 4
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Our Week 5 call
Start Deebo Samuel Sr. over Emeka Egbuka in Week 5.
Market-based projections have Deebo Samuel Sr. at 8.5 points and Emeka Egbuka at 7.8, a gap of 0.7. 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 8.5 fantasy points for Deebo Samuel Sr., with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.
The market has Deebo Samuel Sr. at 31.5 receiving yards and 3.5 receptions, with a 27% chance to score a touchdown (15, 11 and 15 market sources).
Player markets imply 7.8 fantasy points for Emeka Egbuka, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.
The market has Emeka Egbuka at 34.5 receiving yards and 2.5 receptions, with a 26% chance to score a touchdown (16, 14 and 16 market sources).
That puts Deebo Samuel Sr. 0.7 points ahead of Emeka Egbuka on the market projections.
Injury status
Deebo Samuel Sr. is not on the injury report.
Emeka Egbuka is not on the injury report.
Usage before Week 5
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, 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
On the draft board
Ranked ahead
WR34 · TB · bye 10
2026 vs anytime td line 1-3
- Overall rank
- 84
- Draft pick
- no consensus
- Tier
- 15
Ranked behind
WR35 · SF · bye 8
2026 vs anytime td line 3-1
- Overall rank
- 86
- Draft pick
- no consensus
- Tier
- 15
The board cards are draft figures, not the week's call. Locks at kickoff, graded after. When the start/sit engine grades week 5, the call and the result appear on the public record, wrong ones included.
The gap between them
- Spots apart on the board2
- Pick differencenot comparable without a consensus on both
- Tiersboth in tier 15
- Board size222 draftable players
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