Start Derius Davis or Dyami Brown? Week 5

Our Week 5 call

Start Dyami Brown over Derius Davis in Week 5.

Market-based projections have Dyami Brown at 4.8 points and Derius Davis at 4.1, a gap of 0.7. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. Both numbers are 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 Dyami Brown 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 4.8 fantasy points for Dyami Brown, with 60 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

The market gives Dyami Brown a 16% chance to score a touchdown (15 market sources).

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).

That puts Dyami Brown 0.7 points ahead of Derius Davis on the market projections.

Injury status

Dyami Brown is not on the injury report.

Derius Davis is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 5

Through Week 4, Dyami Brown played 49 percent of WAS snaps, drew 10 percent of the targets, earned 18 percent of the air yards and had 3 percent of the red zone chances.

Dyami Brown, Week 1 against PHI: 37 of 70 snaps, 2 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Dyami Brown, Week 2 against DAL: 39 of 71 snaps, 6 targets and 4 catches for 21 yards.

Dyami Brown, Week 3 against SEA: 21 of 69 snaps, 1 target and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Dyami Brown, Week 4 against IND: 36 of 64 snaps, 4 targets and 3 catches for 65 yards.

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.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Dyami Brown played 14 games for JAX and scored 49.7 PPR points, 3.6 a game, finishing WR110.

He caught 20 of 37 targets for 227 yards and 1 touchdown, with 9 red zone targets and 196 air yards.

He was on the field for 36 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

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.

How Week 5 went

Dyami Brown scored 1.2 PPR points and Derius Davis scored 0.0.

The call was right: Dyami Brown outscored Derius Davis by 1.2.

Dyami Brown finished 3.6 points below the 4.8 the market projected.

Dyami Brown, Week 5 against NYG: 2 targets and 1 catch for 2 yards, 1.2 PPR points.

Dyami Brown finished as the week's WR90 in PPR scoring.

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.

Their other Week 5 calls

• Start Cody White over Dyami Brown.
• Start Efton Chism III over Dyami Brown.
• Start Germie Bernard over Dyami Brown.
• Start Derius Davis over Darnell Mooney.
• Start Derius Davis over Elic Ayomanor.
• Start Jahan Dotson over Derius Davis.