Start Elic Ayomanor or Derius Davis? Week 5

Our Week 5 call

Start Derius Davis over Elic Ayomanor in Week 5.

Market-based projections have Derius Davis at 4.1 points and Elic Ayomanor at 3.9, a gap of 0.2. 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 3.9 fantasy points for Elic Ayomanor, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

The market has Elic Ayomanor at 16.5 receiving yards and 1.5 receptions, with a 12% chance to score a touchdown (16, 14 and 16 market sources).

That puts Derius Davis 0.2 points ahead of Elic Ayomanor on the market projections.

Injury status

Derius Davis is not on the injury report.

Elic Ayomanor 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, Elic Ayomanor played 63 percent of TEN snaps, drew 9 percent of the targets, earned 15 percent of the air yards and had 13 percent of the red zone chances.

Elic Ayomanor, Week 1 against NYJ: 26 of 50 snaps, 3 targets and 1 catch for 11 yards, 1 touchdown.

Elic Ayomanor, Week 2 against PHI: 28 of 53 snaps, 3 targets and 2 catches for 69 yards.

Elic Ayomanor, Week 3 against NYG: 48 of 60 snaps, 3 targets and 1 catch for 11 yards.

Elic Ayomanor, Week 4 against BAL: 40 of 64 snaps, 1 target and 1 catch for 22 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, Elic Ayomanor played 16 games for TEN and scored 116.5 PPR points, 7.3 a game, finishing WR55.

He caught 41 of 89 targets for 515 yards and 4 touchdowns, with 8 red zone targets and 400 air yards.

He was on the field for 79 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

How Week 5 went

Derius Davis scored 0.0 PPR points and Elic Ayomanor scored 2.7.

The call was wrong: Elic Ayomanor outscored Derius Davis by 2.7.

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.

Elic Ayomanor finished 1.2 points below the 3.9 the market projected.

Elic Ayomanor, Week 5 against HOU: 2 targets and 1 catch for 17 yards, 2.7 PPR points.

Elic Ayomanor finished as the week's WR79 in PPR scoring.

Their other Week 5 calls

• Start Derius Davis over Darnell Mooney.
• Start Dyami Brown over Derius Davis.
• Start Jahan Dotson over Derius Davis.
• Start Brian Thomas Jr. over Elic Ayomanor.
• Start Elic Ayomanor over Calvin Ridley.
• Start Elic Ayomanor over Chris Godwin Jr..