Start Jauan Jennings or Derius Davis? Week 5

Our Week 5 call

Start Jauan Jennings over Derius Davis in Week 5.

Market-based projections have Jauan Jennings at 4.7 points and Derius Davis at 4.1, a gap of 0.6. 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.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 4.7 fantasy points for Jauan Jennings, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

The market has Jauan Jennings at 19.5 receiving yards and 1.5 receptions, with a 17% chance to score a touchdown (13, 13 and 16 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 Jauan Jennings 0.6 points ahead of Derius Davis on the market projections.

Injury status

Jauan Jennings is not on the injury report.

Derius Davis is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 5

Through Week 4, Jauan Jennings played 75 percent of MIN snaps, drew 5 percent of the targets, earned 9 percent of the air yards and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

Jauan Jennings, Week 1 against GB: 31 of 65 snaps, 1 target and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Jauan Jennings, Week 3 against TB: 47 of 59 snaps, 2 targets and 1 catch for 1 yards.

Jauan Jennings, Week 4 against MIA: 74 of 78 snaps, 1 target and 1 catch for 8 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, Jauan Jennings played 15 games for SF and scored 173.3 PPR points, 11.6 a game, finishing WR33.

He caught 55 of 90 targets for 643 yards and 9 touchdowns, with 19 red zone targets and 462 air yards.

He was on the field for 82 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.

Their other Week 5 calls

• Start Cody White over Jauan Jennings.
• Start Jauan Jennings over Darnell Mooney.
• Start Dyami Brown over Jauan Jennings.
• Start Derius Davis over Darnell Mooney.
• Start Dyami Brown over Derius Davis.
• Start Derius Davis over Elic Ayomanor.