Start Skyy Moore or Derius Davis? Week 5

Our Week 5 call

Start Derius Davis over Skyy Moore in Week 5.

Market-based projections have Derius Davis at 4.1 points and Skyy Moore at 3.8, a gap of 0.3. 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 3.8 fantasy points for Skyy Moore, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

The market has Skyy Moore at 12.5 receiving yards and 1.5 receptions, with a 16% chance to score a touchdown (16, 16 and 16 market sources).

That puts Derius Davis 0.3 points ahead of Skyy Moore on the market projections.

Injury status

Derius Davis is not on the injury report.

Skyy Moore is listed as out with a ankle injury.

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, Skyy Moore played 32 percent of GB snaps, drew 9 percent of the targets, earned 5 percent of the air yards and had 9 percent of the red zone chances.

Skyy Moore, Week 1 against MIN: 4 of 68 snaps, 1 target and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Skyy Moore, Week 2 against NYJ: 21 of 59 snaps, 3 targets and 2 catches for 6 yards.

Skyy Moore, Week 3 against ATL: 34 of 66 snaps, 7 targets and 3 catches for 31 yards.

Skyy Moore, Week 4 against TB: 23 of 60 snaps, 2 targets and 1 catch for -2 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, Skyy Moore played 17 games for SF and scored 14.8 PPR points, 0.9 a game.

He caught 5 of 7 targets for 87 yards and 0 touchdowns, with 0 red zone targets and 58 air yards.

He was on the field for 10 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

How Week 5 went

Derius Davis scored 0.0 PPR points and Skyy Moore scored 1.0.

The call was wrong: Skyy Moore outscored Derius Davis by 1.0.

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.

Skyy Moore finished 2.8 points below the 3.8 the market projected.

Skyy Moore, Week 5 against CHI: 1 target and 1 catch for 0 yards, 1.0 PPR points.

Skyy Moore finished as the week's WR97 in PPR scoring.

Their other Week 5 calls

• Start Derius Davis over Darnell Mooney.
• Start Dyami Brown over Derius Davis.
• Start Derius Davis over Elic Ayomanor.
• Start Darnell Mooney over Skyy Moore.
• Start Skyy Moore over Devontez Walker.
• Start Elic Ayomanor over Skyy Moore.