Start Elic Ayomanor or Devontez Walker? Week 5

Our Week 5 call

Start Elic Ayomanor over Devontez Walker in Week 5.

Market-based projections have Elic Ayomanor at 4.0 points and Devontez Walker at 2.4, a gap of 1.6.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 4.0 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 (15, 14 and 15 market sources).

Player markets imply 2.4 fantasy points for Devontez Walker, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

The market has Devontez Walker at 8.5 receiving yards, with a 9% chance to score a touchdown (16 and 15 market sources).

That puts Elic Ayomanor 1.6 points ahead of Devontez Walker on the market projections.

Injury status

Elic Ayomanor is not on the injury report.

Devontez Walker is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 5

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.

Through Week 4, Devontez Walker played 42 percent of BAL snaps, drew 6 percent of the targets, earned 21 percent of the air yards and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

Devontez Walker, Week 2 against NO: 17 of 58 snaps, 2 targets and 1 catch for 47 yards.

Devontez Walker, Week 3 against DAL: 17 of 64 snaps, 1 target and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Devontez Walker, Week 4 against TEN: 44 of 64 snaps, 2 targets and 1 catch for 19 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

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.

In 2025, Devontez Walker played 12 games for BAL and scored 37.6 PPR points, 3.1 a game, finishing WR124.

He caught 6 of 8 targets for 136 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 1 red zone target and 113 air yards.

He was on the field for 20 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 5 calls

• Start Brian Thomas Jr. over Elic Ayomanor.
• Start Elic Ayomanor over Calvin Ridley.
• Start Elic Ayomanor over Chris Godwin Jr..
• Start Darnell Mooney over Devontez Walker.
• Start Jerry Jeudy over Devontez Walker.
• Start Kyle Williams over Devontez Walker.