Start Laquon Treadwell or Dyami Brown? Week 5

Our Week 5 call

Start Dyami Brown over Laquon Treadwell in Week 5.

Market-based projections have Dyami Brown at 4.8 points and Laquon Treadwell 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. Dyami Brown'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 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 Laquon Treadwell, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

The market has Laquon Treadwell at 16.5 receiving yards and 1.5 receptions, with a 14% chance to score a touchdown (16, 16 and 15 market sources).

That puts Dyami Brown 0.6 points ahead of Laquon Treadwell on the market projections.

Injury status

Dyami Brown is not on the injury report.

Laquon Treadwell 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, Laquon Treadwell played 70 percent of IND snaps, drew 9 percent of the targets, earned 16 percent of the air yards and had 6 percent of the red zone chances.

Laquon Treadwell, Week 1 against BAL: 19 of 54 snaps, 1 target and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Laquon Treadwell, Week 2 against KC: 48 of 65 snaps, 3 targets and 3 catches for 61 yards.

Laquon Treadwell, Week 3 against HOU: 56 of 71 snaps, 1 target and 1 catch for 20 yards.

Laquon Treadwell, Week 4 against WAS: 56 of 66 snaps, 6 targets and 5 catches for 42 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, Laquon Treadwell played 10 games for IND.

He caught 0 of 0 targets for 0 yards and 0 touchdowns, with 0 red zone targets and 0 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 Laquon Treadwell scored 5.4.

The call was wrong: Laquon Treadwell outscored Dyami Brown by 4.2.

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 WR96 in PPR scoring.

Laquon Treadwell finished 1.3 points above the 4.1 the market projected.

Laquon Treadwell, Week 5 against PIT: 8 targets and 2 catches for 34 yards, 5.4 PPR points.

Laquon Treadwell finished as the week's WR54 in PPR scoring.

Their other Week 5 calls

• Start Cody White over Dyami Brown.
• Start Dyami Brown over Derius Davis.
• Start Efton Chism III over Dyami Brown.
• Start Cody White over Laquon Treadwell.
• Start Laquon Treadwell over Darnell Mooney.
• Start Laquon Treadwell over Derius Davis.