Start Elic Ayomanor or Tory Horton? Week 5

Our Week 5 call

Start Elic Ayomanor over Tory Horton in Week 5.

Market-based projections have Elic Ayomanor at 4.0 points and Tory Horton at 3.5, a gap of 0.5. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip.

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 (16, 14 and 16 market sources).

Player markets imply 3.5 fantasy points for Tory Horton, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

The market has Tory Horton at 11.5 receiving yards and 1.5 receptions, with a 13% chance to score a touchdown (15, 15 and 15 market sources).

That puts Elic Ayomanor 0.5 points ahead of Tory Horton on the market projections.

Injury status

Elic Ayomanor is not on the injury report.

Tory Horton 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, Tory Horton played 24 percent of SEA snaps, drew 4 percent of the targets, earned 7 percent of the air yards and had 3 percent of the red zone chances.

Tory Horton, Week 2 against ARI: 22 of 70 snaps, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Tory Horton, Week 3 against WAS: 15 of 67 snaps, 3 targets and 3 catches for 48 yards.

Tory Horton, Week 4 against LAC: 10 of 60 snaps, 1 target and 1 catch for 6 yards, 1 touchdown.

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, Tory Horton played 8 games for SEA and scored 65.1 PPR points, 8.1 a game, finishing WR96.

He caught 13 of 22 targets for 161 yards and 5 touchdowns, with 4 red zone targets and 128 air yards.

He was on the field for 47 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 Tory Horton.
• Start Tory Horton over Devontez Walker.
• Start Jerry Jeudy over Tory Horton.