Start Tyler Warren or Jake Ferguson? Week 5

Our Week 5 call

Start Tyler Warren over Jake Ferguson in Week 5.

Market-based projections have Tyler Warren at 12.7 points and Jake Ferguson at 8.2, a gap of 4.5.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 8.2 fantasy points for Jake Ferguson, with 100 percent of the markets a TE needs posted.

The market has Jake Ferguson at 26.5 receiving yards and 3.5 receptions, with a 29% chance to score a touchdown (17, 14 and 17 market sources).

Player markets imply 12.7 fantasy points for Tyler Warren, with 100 percent of the markets a TE needs posted.

The market has Tyler Warren at 50.5 receiving yards and 5.5 receptions, with a 32% chance to score a touchdown (16, 12 and 15 market sources).

That puts Tyler Warren 4.5 points ahead of Jake Ferguson on the market projections.

Injury status

Jake Ferguson is not on the injury report.

Tyler Warren is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 5

Through Week 4, Jake Ferguson played 69 percent of DAL snaps, drew 10 percent of the targets, earned 6 percent of the air yards and had 8 percent of the red zone chances.

Jake Ferguson, Week 1 against NYG: 44 of 58 snaps, 2 targets and 2 catches for 6 yards.

Jake Ferguson, Week 2 against WAS: 33 of 55 snaps, 4 targets and 4 catches for 43 yards, 2 touchdowns.

Jake Ferguson, Week 3 against BAL: 51 of 74 snaps, 5 targets and 3 catches for 23 yards, 1 touchdown.

Jake Ferguson, Week 4 against HOU: 55 of 78 snaps, 4 targets and 3 catches for 11 yards.

Through Week 4, Tyler Warren played 90 percent of IND snaps, drew 22 percent of the targets, earned 8 percent of the air yards and had 8 percent of the red zone chances.

Tyler Warren, Week 1 against BAL: 50 of 54 snaps, 5 targets and 3 catches for 13 yards, 1 touchdown.

Tyler Warren, Week 2 against KC: 58 of 65 snaps, 1 carry for 3 yards, 7 targets and 6 catches for 21 yards, 1 touchdown.

Tyler Warren, Week 3 against HOU: 67 of 71 snaps, 1 carry for 2 yards, 10 targets and 9 catches for 55 yards.

Tyler Warren, Week 4 against WAS: 56 of 66 snaps, 5 targets and 5 catches for 41 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Jake Ferguson played 17 games for DAL and scored 188.1 PPR points, 11.1 a game, finishing TE5.

He caught 82 of 102 targets for 600 yards and 8 touchdowns, with 23 red zone targets and 293 air yards.

He was on the field for 67 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

In 2025, Tyler Warren played 17 games for IND and scored 188.5 PPR points, 11.1 a game, finishing TE4.

He caught 76 of 112 targets for 817 yards and 4 touchdowns, with 19 red zone targets and 343 air yards.

He was on the field for 84 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 5 calls

• Start Jake Ferguson over AJ Barner.
• Start Brenton Strange over Jake Ferguson.
• Start Jake Ferguson over Cade Otton.
• Start Tyler Warren over Brenton Strange.
• Start Brock Bowers over Tyler Warren.
• Start Tyler Warren over Cade Otton.