Start Luther Burden III or Jakobi Meyers? Week 5

Our Week 5 call

Start Luther Burden III over Jakobi Meyers in Week 5.

Market-based projections have Luther Burden III at 10.5 points and Jakobi Meyers at 9.5, a gap of 0.9. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. Luther Burden III'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 Luther Burden III is 30 percent of what his position needs, so the market side of this carries proportionally less weight.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 10.5 fantasy points for Luther Burden III, with 30 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

The market gives Luther Burden III a 30% chance to score a touchdown (11 market sources).

Player markets imply 9.5 fantasy points for Jakobi Meyers, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

The market has Jakobi Meyers at 43.5 receiving yards and 3.5 receptions, with a 24% chance to score a touchdown (13, 11 and 12 market sources).

That puts Luther Burden III 0.9 points ahead of Jakobi Meyers on the market projections.

Injury status

Luther Burden III is not on the injury report.

Jakobi Meyers is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 5

Through Week 4, Jakobi Meyers played 79 percent of JAX snaps, drew 15 percent of the targets, earned 17 percent of the air yards and had 9 percent of the red zone chances.

Jakobi Meyers, Week 1 against CLE: 37 of 57 snaps, 1 carry for 2 yards, 2 targets and 2 catches for 40 yards, 1 touchdown.

Jakobi Meyers, Week 2 against DEN: 53 of 59 snaps, 1 target and 1 catch for 28 yards.

Jakobi Meyers, Week 3 against NE: 50 of 62 snaps, 8 targets and 7 catches for 64 yards, 1 touchdown.

Jakobi Meyers, Week 4 against CIN: 50 of 61 snaps, 4 targets and 3 catches for 33 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Jakobi Meyers played 16 games for JAX and scored 175.8 PPR points, 11.0 a game, finishing WR32.

He caught 75 of 110 targets for 835 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 13 red zone targets and 553 air yards.

He was on the field for 85 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 5 calls

• Start Luther Burden III over Carnell Tate.
• Start Christian Watson over Luther Burden III.
• Start Luther Burden III over Denzel Boston.
• Start Jakobi Meyers over Adonai Mitchell.
• Start Carnell Tate over Jakobi Meyers.
• Start Christian Watson over Jakobi Meyers.