Start Jauan Jennings or Jaylin Noel? Week 5

Our Week 5 call

Start Jauan Jennings over Jaylin Noel in Week 5.

Market-based projections have Jauan Jennings at 4.7 points and Jaylin Noel at 4.6, a gap of 0.1. 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 4.7 fantasy points for Jauan Jennings, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

The market has Jauan Jennings at 19.5 receiving yards and 1.5 receptions, with a 17% chance to score a touchdown (13, 13 and 16 market sources).

Player markets imply 4.6 fantasy points for Jaylin Noel, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

The market has Jaylin Noel at 20.5 receiving yards and 1.5 receptions, with a 14% chance to score a touchdown (16, 14 and 16 market sources).

That puts Jauan Jennings 0.1 points ahead of Jaylin Noel on the market projections.

Injury status

Jauan Jennings is not on the injury report.

Jaylin Noel is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 5

Through Week 4, Jauan Jennings played 75 percent of MIN snaps, drew 5 percent of the targets, earned 9 percent of the air yards and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

Jauan Jennings, Week 1 against GB: 31 of 65 snaps, 1 target and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Jauan Jennings, Week 3 against TB: 47 of 59 snaps, 2 targets and 1 catch for 1 yards.

Jauan Jennings, Week 4 against MIA: 74 of 78 snaps, 1 target and 1 catch for 8 yards.

Through Week 4, Jaylin Noel played 45 percent of HOU snaps, drew 9 percent of the targets, earned 10 percent of the air yards and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

Jaylin Noel, Week 1 against BUF: 24 of 79 snaps, 2 targets and 2 catches for 53 yards.

Jaylin Noel, Week 2 against CIN: 48 of 80 snaps, 1 carry for 13 yards, 5 targets and 1 catch for 31 yards.

Jaylin Noel, Week 3 against IND: 14 of 54 snaps, 1 carry for 8 yards, 2 targets and 2 catches for 17 yards.

Jaylin Noel, Week 4 against DAL: 34 of 55 snaps, 1 carry for 4 yards, 3 targets and 3 catches for 85 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Jauan Jennings played 15 games for SF and scored 173.3 PPR points, 11.6 a game, finishing WR33.

He caught 55 of 90 targets for 643 yards and 9 touchdowns, with 19 red zone targets and 462 air yards.

He was on the field for 82 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

In 2025, Jaylin Noel played 17 games for HOU and scored 68.4 PPR points, 4.0 a game, finishing WR91.

He caught 26 of 35 targets for 292 yards and 2 touchdowns, with 5 red zone targets and 193 air yards.

He was on the field for 27 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

How Week 5 went

Jauan Jennings scored 0.0 PPR points and Jaylin Noel scored 15.2.

The call was wrong: Jaylin Noel outscored Jauan Jennings by 15.2.

Jauan Jennings finished 4.7 points below the 4.7 the market projected.

Jauan Jennings, Week 5 against NO: 1 target and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Jaylin Noel finished 10.6 points above the 4.6 the market projected.

Jaylin Noel, Week 5 against TEN: 1 carry for 1 yards, 5 targets and 5 catches for 41 yards, 1 touchdown, 15.2 PPR points.

Jaylin Noel finished as the week's WR12 in PPR scoring.

Their other Week 5 calls

• Start Cody White over Jauan Jennings.
• Start Jauan Jennings over Darnell Mooney.
• Start Jauan Jennings over Derius Davis.
• Start Brian Thomas Jr. over Jaylin Noel.
• Start Cody White over Jaylin Noel.
• Start Darius Cooper over Jaylin Noel.