Start Kendrick Bourne or Jaylin Noel? Week 5

Our Week 5 call

Start Kendrick Bourne over Jaylin Noel in Week 5.

Market-based projections have Kendrick Bourne at 6.1 points and Jaylin Noel at 4.5, a gap of 1.6.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 4.5 fantasy points for Jaylin Noel, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

The market has Jaylin Noel at 17.5 receiving yards and 1.5 receptions, with a 17% chance to score a touchdown (8, 6 and 12 market sources).

Player markets imply 6.1 fantasy points for Kendrick Bourne, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

The market has Kendrick Bourne at 23.5 receiving yards and 2.5 receptions, with a 16% chance to score a touchdown (15, 13 and 14 market sources).

That puts Kendrick Bourne 1.6 points ahead of Jaylin Noel on the market projections.

Injury status

Jaylin Noel is not on the injury report.

Kendrick Bourne is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 5

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.

Through Week 4, Kendrick Bourne played 61 percent of ARI snaps, drew 9 percent of the targets, earned 6 percent of the air yards and had 4 percent of the red zone chances.

Kendrick Bourne, Week 1 against LAC: 50 of 75 snaps, 8 targets and 8 catches for 75 yards.

Kendrick Bourne, Week 2 against SEA: 30 of 50 snaps, 3 targets and 2 catches for 11 yards.

Kendrick Bourne, Week 3 against SF: 48 of 87 snaps, 3 targets and 2 catches for 22 yards.

Kendrick Bourne, Week 4 against NYG: 42 of 66 snaps, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

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.

In 2025, Kendrick Bourne played 16 games for SF and scored 92.1 PPR points, 5.8 a game, finishing WR68.

He caught 37 of 53 targets for 551 yards and 0 touchdowns, with 2 red zone targets and 386 air yards.

He was on the field for 57 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 5 calls

• Start Jaylin Noel over Darnell Mooney.
• Start Jaylin Noel over Elic Ayomanor.
• Start Jahan Dotson over Jaylin Noel.
• Start Brian Thomas Jr. over Kendrick Bourne.
• Start Cooper Kupp over Kendrick Bourne.
• Start Kendrick Bourne over Elic Ayomanor.