Start Tory Horton or Jordan Whittington? Week 5

Our Week 5 call

Start Tory Horton over Jordan Whittington in Week 5.

Market-based projections have Tory Horton at 3.4 points and Jordan Whittington at 2.0, a gap of 1.4. 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 3.4 fantasy points for Tory Horton, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

The market has Tory Horton at 10.5 receiving yards and 1.5 receptions, with a 14% chance to score a touchdown (15, 15 and 15 market sources).

Player markets imply 2.0 fantasy points for Jordan Whittington, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

The market has Jordan Whittington at 5.5 receiving yards, with a 9% chance to score a touchdown (14 and 16 market sources).

That puts Tory Horton 1.4 points ahead of Jordan Whittington on the market projections.

Injury status

Tory Horton is not on the injury report.

Jordan Whittington is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 5

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.

Through Week 4, Jordan Whittington played 38 percent of LAR snaps, drew 2 percent of the targets, earned 1 percent of the air yards and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

Jordan Whittington, Week 1 against SF: 25 of 61 snaps, 1 target and 1 catch for 8 yards.

Jordan Whittington, Week 3 against DEN: 21 of 86 snaps, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Jordan Whittington, Week 4 against PHI: 42 of 84 snaps, 2 targets and 1 catch for 4 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

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.

In 2025, Jordan Whittington played 17 games for LAR and scored 36.3 PPR points, 2.1 a game, finishing WR125.

He caught 18 of 25 targets for 171 yards and 0 touchdowns, with 1 red zone target and 83 air yards.

He was on the field for 42 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 5 calls

• Start Darnell Mooney over Tory Horton.
• Start Tory Horton over Devontez Walker.
• Start Elic Ayomanor over Tory Horton.
• Start Devontez Walker over Jordan Whittington.
• Start Jahan Dotson over Jordan Whittington.
• Start Konata Mumpfield over Jordan Whittington.