Start Josh Downs or Romeo Doubs? Week 5

Our Week 5 call

Start Josh Downs over Romeo Doubs in Week 5.

Market-based projections have Josh Downs at 12.5 points and Romeo Doubs at 11.3, a gap of 1.1. 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 12.5 fantasy points for Josh Downs, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

The market has Josh Downs at 57.5 receiving yards and 4.5 receptions, with a 31% chance to score a touchdown (14, 11 and 14 market sources).

Player markets imply 11.4 fantasy points for Romeo Doubs, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

The market has Romeo Doubs at 51.5 receiving yards and 3.5 receptions, with a 36% chance to score a touchdown (14, 10 and 14 market sources).

That puts Josh Downs 1.1 points ahead of Romeo Doubs on the market projections.

Injury status

Josh Downs is not on the injury report.

Romeo Doubs is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 5

Through Week 4, Josh Downs played 79 percent of IND snaps, drew 23 percent of the targets, earned 36 percent of the air yards and had 11 percent of the red zone chances.

Josh Downs, Week 1 against BAL: 48 of 54 snaps, 4 targets and 2 catches for 37 yards.

Josh Downs, Week 2 against KC: 54 of 65 snaps, 9 targets and 7 catches for 72 yards.

Josh Downs, Week 3 against HOU: 48 of 71 snaps, 11 targets and 5 catches for 77 yards.

Josh Downs, Week 4 against WAS: 51 of 66 snaps, 4 targets and 3 catches for 16 yards.

Through Week 4, Romeo Doubs played 65 percent of NE snaps, drew 17 percent of the targets, earned 28 percent of the air yards and had 19 percent of the red zone chances.

Romeo Doubs, Week 1 against SEA: 40 of 71 snaps, 3 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Romeo Doubs, Week 2 against PIT: 37 of 55 snaps, 4 targets and 3 catches for 96 yards.

Romeo Doubs, Week 3 against JAX: 46 of 63 snaps, 4 targets and 3 catches for 49 yards.

Romeo Doubs, Week 4 against BUF: 49 of 76 snaps, 9 targets and 6 catches for 58 yards, 2 touchdowns.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Josh Downs played 16 games for IND and scored 136.4 PPR points, 8.5 a game, finishing WR44.

He caught 58 of 88 targets for 566 yards and 4 touchdowns, with 14 red zone targets and 422 air yards.

He was on the field for 58 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

In 2025, Romeo Doubs played 16 games for GB and scored 165.4 PPR points, 10.3 a game, finishing WR37.

He caught 55 of 85 targets for 724 yards and 6 touchdowns, with 17 red zone targets and 561 air yards.

He was on the field for 78 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 5 calls

• Start Christian Watson over Josh Downs.
• Start Davante Adams over Josh Downs.
• Start DK Metcalf over Josh Downs.
• Start Romeo Doubs over Carnell Tate.
• Start Christian Watson over Romeo Doubs.
• Start Romeo Doubs over Denzel Boston.