Start Luther Burden III or Rome Odunze? Week 5

Our Week 5 call

Start Luther Burden III over Rome Odunze in Week 5.

Market-based projections have Luther Burden III at 10.3 points and Rome Odunze at 10.0, a gap of 0.3. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. Both numbers are 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 70 percent of what his position needs, so the market side of this carries proportionally less weight.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 10.3 fantasy points for Luther Burden III, with 70 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

The market gives Luther Burden III a 31% chance to score a touchdown (12 market sources).

Player markets imply 10.0 fantasy points for Rome Odunze, with 70 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

The market gives Rome Odunze a 31% chance to score a touchdown (12 market sources).

That puts Luther Burden III 0.3 points ahead of Rome Odunze on the market projections.

Injury status

Luther Burden III is not on the injury report.

Rome Odunze is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 5

Through Week 4, Rome Odunze played 77 percent of CHI snaps, drew 17 percent of the targets, earned 33 percent of the air yards and had 3 percent of the red zone chances.

Rome Odunze, Week 1 against CAR: 36 of 75 snaps, 3 targets and 2 catches for 52 yards.

Rome Odunze, Week 2 against MIN: 62 of 74 snaps, 4 targets and 3 catches for 43 yards.

Rome Odunze, Week 3 against PHI: 61 of 72 snaps, 6 targets and 3 catches for 44 yards.

Rome Odunze, Week 4 against NYJ: 83 of 93 snaps, 7 targets and 6 catches for 94 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Rome Odunze played 12 games for CHI and scored 146.1 PPR points, 12.2 a game, finishing WR41.

He caught 44 of 90 targets for 661 yards and 6 touchdowns, with 12 red zone targets and 447 air yards.

He was on the field for 82 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 Rome Odunze over Adonai Mitchell.
• Start Rome Odunze over Courtland Sutton.
• Start Deebo Samuel Sr. over Rome Odunze.