Start Terry McLaurin or Tre' Harris? Week 5

Our Week 5 call

Start Tre' Harris over Terry McLaurin in Week 5.

Market-based projections have Tre' Harris at 11.7 points and Terry McLaurin at 11.1, a gap of 0.6. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. Tre' Harris's number is 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 Tre' Harris is 60 percent of what his position needs, so the market side of this carries proportionally less weight.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 11.7 fantasy points for Tre' Harris, with 60 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

The market gives Tre' Harris a 26% chance to score a touchdown (16 market sources).

Player markets imply 11.1 fantasy points for Terry McLaurin, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

The market has Terry McLaurin at 52.5 receiving yards and 3.5 receptions, with a 32% chance to score a touchdown (14, 11 and 15 market sources).

That puts Tre' Harris 0.6 points ahead of Terry McLaurin on the market projections.

Injury status

Tre' Harris is not on the injury report.

Terry McLaurin is listed as questionable with a hamstring injury.

Usage before Week 5

Through Week 4, Tre' Harris played 77 percent of LAC snaps, drew 18 percent of the targets, earned 24 percent of the air yards and had 9 percent of the red zone chances.

Tre' Harris, Week 1 against ARI: 41 of 55 snaps, 6 targets and 3 catches for 20 yards.

Tre' Harris, Week 2 against LV: 56 of 68 snaps, 3 targets and 1 catch for 53 yards.

Tre' Harris, Week 3 against BUF: 40 of 69 snaps, 7 targets and 6 catches for 76 yards.

Tre' Harris, Week 4 against SEA: 66 of 71 snaps, 5 targets and 3 catches for 60 yards.

Through Week 3, Terry McLaurin played 78 percent of WAS snaps, drew 24 percent of the targets, earned 31 percent of the air yards and had 7 percent of the red zone chances.

Terry McLaurin, Week 1 against PHI: 61 of 70 snaps, 4 targets and 2 catches for 14 yards.

Terry McLaurin, Week 2 against DAL: 50 of 71 snaps, 9 targets and 2 catches for 50 yards.

Terry McLaurin, Week 3 against SEA: 52 of 69 snaps, 9 targets and 6 catches for 77 yards, 1 touchdown.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Tre' Harris played 17 games for LAC and scored 69.4 PPR points, 4.1 a game, finishing WR90.

He caught 30 of 43 targets for 324 yards and 1 touchdown, with 4 red zone targets and 185 air yards.

He was on the field for 45 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

In 2025, Terry McLaurin played 10 games for WAS and scored 114.2 PPR points, 11.4 a game, finishing WR56.

He caught 38 of 60 targets for 582 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 7 red zone targets and 489 air yards.

He was on the field for 70 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 5 calls

• Start Tre' Harris over Carnell Tate.
• Start Christian Watson over Tre' Harris.
• Start Tre' Harris over Courtland Sutton.
• Start Terry McLaurin over Carnell Tate.
• Start Christian Watson over Terry McLaurin.
• Start Davante Adams over Terry McLaurin.