Ty Johnson or Aaron Rodgers: who should I start in Week 5?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Ty Johnson: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 122nd overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Aaron Rodgers: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 123rd overall on the rest of his evidence.

What the player markets price

The market has Ty Johnson at 7.7 PPR points a game off 3 markets across 13 market sources. That is 60 percent of what a running back's price needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

The player markets price Aaron Rodgers at 14.5 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 16 market sources. That is the 48th highest figure of the 217 players the market prices.

Ty Johnson's price is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season through Week 4

Through Week 4, Ty Johnson has been on the field for 27 percent of BUF snaps, taken 2 percent of the carries, drawn 11 percent of the targets and had 10 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 2 of the offence's 17 third down targets, had 0 of its 6 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 11 two minute targets.

His 6 targets have averaged 0.0 air yards.

In Week 3 against LAC he carried 0 times for 0 yards, caught 4 of 4 targets for 50 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against NE he carried 1 time for 3 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 9 yards and did not score.

Through Week 4, Aaron Rodgers has been on the field for 99 percent of PIT snaps, dropped back 167 times and thrown 9.4 air yards an attempt.

He has been sacked or hit on 30 of 167 dropbacks and scrambled 2 times.

In Week 2 against NE he completed 23 of 39 passes for 187 yards, threw 0 touchdowns and 1 interception and ran 1 time for 5 yards.

In Week 3 against CIN he completed 19 of 33 passes for 292 yards, threw 3 touchdowns and 1 interception and ran 1 time for 12 yards.

In Week 4 against CLE he completed 22 of 40 passes for 299 yards and threw 3 touchdowns and 2 interceptions.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Ty Johnson played 17 games and scored 100.3 PPR points, 5.9 a game, finishing RB47.

He carried 50 times for 200 yards and 3 touchdowns, and caught 24 of 33 targets for 263 more yards.

That came to 2.9 carries a game at 4.0 yards a carry and 1.4 catches a game.

He was on the field for 29 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 Aaron Rodgers played 16 games and scored 234.1 PPR points, 14.6 a game, finishing QB18.

He threw for 3322 yards on 498 attempts with 24 touchdowns and 7 interceptions, and ran for 61 yards and 1 touchdown.

That came to 31.1 attempts a game at 6.7 yards an attempt.

He was on the field for 95 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Ty Johnson was available for 1 game more.

Side by side

In 2025 Aaron Rodgers scored 14.6 PPR points a game and Ty Johnson 5.9, 8.7 a game between them.

Ty Johnson finished RB47 and Aaron Rodgers QB18, which are two different ladders.

Ty Johnson is a running back and Aaron Rodgers a quarterback, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Aaron Rodgers is off in Week 9. No bye is listed for Ty Johnson.

What would change the answer

Ty Johnson is only part priced, so the market half of this page is whole for only one of them.