Quentin Johnston or A.J. Brown: who should I start in Week 5?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Quentin Johnston: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 180th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on A.J. Brown: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 193rd overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 23.

What the player markets price

The market has Quentin Johnston at 1.8 PPR points a game off 1 market across 14 market sources. That is 30 percent of what a wide receiver's price needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

No season market is posted for A.J. Brown, so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.

This season so far

Through Week 4, Quentin Johnston has been on the field for 80 percent of LAC snaps, drawn 16 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 6 of the offence's 37 third down targets, had 0 of its 7 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 13 two minute targets.

His 19 targets have averaged 12.5 air yards.

In Week 2 against LV he carried 1 time for 7 yards, caught 1 of 5 targets for 7 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against BUF he caught 3 of 6 targets for 40 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against SEA he carried 1 time for -4 yards, caught 1 of 2 targets for 44 yards and did not score.

Through Week 1, A.J. Brown has been on the field for 44 percent of NE snaps, drawn 13 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 3 of the offence's 11 third down targets, had 0 of its 1 chance inside the five and seen 0 of its 6 two minute targets.

His 4 targets have averaged 4.8 air yards.

In Week 1 against SEA he caught 3 of 4 targets for 26 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Quentin Johnston played 14 games and scored 171.2 PPR points, 12.2 a game, finishing WR34.

He caught 51 of 85 targets for 735 yards and 8 touchdowns, with 15 red zone targets.

That came to 6.1 targets a game, a 60 percent catch rate and 14.4 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 77 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 A.J. Brown played 15 games and scored 220.3 PPR points, 14.7 a game, finishing WR11.

He caught 78 of 121 targets for 1003 yards and 7 touchdowns, with 12 red zone targets.

That came to 8.1 targets a game, a 64 percent catch rate and 12.9 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 91 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

A.J. Brown was available for 1 game more.

Head to head

In 2025 A.J. Brown scored 14.7 PPR points a game and Quentin Johnston 12.2, 2.5 a game between them.

Quentin Johnston finished WR34 that year and A.J. Brown WR11.

A.J. Brown had 36 more targets than Quentin Johnston, 121 to 85.

A.J. Brown had 268 more receiving yards than Quentin Johnston, 1003 to 735.

This season Quentin Johnston holds the bigger snap share, 80 percent against 44 percent.

This season Quentin Johnston holds the bigger target share, 16 percent against 13 percent.

Byes and availability

Quentin Johnston is off in Week 7 and A.J. Brown in Week 11, so either can cover the other's bye.

Quentin Johnston is listed as questionable on the injury report.

A.J. Brown is listed as ir on the injury report.