Quentin Johnston or Alec Pierce: who should I start in Week 6?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Quentin Johnston: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 155th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Alec Pierce: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 158th overall on the rest of his evidence.

What the player markets price

No season market is posted for Quentin Johnston, so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.

No season market is posted for Alec Pierce, so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.

Neither carries a posted market, so this page rests on the draft room and on what the two have already done.

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 2, Alec Pierce has been on the field for 41 percent of IND snaps, drawn 12 percent of the targets and had 6 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 2 of the offence's 13 third down targets, had 0 of its 6 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 6 two minute targets.

His 7 targets have averaged 16.1 air yards.

In Week 1 against BAL he caught 4 of 6 targets for 61 yards and did not score.

In Week 2 against KC he caught 1 of 1 target for 11 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 Alec Pierce played 15 games and scored 183.3 PPR points, 12.2 a game, finishing WR28.

He caught 47 of 84 targets for 1003 yards and 6 touchdowns, with 8 red zone targets.

That came to 5.6 targets a game, a 56 percent catch rate and 21.3 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 87 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Alec Pierce was available for 1 game more.

Head to head

In 2025 they scored the same 12.2 PPR points a game.

Quentin Johnston finished WR34 that year and Alec Pierce WR28.

Quentin Johnston had 1 more targets than Alec Pierce, 85 to 84.

Alec Pierce had 268 more receiving yards than Quentin Johnston, 1003 to 735.

This season Quentin Johnston holds the bigger snap share, 80 percent against 41 percent.

This season Quentin Johnston holds the bigger target share, 16 percent against 12 percent.

Byes and availability

Quentin Johnston is off in Week 7 and Alec Pierce in Week 13, so either can cover the other's bye.

Quentin Johnston is listed as out on the injury report.

Alec Pierce is listed as ir on the injury report.