Brock Bowers or Theo Johnson: who should I start in Week 5?

What the player markets price

The player markets price Brock Bowers at 16.8 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 15 market sources. That is the 24th highest figure of the 184 players the market prices.

The player markets price Theo Johnson at 1.6 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 15 market sources. That is the 182nd highest figure of the 184 players the market prices.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Brock Bowers: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 20th overall on the rest of his evidence.

By format he goes standard: ADP 17; 2QB: ADP 33.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Theo Johnson: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 183rd overall on the rest of his evidence.

This season through Week 4

Through Week 4, Brock Bowers has been on the field for 81 percent of LV snaps, drawn 31 percent of the targets and had 24 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 13 of the offence's 22 third down targets, had 1 of its 5 chances inside the five and seen 6 of its 21 two minute targets.

His 24 targets have averaged 10.6 air yards.

In Week 3 against NO he caught 10 of 13 targets for 116 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 4 against KC he caught 6 of 11 targets for 86 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Through Week 4, Theo Johnson has been on the field for 31 percent of NYG snaps, drawn 5 percent of the targets and had 3 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 1 of the offence's 39 third down targets, had 0 of its 5 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 15 two minute targets.

His 6 targets have averaged 11.3 air yards.

In Week 2 against LAR he caught 0 of 4 targets for 0 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against TEN he was not given the ball.

In Week 4 against ARI he caught 1 of 1 target for 11 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Brock Bowers played 12 games and scored 176.2 PPR points, 14.7 a game, finishing TE11.

He caught 64 of 86 targets for 680 yards and 7 touchdowns, with 16 red zone targets.

That came to 7.2 targets a game, a 74 percent catch rate and 10.6 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 85 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 Theo Johnson played 15 games and scored 127.8 PPR points, 8.5 a game, finishing TE18.

He caught 45 of 74 targets for 528 yards and 5 touchdowns, with 13 red zone targets.

That came to 4.9 targets a game, a 61 percent catch rate and 11.7 yards a catch.

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

Theo Johnson was available for 3 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Brock Bowers scored 14.7 PPR points a game and Theo Johnson 8.5, 6.2 a game between them.

Brock Bowers finished TE11 that year and Theo Johnson TE18.

Brock Bowers had 12 more targets than Theo Johnson, 86 to 74.

Brock Bowers had 152 more receiving yards than Theo Johnson, 680 to 528.

This season Brock Bowers holds the bigger snap share, 81 percent against 31 percent.

This season Brock Bowers holds the bigger target share, 31 percent against 5 percent.

Byes and availability

Brock Bowers is off in Week 13. No bye is listed for Theo Johnson.

Brock Bowers is listed as questionable on the injury report.

What would change the answer

15.2 points a game is the entire case. The market restates it every week, and a line that moves moves the order with it.

The draft market is the half that is missing: when the consensus sample holds these two again it can order them differently from the price, and this page will follow the sample rather than the market price when it does.