Chig Okonkwo or Ty Johnson: who should I start in Week 5?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Chig Okonkwo: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 126th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Ty Johnson: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 127th overall on the rest of his evidence.

What the player markets price

The player markets price Chig Okonkwo at 7.2 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 13 market sources. That is the 128th highest figure of the 220 players the market prices.

The market has Ty Johnson at 7.6 PPR points a game off 3 markets across 14 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.

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, Chig Okonkwo has been on the field for 57 percent of WAS snaps, drawn 11 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 21 third down targets, had 0 of its 3 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 6 two minute targets.

His 7 targets have averaged 8.6 air yards.

In Week 1 against PHI he caught 2 of 3 targets for 16 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against IND he caught 2 of 4 targets for 5 yards and did not score.

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.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Chig Okonkwo played 17 games and scored 124.0 PPR points, 7.3 a game, finishing TE21.

He caught 56 of 79 targets for 560 yards and 2 touchdowns, with 5 red zone targets.

That came to 4.6 targets a game, a 71 percent catch rate and 10.0 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 62 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

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.

Both were available for 17 games that season.

Side by side

In 2025 Chig Okonkwo scored 7.3 PPR points a game and Ty Johnson 5.9, 1.4 a game between them.

Chig Okonkwo finished TE21 and Ty Johnson RB47, which are two different ladders.

Chig Okonkwo is a tight end and Ty Johnson a running back, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Chig Okonkwo is listed as questionable on the injury report.

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.