Ty Johnson or Chris Rodriguez Jr.: 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 164th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Chris Rodriguez Jr.: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 189th overall on the rest of his evidence.

What the player markets price

The market has Ty Johnson at 5.9 PPR points a game off 4 markets across 16 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 Chris Rodriguez Jr. at 4.6 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 16 market sources. That is the 163rd highest figure of the 213 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, Chris Rodriguez Jr. has been on the field for 27 percent of JAX snaps, taken 24 percent of the carries, drawn 0 percent of the targets and had 19 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 22 third down targets, had 2 of its 7 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 11 two minute targets.

In Week 2 against DEN he carried 6 times for 13 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against NE he carried 8 times for 37 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 4 against CIN he carried 6 times for 35 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

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.

The season feed carries no line for Chris Rodriguez Jr. in the last completed season.

Head to head

Their snap share this season is the same, 27 percent each.

This season Chris Rodriguez Jr. holds the bigger share of the carries, 24 percent against 2 percent.

Byes and availability

Chris Rodriguez Jr. is off in Week 7. 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.