Should I start Dallas Goedert or Juwan Johnson in Week 9?
Updated Nov 3, 4:51 AM ET. Week 10 answers post Tuesday.
Week 9 verdict
Start Dallas Goedert over Juwan Johnson
- Market projects
- 10.8
- recent weeks avg
- NYG D vs TE
- 12.5
- 16th fewest to TEs (2026)
- Snap share
- 67%
- Through Week 8
- Target share
- 17%
- Through Week 8
- Market projects
- 9.3
- recent weeks avg
- CLE D vs TE
- 13.6
- 14th most to TEs (2026)
- Snap share
- 66%
- Through Week 7
- Target share
- 14%
- Through Week 7
Start Dallas Goedert: 76 percent of the snaps and 21 percent of the targets over their last 3 games, against Juwan Johnson's 59 percent of the snaps and 11 percent of the targets. No market projection is posted on either of them this week, so this is a usage call, and a lower confidence one than a call made on a projection. What follows is what each of them has done.
Should I drop Dallas Goedert for Juwan Johnson?
Yes, on the rest of the season. Juwan Johnson projects 86 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (9.6 a game over 9 games), Dallas Goedert 18 (2.3 a game over 8 games). For Week 9 the call starts Dallas Goedert over Juwan Johnson. So make the move after his Week 9 game.
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Neither man carries a season projection right now, so this is their usage this season and their last full season's numbers, side by side.
TE20 · PHI · bye 10
2026 vs anytime td line 1-5
- Market-based projection
- 10.9 pts a game Wk 8 price
- Overall rank
- 114
TE22 · NO · bye 8
2026 vs anytime td line 2-5
- Overall rank
- 122
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The gap
- Board size297 draftable players
Draft data is not current for these two, so the figures that depend on it are left out. The call above comes from each player's usage.
Where the draft room stands
Live drafts hold no current pick on Dallas Goedert, and the board ranks him 114th overall on the rest of his evidence.
Live drafts hold no current pick on Juwan Johnson, and the board ranks him 122nd overall on the rest of his evidence.
The market-based projections
The market-based projection for Dallas Goedert is 2.2 PPR points a game off 1 market across 1 market source. That is 30 percent of what a tight end's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.
The market-based projection for Juwan Johnson is 2.1 PPR points a game off 1 market across 1 market source. That is 30 percent of what a tight end's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.
Dallas Goedert's projection is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.
This season so far
Through Week 8, Dallas Goedert has been on the field for 67 percent of PHI snaps, drawn 17 percent of the targets and had 8 percent of the red zone chances.
He has taken 11 of the offence's 66 third down targets, had 0 of its 11 chances inside the five and seen 4 of its 34 two minute targets.
His 35 targets have averaged 5.7 air yards.
In Week 6 against CAR he caught 6 of 8 targets for 61 yards and did not score.
In Week 7 against DAL he caught 5 of 7 targets for 48 yards and did not score.
In Week 8 against WAS he carried 1 time for 2 yards, caught 4 of 4 targets for 30 yards and did not score.
Through Week 7, Juwan Johnson has been on the field for 66 percent of NO snaps, drawn 14 percent of the targets and had 12 percent of the red zone chances.
He has taken 13 of the offence's 68 third down targets, had 2 of its 23 chances inside the five and seen 11 of its 38 two minute targets.
His 37 targets have averaged 4.6 air yards.
In Week 5 against MIN he caught 4 of 5 targets for 16 yards and did not score.
In Week 6 against NYG he caught 0 of 2 targets for 0 yards and did not score.
In Week 7 against PIT he caught 1 of 3 targets for 7 yards and did not score.
Their 2025 seasons
In 2025 Dallas Goedert played 15 games and scored 185.1 PPR points, 12.3 a game, finishing TE7.
He caught 60 of 82 targets for 591 yards and 11 touchdowns, with 15 red zone targets.
That came to 5-6 targets a game, a 73 percent catch rate and 9.9 yards a catch.
He was on the field for 85 percent of the snaps in the games he played.
In 2025 Juwan Johnson played 17 games and scored 179.9 PPR points, 10.6 a game, finishing TE8.
He caught 77 of 102 targets for 889 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 8 red zone targets.
That came to 6.0 targets a game, a 75 percent catch rate and 12 yards a catch.
He was on the field for 76 percent of the snaps in the games he played.
Juwan Johnson was available for 2 games more.
Head to head
In 2025 Dallas Goedert scored 12.3 PPR points a game and Juwan Johnson 10.6, 1.8 a game between them.
Dallas Goedert finished TE7 that year and Juwan Johnson TE8.
Juwan Johnson had 20 more targets than Dallas Goedert, 102 to 82.
Juwan Johnson had 298 more receiving yards than Dallas Goedert, 889 to 591.
This season Dallas Goedert holds the bigger snap share, 67 percent against 66 percent.
This season Dallas Goedert holds the bigger target share, 17 percent against 14 percent.
Byes and availability
Dallas Goedert is off in Week 10 and Juwan Johnson in Week 8, so either can cover the other's bye.
Drop or keep
Should I drop Dallas Goedert for Juwan Johnson?
Yes, on the rest of the season. Juwan Johnson projects 86 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (9.6 a game over 9 games), Dallas Goedert 18 (2.3 a game over 8 games). For Week 9 the call starts Dallas Goedert over Juwan Johnson. So make the move after his Week 9 game.
Should I drop Juwan Johnson for Dallas Goedert?
No. Keep Juwan Johnson: he projects 86 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (9.6 a game over 9 games), Dallas Goedert 18 (2.3 a game over 8 games). For Week 9 the call starts Dallas Goedert over Juwan Johnson.
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