Juwan Johnson or Darren Waller: who should I start in Week 5?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Juwan Johnson: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 75th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Our board does not carry Darren Waller at all right now: the consensus draft sample has dropped him and there is no player market on him this week, so he has no rank, no tier and no ADP here.

What the player markets price

The player markets price Juwan Johnson at 10.3 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 14 market sources. That is the 90th highest figure of the 221 players the market prices.

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

This season through Week 4

Through Week 4, Juwan Johnson has been on the field for 71 percent of NO snaps, drawn 16 percent of the targets and had 16 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 9 of the offence's 41 third down targets, had 2 of its 11 chances inside the five and seen 9 of its 30 two minute targets.

His 27 targets have averaged 6.0 air yards.

In Week 2 against BAL he caught 4 of 4 targets for 66 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against LV he caught 8 of 8 targets for 53 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.

In Week 4 against ATL he caught 6 of 8 targets for 59 yards and did not score.

Through Week 4, Darren Waller has been on the field for 46 percent of CAR snaps, drawn 13 percent of the targets and had 10 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 5 of the offence's 32 third down targets, had 0 of its 9 chances inside the five and seen 7 of its 25 two minute targets.

His 19 targets have averaged 7.4 air yards.

In Week 2 against ATL he caught 3 of 3 targets for 33 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.

In Week 3 against CLE he caught 5 of 8 targets for 51 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against DET he caught 3 of 6 targets for 36 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

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 11.5 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 76 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 Darren Waller played 9 games and scored 88.7 PPR points, 9.9 a game, finishing TE33.

He caught 24 of 34 targets for 283 yards and 6 touchdowns, with 7 red zone targets.

That came to 3.8 targets a game, a 71 percent catch rate and 11.8 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 45 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Juwan Johnson was available for 8 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Juwan Johnson scored 10.6 PPR points a game and Darren Waller 9.9, 0.7 a game between them.

Juwan Johnson finished TE8 that year and Darren Waller TE33.

Juwan Johnson had 68 more targets than Darren Waller, 102 to 34.

Juwan Johnson had 606 more receiving yards than Darren Waller, 889 to 283.

This season Juwan Johnson holds the bigger snap share, 71 percent against 46 percent.

This season Juwan Johnson holds the bigger target share, 16 percent against 13 percent.

What would change the answer

Darren Waller has no posted market, so one half of the evidence on this page exists for only one of them.