Quentin Johnston or Davante Adams: who should I start?

What the sportsbooks price

The player markets price Quentin Johnston at 11.8 PPR points a game, built from 4 markets across 16 books. That is the 69th highest figure of the 183 players the books price.

The player markets price Davante Adams at 11.7 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 16 books. That is the 72nd highest figure of the 183 players the books price.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Quentin Johnston: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 46th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 99.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Davante Adams: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 48th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 54.

This season through Week 1

Through Week 1, Quentin Johnston has been on the field for 78 percent of LAC snaps, drawn 22 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 1 of the offence's 6 third down targets and seen 0 of its 1 two minute target.

His 6 targets have averaged 6.5 air yards.

In Week 1 against ARI he caught 2 of 6 targets for 17 yards and did not score.

Through Week 1, Davante Adams has been on the field for 54 percent of LAR snaps, drawn 22 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 2 of the offence's 7 third down targets, had 0 of its 4 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 2 two minute targets.

His 6 targets have averaged 12.2 air yards.

In Week 1 against SF he caught 3 of 6 targets for 26 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Quentin Johnston played 14 games and scored 171.2 PPR points, 12.2 a game, finishing WR34.

He caught 51 of 85 targets for 735 yards and 8 touchdowns, with 15 red zone targets.

That came to 6.1 targets a game, a 60 percent catch rate and 14.4 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 77 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 Davante Adams played 14 games and scored 222.9 PPR points, 15.9 a game, finishing WR9.

He caught 60 of 114 targets for 789 yards and 14 touchdowns, with 31 red zone targets.

That came to 8.1 targets a game, a 53 percent catch rate and 13.2 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 70 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Both were available for 14 games that season.

Head to head

In 2025 Davante Adams scored 15.9 PPR points a game and Quentin Johnston 12.2, 3.7 a game between them.

Quentin Johnston finished WR34 that year and Davante Adams WR9.

Davante Adams had 29 more targets than Quentin Johnston, 114 to 85.

Davante Adams had 54 more receiving yards than Quentin Johnston, 789 to 735.

This season Quentin Johnston holds the bigger snap share, 78 percent against 54 percent.

Their target share this season is the same, 22 percent each.

Byes and availability

Quentin Johnston is off in Week 7 and Davante Adams in Week 11, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

0.1 points a game is the entire case. The books restate 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 books when it does.