Juwan Johnson or Deebo Samuel Sr.: who should I start in Week 5?

What the player markets price

The player markets price Juwan Johnson at 10.3 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 15 market sources. That is the 86th highest figure of the 184 players the market prices.

The player markets price Deebo Samuel Sr. at 8.7 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 15 market sources. That is the 99th highest figure of the 184 players the market prices.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Juwan Johnson: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 74th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Deebo Samuel Sr.: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 86th overall on the rest of his evidence.

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, Deebo Samuel Sr. has been on the field for 60 percent of SF snaps, drawn 15 percent of the targets and had 12 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 2 of the offence's 28 third down targets, had 2 of its 13 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 18 two minute targets.

His 17 targets have averaged 2.9 air yards.

In Week 2 against MIA he carried 1 time for 4 yards, caught 3 of 4 targets for 31 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against ARI he carried 2 times for 14 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against DEN he carried 3 times for 44 yards, caught 5 of 6 targets for 26 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

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.

The season feed carries no line for Deebo Samuel Sr. in the last completed season.

Side by side

Juwan Johnson is a tight end and Deebo Samuel Sr. a wide receiver, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Deebo Samuel Sr. is off in Week 8. No bye is listed for Juwan Johnson.

What would change the answer

1.5 points a game is the entire case. The market restates 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 market price when it does.