Should I start Quentin Johnston or Deebo Samuel Sr. in Week 7?

Updated Oct 20, 12:36 PM ET. Week 8 answers post Tuesday.

Start Quentin Johnston: 81 percent of the snaps and 11 percent of the targets over their last 3 games, against Deebo Samuel Sr.'s 62 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 Deebo Samuel Sr. for Quentin Johnston?

Yes, on the rest of the season. Quentin Johnston projects 47 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (4.7 a game over 10 games), Deebo Samuel Sr. 26 (2.6 a game over 10 games). Deebo Samuel Sr. is listed out.

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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.

Quentin Johnston

WR · LAC · on bye this week

2026 vs anytime td line 0-5

Market-based projection: 7.5 pts a game Wk 6 price
Overall rank: 253

Deebo Samuel Sr.

WR · SF · bye 8

2026 vs anytime td line 3-2

Overall rank: 255

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The gap

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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 Quentin Johnston, and the board ranks him 253rd overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Deebo Samuel Sr., and the board ranks him 255th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

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

No season market is posted for Deebo Samuel Sr., so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.

Neither carries a posted market, so this page rests on the draft room and on what the two have already done.

This season so far

Through Week 6, Quentin Johnston has been on the field for 81 percent of LAC snaps, drawn 14 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 8 of the offence's 49 third down targets, had 0 of its 7 chances inside the five and seen 4 of its 20 two minute targets.

His 22 targets have averaged 14.0 air yards.

In Week 3 against BUF he caught 3 of 6 targets for 40 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against SEA he carried 1 time for -4 yards, caught 1 of 2 targets for 44 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against KC he caught 1 of 3 targets for 57 yards and did not score.

Through Week 5, Deebo Samuel Sr. has been on the field for 57 percent of SF snaps, drawn 15 percent of the targets and had 10 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 2 of the offence's 35 third down targets, had 2 of its 14 chances inside the five and seen 2 of its 21 two minute targets.

His 20 targets have averaged 2.6 air yards.

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.

In Week 5 against SEA he carried 2 times for 4 yards, caught 2 of 3 targets for 21 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.

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

Head to head

This season Quentin Johnston holds the bigger snap share, 81 percent against 57 percent.

This season Deebo Samuel Sr. holds the bigger target share, 15 percent against 14 percent.

Byes and availability

Quentin Johnston is off in Week 7 and Deebo Samuel Sr. in Week 8, so either can cover the other's bye.

Deebo Samuel Sr. is listed as out on the injury report.

Drop or keep

Should I drop Deebo Samuel Sr. for Quentin Johnston?
Yes, on the rest of the season. Quentin Johnston projects 47 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (4.7 a game over 10 games), Deebo Samuel Sr. 26 (2.6 a game over 10 games). Deebo Samuel Sr. is listed out.
Should I drop Quentin Johnston for Deebo Samuel Sr.?
No. Keep Quentin Johnston: he projects 47 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (4.7 a game over 10 games), Deebo Samuel Sr. 26 (2.6 a game over 10 games). Deebo Samuel Sr. is listed out.