Demond Claiborne or Theo Johnson: who should I start in Week 5?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Demond Claiborne: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 242nd overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Theo Johnson: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 243rd overall on the rest of his evidence.

What the player markets price

The market has Demond Claiborne at 1.4 PPR points a game off 4 markets across 16 market sources. That is 60 percent of what a running back's price needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

The player markets price Theo Johnson at 1.3 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 16 market sources. That is the 199th highest figure of the 214 players the market prices.

Demond Claiborne's price is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season through Week 4

Through Week 4, Demond Claiborne has been on the field for 7 percent of MIN snaps, taken 8 percent of the carries, drawn 1 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 1 of the offence's 32 third down targets and seen 0 of its 9 two minute targets.

His 1 target have come 7.0 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 2 against CHI he carried 0 times for 0 yards, caught 1 of 1 target for 2 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against TB he carried 3 times for 1 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against MIA he carried 3 times for 12 yards and did not score.

Through Week 4, Theo Johnson has been on the field for 31 percent of NYG snaps, drawn 5 percent of the targets and had 3 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 1 of the offence's 39 third down targets, had 0 of its 5 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 15 two minute targets.

His 6 targets have averaged 11.3 air yards.

In Week 2 against LAR he caught 0 of 4 targets for 0 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against TEN he was not given the ball.

In Week 4 against ARI he caught 1 of 1 target for 11 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Their 2025 seasons

Demond Claiborne is a rookie, so there is no NFL season behind him to price him against.

In 2025 Theo Johnson played 15 games and scored 127.8 PPR points, 8.5 a game, finishing TE18.

He caught 45 of 74 targets for 528 yards and 5 touchdowns, with 13 red zone targets.

That came to 4.9 targets a game, a 61 percent catch rate and 11.7 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 87 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Side by side

Demond Claiborne is a running back and Theo Johnson a tight end, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

What would change the answer

Demond Claiborne is only part priced, so the market half of this page is whole for only one of them.