Ty Johnson or DJ Moore: who should I start in Week 5?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Ty Johnson: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 130th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on DJ Moore: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 194th overall on the rest of his evidence.

By format he goes standard: ADP 16; 2QB: ADP 37.

What the player markets price

The market has Ty Johnson at 7.5 PPR points a game off 3 markets across 13 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 market has DJ Moore at 2.5 PPR points a game off 1 market across 9 market sources. That is 30 percent of what a wide receiver's price needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

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

This season through Week 4

Through Week 4, Ty Johnson has been on the field for 27 percent of BUF snaps, taken 2 percent of the carries, drawn 11 percent of the targets and had 10 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 2 of the offence's 17 third down targets, had 0 of its 6 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 11 two minute targets.

His 6 targets have averaged 0.0 air yards.

In Week 3 against LAC he carried 0 times for 0 yards, caught 4 of 4 targets for 50 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against NE he carried 1 time for 3 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 9 yards and did not score.

Through Week 4, DJ Moore has been on the field for 51 percent of BUF snaps, drawn 18 percent of the targets and had 8 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 9 of the offence's 31 third down targets, had 0 of its 13 chances inside the five and seen 6 of its 22 two minute targets.

His 20 targets have averaged 15.2 air yards.

In Week 2 against DET he carried 1 time for -1 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against LAC he caught 6 of 10 targets for 67 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against NE he carried 1 time for 6 yards, caught 1 of 2 targets for 11 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Ty Johnson played 17 games and scored 100.3 PPR points, 5.9 a game, finishing RB47.

He carried 50 times for 200 yards and 3 touchdowns, and caught 24 of 33 targets for 263 more yards.

That came to 2.9 carries a game at 4.0 yards a carry and 1.4 catches a game.

He was on the field for 29 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 DJ Moore played 17 games and scored 170.2 PPR points, 10.0 a game, finishing WR35.

He caught 50 of 85 targets for 682 yards and 6 touchdowns, with 11 red zone targets.

That came to 5.0 targets a game, a 59 percent catch rate and 13.6 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 85 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Both were available for 17 games that season.

Side by side

In 2025 DJ Moore scored 10.0 PPR points a game and Ty Johnson 5.9, 4.1 a game between them.

Ty Johnson finished RB47 and DJ Moore WR35, which are two different ladders.

Ty Johnson is a running back and DJ Moore a wide receiver, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

DJ Moore is off in Week 7. No bye is listed for Ty Johnson.

DJ Moore is listed as questionable on the injury report.