Drew Sample or Theo Johnson: who should I start in Week 5?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Drew Sample: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 220th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Theo Johnson: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 221st overall on the rest of his evidence.

What the player markets price

The player markets price Drew Sample at 1.7 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 14 market sources. That is the 198th highest figure of the 211 players the market prices.

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

This season through Week 4

Through Week 4, Drew Sample has been on the field for 49 percent of CIN snaps, drawn 3 percent of the targets and had 3 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 37 third down targets, had 0 of its 8 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 31 two minute targets.

His 5 targets have averaged 0.6 air yards.

In Week 2 against HOU he was not given the ball.

In Week 3 against PIT he caught 1 of 2 targets for 0 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against JAX he was not given the ball.

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

In 2025 Drew Sample played 17 games and scored 31.9 PPR points, 1.9 a game, finishing TE64.

He caught 15 of 20 targets for 106 yards and 1 touchdown, with 1 red zone target.

That came to 1.2 targets a game, a 75 percent catch rate and 7.1 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 52 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

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.

Drew Sample was available for 2 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Theo Johnson scored 8.5 PPR points a game and Drew Sample 1.9, 6.6 a game between them.

Drew Sample finished TE64 that year and Theo Johnson TE18.

Theo Johnson had 54 more targets than Drew Sample, 74 to 20.

Theo Johnson had 422 more receiving yards than Drew Sample, 528 to 106.

This season Drew Sample holds the bigger snap share, 49 percent against 31 percent.

This season Theo Johnson holds the bigger target share, 5 percent against 3 percent.

What would change the answer

Theo Johnson has no posted market, so one half of the evidence on this page exists for only one of them.