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Should I start Eli Raridon or Juwan Johnson in Week 8?

Updated Nov 3, 12:11 AM ET.

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Eli Raridon and Juwan Johnson are too close to call on usage: 56 percent of the snaps and 13 percent of the targets against 59 percent of the snaps and 11 percent of the targets over their last 3 games. 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 Eli Raridon for Juwan Johnson?

Yes, on the rest of the season. Juwan Johnson projects 86 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (9.6 a game over 9 games), Eli Raridon 35 (4.4 a game over 8 games).

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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.

Eli Raridon

TE20 · NE · bye 11

2026 vs anytime td line 2-5

Market-based projection
6.8 pts a game Wk 8 price
Overall rank
117

Juwan Johnson

TE22 · NO · bye 8

2026 vs anytime td line 2-5

Overall rank
122

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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 Eli Raridon, and the board ranks him 117th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Juwan Johnson, and the board ranks him 122nd overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Eli Raridon is 2.2 PPR points a game off 1 market across 6 market sources. That is 30 percent of what a tight end's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

The market-based projection for Juwan Johnson is 2.1 PPR points a game off 1 market across 1 market source. That is 30 percent of what a tight end's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

Eli Raridon's projection is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season so far

Through Week 8, Eli Raridon has been on the field for 51 percent of NE snaps, drawn 10 percent of the targets and had 10 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 2 of the offence's 50 third down targets, had 2 of its 8 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 30 two minute targets.

His 20 targets have averaged 7.2 air yards.

In Week 6 against NYJ he caught 1 of 3 targets for 11 yards and did not score.

In Week 7 against CHI he caught 3 of 4 targets for 56 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 8 against MIA he caught 1 of 4 targets for 5 yards and did not score.

Through Week 7, Juwan Johnson has been on the field for 66 percent of NO snaps, drawn 14 percent of the targets and had 12 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 13 of the offence's 68 third down targets, had 2 of its 23 chances inside the five and seen 11 of its 38 two minute targets.

His 37 targets have averaged 4.6 air yards.

In Week 5 against MIN he caught 4 of 5 targets for 16 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against NYG he caught 0 of 2 targets for 0 yards and did not score.

In Week 7 against PIT he caught 1 of 3 targets for 7 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

Eli Raridon is a rookie, so there is no NFL season behind him to price him against.

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 12 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 76 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Head to head

This season Juwan Johnson holds the bigger snap share, 66 percent against 51 percent.

This season Juwan Johnson holds the bigger target share, 14 percent against 10 percent.

Byes and availability

Eli Raridon is off in Week 11 and Juwan Johnson in Week 8, so either can cover the other's bye.

Drop or keep

  • Should I drop Eli Raridon for Juwan Johnson?

    Yes, on the rest of the season. Juwan Johnson projects 86 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (9.6 a game over 9 games), Eli Raridon 35 (4.4 a game over 8 games).

  • Should I drop Juwan Johnson for Eli Raridon?

    No. Keep Juwan Johnson: he projects 86 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (9.6 a game over 9 games), Eli Raridon 35 (4.4 a game over 8 games).

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