Should I start Theo Johnson or Eli Raridon in Week 10?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Theo Johnson, and the board ranks him 197th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Eli Raridon, and the board ranks him 203rd overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

Theo Johnson's market-based projection is 2.1 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 15 market sources. That is the 170th highest figure of the 217 players with a market-based projection.

The market-based projection for Eli Raridon is 1.8 PPR points a game off 1 market across 13 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.

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

This season through Week 9

Through Week 9, Theo Johnson has been on the field for 33 percent of NYG snaps, drawn 5 percent of the targets and had 2 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 1 of the offence's 59 third down targets, had 0 of its 10 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 25 two minute targets.

His 9 targets have averaged 10.8 air yards.

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

In Week 5 against WAS he caught 2 of 3 targets for 35 yards and did not score.

In Week 9 against PHI he was not given the ball.

Through Week 9, Eli Raridon has been on the field for 57 percent of NE snaps, drawn 11 percent of the targets and had 11 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 2 of the offence's 56 third down targets, had 2 of its 10 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 34 two minute targets.

His 26 targets have averaged 7.5 air yards.

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.

In Week 9 against GB he caught 3 of 6 targets for 52 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

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.

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

Head to head

This season Eli Raridon holds the bigger snap share, 57 percent against 33 percent.

This season Eli Raridon holds the bigger target share, 11 percent against 5 percent.

Byes and availability

Eli Raridon is off in Week 11. No bye is listed for Theo Johnson.

What would change the answer

Eli Raridon has only a partial projection, so the market half of this page is whole for only one of them.