Geno Smith or Ty Johnson: who should I start in Week 5?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Geno Smith: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 119th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Ty Johnson: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 124th overall on the rest of his evidence.

What the player markets price

The player markets price Geno Smith at 14.6 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 16 market sources. That is the 47th highest figure of the 217 players the market prices.

The market has Ty Johnson at 7.6 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.

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, Geno Smith has been on the field for 100 percent of NYJ snaps, dropped back 136 times and thrown 7.2 air yards an attempt.

He has been sacked or hit on 23 of 136 dropbacks and scrambled 8 times.

In Week 2 against GB he completed 27 of 40 passes for 247 yards, threw 1 touchdown and 0 interceptions and ran 5 times for 17 yards.

In Week 3 against DET he completed 31 of 37 passes for 321 yards, threw 3 touchdowns and 0 interceptions and ran 2 times for 12 yards.

In Week 4 against CHI he completed 8 of 15 passes for 119 yards and threw 1 touchdown and 0 interceptions.

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.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Geno Smith played 15 games and scored 190.9 PPR points, 12.7 a game, finishing QB23.

He threw for 3025 yards on 448 attempts with 19 touchdowns and 17 interceptions, and ran for 109 yards and 0 touchdowns.

That came to 29.9 attempts a game at 6.8 yards an attempt.

He was on the field for 97 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

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.

Ty Johnson was available for 2 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Geno Smith scored 12.7 PPR points a game and Ty Johnson 5.9, 6.8 a game between them.

Geno Smith finished QB23 and Ty Johnson RB47, which are two different ladders.

Geno Smith is a quarterback and Ty Johnson a running back, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Geno Smith is off in Week 13. No bye is listed for Ty Johnson.

What would change the answer

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