Gunnar Helm or Quentin Johnston: who should I start in Week 6?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Gunnar Helm: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 125th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Quentin Johnston: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 126th overall on the rest of his evidence.

What the player markets price

The player markets price Gunnar Helm at 4.3 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 4 market sources. That is the 87th highest figure of the 139 players the market prices.

The market has Quentin Johnston at 1.5 PPR points a game off 1 market across 1 market source. That is 30 percent of what a wide receiver's price needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

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

This season so far

Through Week 5, Gunnar Helm has been on the field for 77 percent of TEN snaps, drawn 9 percent of the targets and had 7 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 5 of the offence's 40 third down targets, had 0 of its 12 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 29 two minute targets.

His 13 targets have averaged 4.3 air yards.

In Week 3 against NYG he caught 2 of 4 targets for 14 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against BAL he caught 1 of 1 target for 5 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against HOU he caught 0 of 1 target for 0 yards and did not score.

Through Week 4, Quentin Johnston has been on the field for 80 percent of LAC snaps, drawn 16 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 6 of the offence's 37 third down targets, had 0 of its 7 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 13 two minute targets.

His 19 targets have averaged 12.5 air yards.

In Week 2 against LV he carried 1 time for 7 yards, caught 1 of 5 targets for 7 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against BUF he caught 3 of 6 targets for 40 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against SEA he carried 1 time for -4 yards, caught 1 of 2 targets for 44 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Gunnar Helm played 16 games and scored 91.7 PPR points, 5.7 a game, finishing TE31.

He caught 44 of 55 targets for 357 yards and 2 touchdowns, with 7 red zone targets.

That came to 3.4 targets a game, a 80 percent catch rate and 8.1 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 53 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 Quentin Johnston played 14 games and scored 171.2 PPR points, 12.2 a game, finishing WR34.

He caught 51 of 85 targets for 735 yards and 8 touchdowns, with 15 red zone targets.

That came to 6.1 targets a game, a 60 percent catch rate and 14.4 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 77 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Gunnar Helm was available for 2 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Quentin Johnston scored 12.2 PPR points a game and Gunnar Helm 5.7, 6.5 a game between them.

Gunnar Helm finished TE31 and Quentin Johnston WR34, which are two different ladders.

Gunnar Helm is a tight end and Quentin Johnston a wide receiver, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Quentin Johnston is off in Week 7. No bye is listed for Gunnar Helm.

Quentin Johnston is listed as out on the injury report.

What would change the answer

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