Gunnar Helm or Theo Johnson: who should I start in Week 5?

What the player markets price

The player markets price Gunnar Helm at 5.3 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 14 market sources. That is the 153rd highest figure of the 221 players the market prices.

The player markets price Theo Johnson at 2.0 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 14 market sources. That is the 207th highest figure of the 221 players the market prices.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Gunnar Helm: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 167th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Theo Johnson: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 214th overall on the rest of his evidence.

This season through Week 4

Through Week 4, Gunnar Helm has been on the field for 79 percent of TEN snaps, drawn 11 percent of the targets and had 8 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 5 of the offence's 31 third down targets, had 0 of its 12 chances inside the five and seen 2 of its 20 two minute targets.

His 12 targets have averaged 3.8 air yards.

In Week 2 against PHI he caught 2 of 2 targets for 13 yards and did not score.

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.

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 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 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.

Gunnar Helm was available for 1 game more.

Head to head

In 2025 Theo Johnson scored 8.5 PPR points a game and Gunnar Helm 5.7, 2.8 a game between them.

Gunnar Helm finished TE31 that year and Theo Johnson TE18.

Theo Johnson had 19 more targets than Gunnar Helm, 74 to 55.

Theo Johnson had 171 more receiving yards than Gunnar Helm, 528 to 357.

This season Gunnar Helm holds the bigger snap share, 79 percent against 31 percent.

This season Gunnar Helm holds the bigger target share, 11 percent against 5 percent.

Byes and availability

Gunnar Helm is listed as questionable on the injury report.

What would change the answer

3.2 points a game is the entire case. The market restates it every week, and a line that moves moves the order with it.

The draft market is the half that is missing: when the consensus sample holds these two again it can order them differently from the price, and this page will follow the sample rather than the market price when it does.