Quentin Johnston or Jared Wayne: who should I start in Week 5?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Quentin Johnston: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 221st overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Jared Wayne: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 230th overall on the rest of his evidence.

What the player markets price

The market has Quentin Johnston at 1.7 PPR points a game off 1 market across 3 market sources. That is 30 percent of what a wide receiver's price needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

The player markets price Jared Wayne at 1.1 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 14 market sources. That is the 210th highest figure of the 216 players the market prices.

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

This season so far

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.

Through Week 3, Jared Wayne has been on the field for 0 percent of HOU snaps, drawn 11 percent of the targets and had 5 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 4 of the offence's 27 third down targets, had 0 of its 5 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 26 two minute targets.

His 12 targets have averaged 15.4 air yards.

In Week 1 against BUF he caught 1 of 1 target for 12 yards and did not score.

In Week 2 against CIN he caught 2 of 7 targets for 33 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against IND he caught 1 of 4 targets for 20 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

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.

In 2025 Jared Wayne played 1 game and scored 4.0 PPR points, 4.0 a game.

He caught 2 of 2 targets for 20 yards and 0 touchdowns, with 0 red zone targets.

That came to 2.0 targets a game, a 100 percent catch rate and 10.0 yards a catch.

Quentin Johnston was available for 13 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Quentin Johnston scored 12.2 PPR points a game and Jared Wayne 4.0, 8.2 a game between them.

Quentin Johnston had 83 more targets than Jared Wayne, 85 to 2.

Quentin Johnston had 715 more receiving yards than Jared Wayne, 735 to 20.

This season Quentin Johnston holds the bigger snap share, 80 percent against 0 percent.

This season Quentin Johnston holds the bigger target share, 16 percent against 11 percent.

Byes and availability

Quentin Johnston is off in Week 7. No bye is listed for Jared Wayne.

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.