Quentin Johnston or Jordan Whittington: 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 207th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Jordan Whittington: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 208th overall on the rest of his evidence.

What the player markets price

The market has Quentin Johnston at 1.8 PPR points a game off 1 market across 14 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 Jordan Whittington at 1.6 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 13 market sources. That is the 212th highest figure of the 219 players the market prices.

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

This season through Week 4

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 4, Jordan Whittington has been on the field for 38 percent of LAR snaps, drawn 2 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 30 third down targets, had 0 of its 8 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 18 two minute targets.

His 3 targets have averaged 4.7 air yards.

In Week 1 against SF he caught 1 of 1 target for 8 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against DEN he was not given the ball.

In Week 4 against PHI he caught 1 of 2 targets for 4 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 Jordan Whittington played 17 games and scored 36.3 PPR points, 2.1 a game, finishing WR125.

He caught 18 of 25 targets for 171 yards and 0 touchdowns, with 1 red zone target.

That came to 1.5 targets a game, a 72 percent catch rate and 9.5 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 42 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Jordan Whittington was available for 3 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Quentin Johnston scored 12.2 PPR points a game and Jordan Whittington 2.1, 10.1 a game between them.

Quentin Johnston finished WR34 that year and Jordan Whittington WR125.

Quentin Johnston had 60 more targets than Jordan Whittington, 85 to 25.

Quentin Johnston had 564 more receiving yards than Jordan Whittington, 735 to 171.

This season Quentin Johnston holds the bigger snap share, 80 percent against 38 percent.

This season Quentin Johnston holds the bigger target share, 16 percent against 2 percent.

Byes and availability

Quentin Johnston is off in Week 7. No bye is listed for Jordan Whittington.

Quentin Johnston is listed as questionable 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.