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Should I start Josh Downs or Quentin Johnston in Week 10?

Updated Nov 10, 3:21 PM ET.

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Start Josh Downs: 80 percent of the snaps and 18 percent of the targets over their last 3 games, against Quentin Johnston's 83 percent of the snaps and 11 percent of the targets. No market projection is posted on either of them this week, so this is a usage call, and a lower confidence one than a call made on a projection. What follows is what each of them has done.

Should I drop Quentin Johnston for Josh Downs?

Yes, on the rest of the season. Josh Downs projects 82 market-implied PPR points from Week 10 through Week 17 (10.3 a game over 8 games), Quentin Johnston 14 (1.8 a game over 8 games).

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Neither man carries a season projection right now, so this is their usage this season and their last full season's numbers, side by side.

Josh Downs

WR52 · IND · bye 13

2026 vs anytime td line 1-8

Market-based projection
10.7 pts a game Wk 9 price
Overall rank
112

Quentin Johnston

WR54 · LAC · bye 7

2026 vs anytime td line 1-6

Market-based projection
6.8 pts a game Wk 9 price
Overall rank
114

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The gap

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Draft data is not current for these two, so the figures that depend on it are left out. The call above comes from each player's usage.

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Josh Downs, and the board ranks him 112th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Quentin Johnston, and the board ranks him 114th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Josh Downs is 1.7 PPR points a game off 1 market across 1 market source. That is 30 percent of what a wide receiver's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

The market-based projection for Quentin Johnston is 1.7 PPR points a game off 1 market across 1 market source. That is 30 percent of what a wide receiver's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

Josh Downs's projection is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season through Week 9

Through Week 9, Josh Downs has been on the field for 81 percent of IND snaps, drawn 20 percent of the targets and had 10 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 18 of the offence's 73 third down targets, had 0 of its 22 chances inside the five and seen 6 of its 44 two minute targets.

His 57 targets have averaged 9.6 air yards.

In Week 7 against MIN he caught 2 of 4 targets for 18 yards and did not score.

In Week 8 against JAX he caught 4 of 5 targets for 23 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 9 against DAL he caught 3 of 6 targets for 24 yards and did not score.

Through Week 9, Quentin Johnston has been on the field for 81 percent of LAC snaps, drawn 14 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 11 of the offence's 72 third down targets, had 0 of its 7 chances inside the five and seen 6 of its 27 two minute targets.

His 30 targets have averaged 14.3 air yards.

In Week 6 against KC he caught 1 of 3 targets for 57 yards and did not score.

In Week 8 against LAR he caught 4 of 4 targets for 37 yards and did not score.

In Week 9 against HOU he carried 1 time for 5 yards, caught 1 of 4 targets for 58 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Josh Downs played 16 games and scored 136.4 PPR points, 8.5 a game, finishing WR44.

He caught 58 of 88 targets for 566 yards and 4 touchdowns, with 14 red zone targets.

That came to 5-6 targets a game, a 66 percent catch rate and 9.8 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 58 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.

Josh Downs was available for 2 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Quentin Johnston scored 12.2 PPR points a game and Josh Downs 8.5, 3.7 a game between them.

Josh Downs finished WR44 that year and Quentin Johnston WR34.

Josh Downs had 3 more targets than Quentin Johnston, 88 to 85.

Quentin Johnston had 169 more receiving yards than Josh Downs, 735 to 566.

Their snap share this season is the same, 81 percent each.

This season Josh Downs holds the bigger target share, 20 percent against 14 percent.

Byes and availability

Josh Downs is off in Week 13 and Quentin Johnston in Week 7, so either can cover the other's bye.

Drop or keep

  • Should I drop Quentin Johnston for Josh Downs?

    Yes, on the rest of the season. Josh Downs projects 82 market-implied PPR points from Week 10 through Week 17 (10.3 a game over 8 games), Quentin Johnston 14 (1.8 a game over 8 games).

  • Should I drop Josh Downs for Quentin Johnston?

    No. Keep Josh Downs: he projects 82 market-implied PPR points from Week 10 through Week 17 (10.3 a game over 8 games), Quentin Johnston 14 (1.8 a game over 8 games).

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