Tez Johnson or Justin Jefferson: who should I start in Week 5?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Tez Johnson: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 162nd overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Justin Jefferson: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 166th overall on the rest of his evidence.

By format he goes standard: ADP 4; 2QB: ADP 16.

What the player markets price

The player markets price Tez Johnson at 3.7 PPR points a game, built from 4 markets across 17 market sources. That is the 163rd highest figure of the 184 players the market prices.

The market has Justin Jefferson at 2.8 PPR points a game off 1 market across 13 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.

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

This season so far

Through Week 4, Tez Johnson has been on the field for 33 percent of TB snaps, drawn 7 percent of the targets and had 6 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 3 of the offence's 32 third down targets, had 0 of its 2 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 26 two minute targets.

His 9 targets have averaged 25.0 air yards.

In Week 2 against CLE he caught 1 of 4 targets for 49 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against MIN he caught 1 of 2 targets for 8 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against GB he carried 1 time for 10 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 17 yards and did not score.

Through Week 3, Justin Jefferson has been on the field for 68 percent of MIN snaps, drawn 25 percent of the targets and had 21 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 8 of the offence's 30 third down targets, had 0 of its 2 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 6 two minute targets.

His 17 targets have averaged 11.1 air yards.

In Week 1 against GB he caught 8 of 9 targets for 92 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.

In Week 2 against CHI he caught 3 of 6 targets for 55 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against TB he caught 2 of 2 targets for 32 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Tez Johnson played 16 games and scored 92.4 PPR points, 5.8 a game, finishing WR67.

He caught 28 of 44 targets for 322 yards and 5 touchdowns, with 4 red zone targets.

That came to 2.8 targets a game, a 64 percent catch rate and 11.5 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 47 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 Justin Jefferson played 17 games and scored 201.5 PPR points, 11.9 a game, finishing WR21.

He caught 84 of 141 targets for 1048 yards and 2 touchdowns, with 17 red zone targets.

That came to 8.3 targets a game, a 60 percent catch rate and 12.5 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 95 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Justin Jefferson was available for 1 game more.

Head to head

In 2025 Justin Jefferson scored 11.9 PPR points a game and Tez Johnson 5.8, 6.1 a game between them.

Tez Johnson finished WR67 that year and Justin Jefferson WR21.

Justin Jefferson had 97 more targets than Tez Johnson, 141 to 44.

Justin Jefferson had 726 more receiving yards than Tez Johnson, 1048 to 322.

This season Justin Jefferson holds the bigger snap share, 68 percent against 33 percent.

This season Justin Jefferson holds the bigger target share, 25 percent against 7 percent.

Byes and availability

Justin Jefferson is off in Week 6. No bye is listed for Tez Johnson.

Justin Jefferson is listed as questionable on the injury report.

What would change the answer

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