Juwan Johnson or Kyle Pitts Sr.: who should I start in Week 5?

What the player markets price

The player markets price Juwan Johnson at 10.3 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 15 market sources. That is the 86th highest figure of the 184 players the market prices.

The player markets price Kyle Pitts Sr. at 6.4 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 16 market sources. That is the 131st highest figure of the 184 players the market prices.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Juwan Johnson: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 74th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Kyle Pitts Sr.: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 140th overall on the rest of his evidence.

This season through Week 4

Through Week 4, Juwan Johnson has been on the field for 71 percent of NO snaps, drawn 16 percent of the targets and had 16 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 9 of the offence's 41 third down targets, had 2 of its 11 chances inside the five and seen 9 of its 30 two minute targets.

His 27 targets have averaged 6.0 air yards.

In Week 2 against BAL he caught 4 of 4 targets for 66 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against LV he caught 8 of 8 targets for 53 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.

In Week 4 against ATL he caught 6 of 8 targets for 59 yards and did not score.

Through Week 4, Kyle Pitts Sr. has been on the field for 53 percent of ATL snaps, drawn 10 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 1 of the offence's 26 third down targets, had 0 of its 8 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 14 two minute targets.

His 9 targets have averaged 7.6 air yards.

In Week 2 against CAR he caught 1 of 3 targets for 15 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against GB he caught 1 of 2 targets for 5 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against NO he caught 3 of 3 targets for 47 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Juwan Johnson played 17 games and scored 179.9 PPR points, 10.6 a game, finishing TE8.

He caught 77 of 102 targets for 889 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 8 red zone targets.

That came to 6.0 targets a game, a 75 percent catch rate and 11.5 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 76 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 Kyle Pitts Sr. played 17 games and scored 210.8 PPR points, 12.4 a game, finishing TE2.

He caught 88 of 118 targets for 928 yards and 5 touchdowns, with 11 red zone targets.

That came to 6.9 targets a game, a 75 percent catch rate and 10.5 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 87 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Both were available for 17 games that season.

Head to head

In 2025 Kyle Pitts Sr. scored 12.4 PPR points a game and Juwan Johnson 10.6, 1.8 a game between them.

Juwan Johnson finished TE8 that year and Kyle Pitts Sr. TE2.

Kyle Pitts Sr. had 16 more targets than Juwan Johnson, 118 to 102.

Kyle Pitts Sr. had 39 more receiving yards than Juwan Johnson, 928 to 889.

This season Juwan Johnson holds the bigger snap share, 71 percent against 53 percent.

This season Juwan Johnson holds the bigger target share, 16 percent against 10 percent.

Byes and availability

Kyle Pitts Sr. is off in Week 11. No bye is listed for Juwan Johnson.

What would change the answer

3.9 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.