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

What the sportsbooks price

The player markets price Juwan Johnson at 8.9 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 15 books. That is the 108th highest figure of the 183 players the books price.

The player markets price Kyle Pitts Sr. at 7.9 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 14 books. That is the 127th highest figure of the 183 players the books price.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Juwan Johnson: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 100th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 201.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Kyle Pitts Sr.: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 116th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 131.

This season through Week 1

Through Week 1, Juwan Johnson has been on the field for 84 percent of NO snaps, drawn 13 percent of the targets and had 25 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 2 of the offence's 9 third down targets, had 0 of its 1 chance inside the five and seen 5 of its 15 two minute targets.

His 7 targets have averaged 11.0 air yards.

In Week 1 against DET he caught 3 of 7 targets for 54 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Through Week 1, Kyle Pitts Sr. has been on the field for 63 percent of ATL snaps and drawn 5 percent of the targets.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 6 third down targets and seen 0 of its 2 two minute targets.

His 1 target have averaged 26.0 air yards.

In Week 1 against PIT he caught 0 of 1 target for 0 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, 84 percent against 63 percent.

This season Juwan Johnson holds the bigger target share, 13 percent against 5 percent.

Byes and availability

Juwan Johnson is off in Week 8 and Kyle Pitts Sr. in Week 11, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

1.0 points a game is the entire case. The books restate 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 books when it does.