Juwan Johnson or Pat Freiermuth: 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 Pat Freiermuth at 7.7 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 14 books. That is the 130th 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 101st overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 201.

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

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 148.

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, Pat Freiermuth has been on the field for 73 percent of PIT snaps, drawn 14 percent of the targets and had 40 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 1 of the offence's 10 third down targets and seen 1 of its 4 two minute targets.

His 5 targets have averaged 4.2 air yards.

In Week 1 against ATL he caught 5 of 5 targets for 46 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

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 Pat Freiermuth played 17 games and scored 113.6 PPR points, 6.7 a game, finishing TE25.

He caught 41 of 54 targets for 486 yards and 4 touchdowns, with 9 red zone targets.

That came to 3.2 targets a game, a 76 percent catch rate and 11.9 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 49 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Both were available for 17 games that season.

Head to head

In 2025 Juwan Johnson scored 10.6 PPR points a game and Pat Freiermuth 6.7, 3.9 a game between them.

Juwan Johnson finished TE8 that year and Pat Freiermuth TE25.

Juwan Johnson had 48 more targets than Pat Freiermuth, 102 to 54.

Juwan Johnson had 403 more receiving yards than Pat Freiermuth, 889 to 486.

This season Juwan Johnson holds the bigger snap share, 84 percent against 73 percent.

This season Pat Freiermuth holds the bigger target share, 14 percent against 13 percent.

Byes and availability

Juwan Johnson is off in Week 8 and Pat Freiermuth in Week 9, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

1.2 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.