Should I start Pat Freiermuth or Juwan Johnson in Week 10?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Pat Freiermuth, and the board ranks him 108th overall on the rest of his evidence.

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

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Pat Freiermuth is 2.3 PPR points a game off 1 market across 1 market source. That is 30 percent of what a tight end's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

The market-based projection for Juwan Johnson is 2.1 PPR points a game off 1 market across 1 market source. That is 30 percent of what a tight end's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

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

This season so far

Through Week 8, Pat Freiermuth has been on the field for 65 percent of PIT snaps, drawn 13 percent of the targets and had 12 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 9 of the offence's 61 third down targets, had 3 of its 12 chances inside the five and seen 11 of its 44 two minute targets.

His 35 targets have averaged 8.5 air yards.

In Week 6 against TB he caught 2 of 3 targets for 11 yards and did not score.

In Week 7 against NO he caught 2 of 4 targets for 20 yards and did not score.

In Week 8 against CLE he carried 1 time for 1 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 35 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Through Week 9, Juwan Johnson has been on the field for 65 percent of NO snaps, drawn 13 percent of the targets and had 11 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 14 of the offence's 75 third down targets, had 2 of its 25 chances inside the five and seen 11 of its 47 two minute targets.

His 39 targets have averaged 5.0 air yards.

In Week 6 against NYG he caught 0 of 2 targets for 0 yards and did not score.

In Week 7 against PIT he caught 1 of 3 targets for 7 yards and did not score.

In Week 9 against CLE he caught 2 of 2 targets for 34 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Their 2025 seasons

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.

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 12 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 76 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.

Pat Freiermuth finished TE25 that year and Juwan Johnson TE8.

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.

Their snap share this season is the same, 65 percent each.

Their target share this season is the same, 13 percent each.

Byes and availability

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