Juwan Johnson or Tony Pollard: 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 183 players the market prices.

The player markets price Tony Pollard at 9.2 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 12 market sources. That is the 94th highest figure of the 183 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 76th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Tony Pollard: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 71st 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, Tony Pollard has been on the field for 53 percent of TEN snaps, taken 60 percent of the carries, drawn 10 percent of the targets and had 43 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 1 of the offence's 31 third down targets, had 6 of its 12 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 20 two minute targets.

His 11 targets have averaged 1.5 air yards.

In Week 2 against PHI he carried 14 times for 64 yards, caught 1 of 1 target for 1 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against NYG he carried 17 times for 74 yards, caught 4 of 4 targets for 22 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against BAL he carried 16 times for 48 yards, caught 2 of 4 targets for 2 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 Tony Pollard played 17 games and scored 185.8 PPR points, 10.9 a game, finishing RB23.

He carried 242 times for 1082 yards and 5 touchdowns, and caught 33 of 41 targets for 206 more yards.

That came to 14.2 carries a game at 4.5 yards a carry and 1.9 catches a game.

He was on the field for 62 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Both were available for 17 games that season.

Side by side

In 2025 Tony Pollard scored 10.9 PPR points a game and Juwan Johnson 10.6, 0.3 a game between them.

Juwan Johnson finished TE8 and Tony Pollard RB23, which are two different ladders.

Juwan Johnson is a tight end and Tony Pollard a running back, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Tony Pollard is off in Week 9. No bye is listed for Juwan Johnson.

Tony Pollard is listed as questionable on the injury report.

What would change the answer

1.0 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.