Should I start Tyler Warren or Juwan Johnson in Week 6?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Tyler Warren, and the board ranks him 36th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Juwan Johnson, and the board ranks him 67th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

No season market is posted for Tyler Warren, so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.

No season market is posted for Juwan Johnson, so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.

Neither carries a posted market, so this page rests on the draft room and on what the two have already done.

This season so far

Through Week 5, Tyler Warren has been on the field for 91 percent of IND snaps, drawn 22 percent of the targets and had 11 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 6 of the offence's 41 third down targets, had 2 of its 16 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 16 two minute targets.

His 36 targets have averaged 4.0 air yards.

In Week 3 against HOU he carried 1 time for 2 yards, caught 9 of 10 targets for 55 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against WAS he caught 5 of 5 targets for 41 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against PIT he carried 1 time for 1 yards, caught 7 of 9 targets for 83 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Through Week 6, Juwan Johnson has been on the field for 70 percent of NO snaps, drawn 15 percent of the targets and had 12 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 12 of the offence's 59 third down targets, had 2 of its 19 chances inside the five and seen 11 of its 37 two minute targets.

His 34 targets have averaged 5.1 air yards.

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

In Week 5 against MIN he caught 4 of 5 targets for 16 yards and did not score.

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

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Tyler Warren played 17 games and scored 188.5 PPR points, 11.1 a game, finishing TE4.

He caught 76 of 112 targets for 817 yards and 4 touchdowns, with 19 red zone targets.

That came to 6.6 targets a game, a 68 percent catch rate and 10.8 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 84 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 Tyler Warren scored 11.1 PPR points a game and Juwan Johnson 10.6, 0.5 a game between them.

Tyler Warren finished TE4 that year and Juwan Johnson TE8.

Tyler Warren had 10 more targets than Juwan Johnson, 112 to 102.

Juwan Johnson had 72 more receiving yards than Tyler Warren, 889 to 817.

This season Tyler Warren holds the bigger snap share, 91 percent against 70 percent.

This season Tyler Warren holds the bigger target share, 22 percent against 15 percent.

Byes and availability

Tyler Warren is off in Week 13 and Juwan Johnson in Week 8, so either can cover the other's bye.

Tyler Warren is listed as out on the injury report.