Kaleb Johnson or Makai Lemon: who should I start in Week 5?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Kaleb Johnson: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 98th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Makai Lemon: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 99th overall on the rest of his evidence.

What the player markets price

The market has Kaleb Johnson at 9.4 PPR points a game off 2 markets across 14 market sources. That is 70 percent of what a running back's price needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

The player markets price Makai Lemon at 8.4 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 14 market sources. That is the 106th highest figure of the 200 players the market prices.

Kaleb Johnson's price is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season through Week 4

Through Week 4, Kaleb Johnson has been on the field for 31 percent of GB snaps, taken 41 percent of the carries, drawn 3 percent of the targets and had 6 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 31 third down targets, had 2 of its 10 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 14 two minute targets.

His 3 targets have come 0.3 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 2 against NYJ he carried 8 times for 32 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against ATL he carried 4 times for 6 yards, caught 1 of 3 targets for 10 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against TB he carried 8 times for 42 yards and did not score.

Through Week 4, Makai Lemon has been on the field for 67 percent of PHI snaps, drawn 14 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 2 of the offence's 33 third down targets, had 0 of its 8 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 24 two minute targets.

His 15 targets have averaged 6.0 air yards.

In Week 2 against TEN he carried 1 time for -5 yards, caught 1 of 1 target for 14 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against CHI he caught 3 of 4 targets for 29 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against LAR he caught 3 of 6 targets for 27 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Kaleb Johnson played 10 games and scored 8.8 PPR points, 0.9 a game, finishing RB115.

He carried 28 times for 69 yards and 0 touchdowns, and caught 1 of 2 targets for 9 more yards.

That came to 2.8 carries a game at 2.5 yards a carry and 0.1 catches a game.

He was on the field for 6 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Makai Lemon is a rookie, so there is no NFL season behind him to price him against.

Side by side

Kaleb Johnson is a running back and Makai Lemon a wide receiver, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Makai Lemon is off in Week 10. No bye is listed for Kaleb Johnson.

What would change the answer

Kaleb Johnson is only part priced, so the market half of this page is whole for only one of them.