Michael Mayer or Kaleb Johnson: who should I start in Week 5?

Where the draft room stands

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

Drafters have formed no consensus on Kaleb Johnson: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 117th overall on the rest of his evidence.

What the player markets price

The player markets price Michael Mayer at 7.9 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 14 market sources. That is the 118th highest figure of the 207 players the market prices.

The market has Kaleb Johnson at 8.1 PPR points a game off 3 markets across 14 market sources. That is 90 percent of what a running back's price needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

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, Michael Mayer has been on the field for 85 percent of LV snaps, drawn 18 percent of the targets and had 5 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 4 of the offence's 39 third down targets, had 1 of its 9 chances inside the five and seen 6 of its 28 two minute targets.

His 24 targets have averaged 4.8 air yards.

In Week 2 against LAC he caught 3 of 4 targets for 23 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against NO he caught 3 of 3 targets for 32 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 4 against KC he caught 8 of 10 targets for 82 yards and did not score.

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.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Michael Mayer played 13 games and scored 73.8 PPR points, 5.7 a game, finishing TE38.

He caught 35 of 50 targets for 328 yards and 1 touchdown, with 6 red zone targets.

That came to 3.8 targets a game, a 70 percent catch rate and 9.4 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 57 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

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.

Michael Mayer was available for 3 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Michael Mayer scored 5.7 PPR points a game and Kaleb Johnson 0.9, 4.8 a game between them.

Michael Mayer finished TE38 and Kaleb Johnson RB115, which are two different ladders.

Michael Mayer is a tight end and Kaleb Johnson a running back, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

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.