Kaleb Johnson or Michael Pittman Jr.: 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 118th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Michael Pittman Jr.: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 119th overall on the rest of his evidence.

What the player markets price

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.

The player markets price Michael Pittman Jr. at 6.9 PPR points a game, built from 4 markets across 14 market sources. That is the 129th highest figure of the 209 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, Michael Pittman Jr. has been on the field for 78 percent of PIT snaps, drawn 11 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 3 of the offence's 24 third down targets, had 0 of its 1 chance inside the five and seen 1 of its 15 two minute targets.

His 12 targets have averaged 9.4 air yards.

In Week 1 against ATL he caught 3 of 3 targets for 58 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against CIN he caught 2 of 5 targets for 16 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against CLE he caught 2 of 4 targets for 15 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.

The season feed carries no line for Michael Pittman Jr. in the last completed season.

Side by side

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

Byes and availability

Michael Pittman Jr. is off in Week 9. No bye is listed for Kaleb Johnson.

Michael Pittman Jr. is listed as out on the injury report.

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.