Theo Johnson or KaVontae Turpin: who should I start in Week 5?

What the player markets price

The player markets price Theo Johnson at 2.0 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 14 market sources. That is the 208th highest figure of the 221 players the market prices.

The player markets price KaVontae Turpin at 1.2 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 15 market sources. That is the 217th highest figure of the 221 players the market prices.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Theo Johnson: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 214th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on KaVontae Turpin: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 213th overall on the rest of his evidence.

This season through Week 4

Through Week 4, Theo Johnson has been on the field for 31 percent of NYG snaps, drawn 5 percent of the targets and had 3 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 1 of the offence's 39 third down targets, had 0 of its 5 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 15 two minute targets.

His 6 targets have averaged 11.3 air yards.

In Week 2 against LAR he caught 0 of 4 targets for 0 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against TEN he was not given the ball.

In Week 4 against ARI he caught 1 of 1 target for 11 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Through Week 4, KaVontae Turpin has been on the field for 12 percent of DAL snaps, drawn 2 percent of the targets and had 6 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 2 of the offence's 38 third down targets, had 0 of its 19 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 24 two minute targets.

His 3 targets have averaged 5.3 air yards.

In Week 2 against WAS he carried 1 time for 1 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against BAL he carried 1 time for 9 yards, caught 1 of 2 targets for 9 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 4 against HOU he was not given the ball.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Theo Johnson played 15 games and scored 127.8 PPR points, 8.5 a game, finishing TE18.

He caught 45 of 74 targets for 528 yards and 5 touchdowns, with 13 red zone targets.

That came to 4.9 targets a game, a 61 percent catch rate and 11.7 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 87 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 KaVontae Turpin played 15 games and scored 84.5 PPR points, 5.6 a game, finishing WR77.

He caught 26 of 38 targets for 396 yards and 2 touchdowns, with 5 red zone targets.

That came to 2.5 targets a game, a 68 percent catch rate and 15.2 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 37 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Both were available for 15 games that season.

Side by side

In 2025 Theo Johnson scored 8.5 PPR points a game and KaVontae Turpin 5.6, 2.9 a game between them.

Theo Johnson finished TE18 and KaVontae Turpin WR77, which are two different ladders.

Theo Johnson is a tight end and KaVontae Turpin a wide receiver, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

What would change the answer

0.8 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.