Should I start Quentin Johnston or Keaton Mitchell in Week 6?

The market-based projections

Quentin Johnston's market-based projection is 7.5 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 12 market sources. That is the 114th highest figure of the 207 players with a market-based projection.

Keaton Mitchell's market-based projection is 7.1 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 13 market sources. That is the 124th highest figure of the 207 players with a market-based projection.

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Quentin Johnston, and the board ranks him 137th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Keaton Mitchell, and the board ranks him 139th overall on the rest of his evidence.

This season so far

Through Week 4, Quentin Johnston has been on the field for 80 percent of LAC snaps, drawn 16 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 6 of the offence's 37 third down targets, had 0 of its 7 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 13 two minute targets.

His 19 targets have averaged 12.5 air yards.

In Week 2 against LV he carried 1 time for 7 yards, caught 1 of 5 targets for 7 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against BUF he caught 3 of 6 targets for 40 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against SEA he carried 1 time for -4 yards, caught 1 of 2 targets for 44 yards and did not score.

Through Week 5, Keaton Mitchell has been on the field for 33 percent of LAC snaps, taken 22 percent of the carries, drawn 10 percent of the targets and had 11 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 4 of the offence's 44 third down targets, had 1 of its 7 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 19 two minute targets.

His 14 targets have come 2 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 3 against BUF he carried 8 times for 52 yards, caught 3 of 3 targets for -5 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 4 against SEA he carried 10 times for 39 yards, caught 5 of 6 targets for 24 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against DEN he carried 6 times for 11 yards, caught 3 of 4 targets for 18 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Quentin Johnston played 14 games and scored 171.2 PPR points, 12.2 a game, finishing WR34.

He caught 51 of 85 targets for 735 yards and 8 touchdowns, with 15 red zone targets.

That came to 6.1 targets a game, a 60 percent catch rate and 14.4 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 77 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 Keaton Mitchell played 13 games and scored 55.4 PPR points, 4.3 a game, finishing RB67.

He carried 59 times for 341 yards and 1 touchdown, and caught 9 of 12 targets for 63 more yards.

That came to 4-5 carries a game at 5.8 yards a carry and 0.7 catches a game.

He was on the field for 17 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Quentin Johnston was available for 1 game more.

Side by side

In 2025 Quentin Johnston scored 12.2 PPR points a game and Keaton Mitchell 4.3, 8.0 a game between them.

Quentin Johnston finished WR34 and Keaton Mitchell RB67, which are two different ladders.

Quentin Johnston is a wide receiver and Keaton Mitchell a running back, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Both are off in Week 7, so a roster holding the pair has that one week to cover twice.

What would change the answer

0.4 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 live drafts hold these two again they can order them differently from the projection, and this page will follow the drafts rather than the market-based projection when they do.