Keenan Allen or Quentin Johnston: who should I start in Week 5?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Keenan Allen: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 127th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Quentin Johnston: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 179th overall on the rest of his evidence.

What the player markets price

The player markets price Keenan Allen at 6.6 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 12 market sources. That is the 125th highest figure of the 183 players the market prices.

The market has Quentin Johnston at 1.8 PPR points a game off 1 market across 14 market sources. That is 30 percent of what a wide receiver's price needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

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

This season so far

Through Week 3, Keenan Allen has been on the field for 64 percent of IND snaps, drawn 21 percent of the targets and had 11 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 7 of the offence's 20 third down targets, had 0 of its 6 chances inside the five and seen 5 of its 11 two minute targets.

His 20 targets have averaged 6.2 air yards.

In Week 1 against BAL he caught 6 of 6 targets for 32 yards and did not score.

In Week 2 against KC he caught 1 of 5 targets for 5 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against HOU he caught 6 of 9 targets for 63 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

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.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Keenan Allen played 17 games and scored 182.7 PPR points, 10.7 a game, finishing WR29.

He caught 81 of 122 targets for 777 yards and 4 touchdowns, with 15 red zone targets.

That came to 7.2 targets a game, a 66 percent catch rate and 9.6 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 55 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

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.

Keenan Allen was available for 3 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Quentin Johnston scored 12.2 PPR points a game and Keenan Allen 10.7, 1.5 a game between them.

Keenan Allen finished WR29 that year and Quentin Johnston WR34.

Keenan Allen had 37 more targets than Quentin Johnston, 122 to 85.

Keenan Allen had 42 more receiving yards than Quentin Johnston, 777 to 735.

This season Quentin Johnston holds the bigger snap share, 80 percent against 64 percent.

This season Keenan Allen holds the bigger target share, 21 percent against 16 percent.

Byes and availability

Keenan Allen is off in Week 13 and Quentin Johnston in Week 7, so either can cover the other's bye.

Keenan Allen is listed as questionable on the injury report.

Quentin Johnston is listed as questionable on the injury report.

What would change the answer

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