Kyle Pitts Sr. or Theo Johnson: who should I start in Week 5?

What the player markets price

The player markets price Kyle Pitts Sr. at 6.4 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 16 market sources. That is the 131st highest figure of the 184 players the market prices.

The player markets price Theo Johnson at 1.6 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 15 market sources. That is the 182nd highest figure of the 184 players the market prices.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Kyle Pitts Sr.: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 140th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Theo Johnson: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 183rd overall on the rest of his evidence.

This season through Week 4

Through Week 4, Kyle Pitts Sr. has been on the field for 53 percent of ATL snaps, drawn 10 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 1 of the offence's 26 third down targets, had 0 of its 8 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 14 two minute targets.

His 9 targets have averaged 7.6 air yards.

In Week 2 against CAR he caught 1 of 3 targets for 15 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against GB he caught 1 of 2 targets for 5 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against NO he caught 3 of 3 targets for 47 yards and did not score.

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.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Kyle Pitts Sr. played 17 games and scored 210.8 PPR points, 12.4 a game, finishing TE2.

He caught 88 of 118 targets for 928 yards and 5 touchdowns, with 11 red zone targets.

That came to 6.9 targets a game, a 75 percent catch rate and 10.5 yards a catch.

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

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.

Kyle Pitts Sr. was available for 2 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Kyle Pitts Sr. scored 12.4 PPR points a game and Theo Johnson 8.5, 3.9 a game between them.

Kyle Pitts Sr. finished TE2 that year and Theo Johnson TE18.

Kyle Pitts Sr. had 44 more targets than Theo Johnson, 118 to 74.

Kyle Pitts Sr. had 400 more receiving yards than Theo Johnson, 928 to 528.

This season Kyle Pitts Sr. holds the bigger snap share, 53 percent against 31 percent.

This season Kyle Pitts Sr. holds the bigger target share, 10 percent against 5 percent.

Byes and availability

Kyle Pitts Sr. is off in Week 11. No bye is listed for Theo Johnson.

What would change the answer

4.8 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.