Makai Lemon or Theo Johnson: who should I start in Week 5?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Makai Lemon: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 180th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Theo Johnson: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 181st overall on the rest of his evidence.

What the player markets price

The market has Makai Lemon at 1.1 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.

The player markets price Theo Johnson at 1.6 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 15 market sources. That is the 181st highest figure of the 183 players the market prices.

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

This season through Week 4

Through Week 4, Makai Lemon has been on the field for 67 percent of PHI snaps, drawn 14 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 2 of the offence's 33 third down targets, had 0 of its 8 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 24 two minute targets.

His 15 targets have averaged 6.0 air yards.

In Week 2 against TEN he carried 1 time for -5 yards, caught 1 of 1 target for 14 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against CHI he caught 3 of 4 targets for 29 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against LAR he caught 3 of 6 targets for 27 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

Makai Lemon is a rookie, so there is no NFL season behind him to price him against.

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.

Side by side

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

Byes and availability

Makai Lemon is off in Week 10. No bye is listed for Theo Johnson.

What would change the answer

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