Ty Johnson or Najee Harris: who should I start in Week 5?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Ty Johnson: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 166th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Najee Harris: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 172nd overall on the rest of his evidence.

What the player markets price

The market has Ty Johnson at 5.9 PPR points a game off 4 markets across 16 market sources. That is 60 percent of what a running back's price needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

The market has Najee Harris at 5.3 PPR points a game off 4 markets across 15 market sources. That is 90 percent of what a running back's price needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

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

This season through Week 4

Through Week 4, Ty Johnson has been on the field for 27 percent of BUF snaps, taken 2 percent of the carries, drawn 11 percent of the targets and had 10 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 2 of the offence's 17 third down targets, had 0 of its 6 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 11 two minute targets.

His 6 targets have averaged 0.0 air yards.

In Week 3 against LAC he carried 0 times for 0 yards, caught 4 of 4 targets for 50 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against NE he carried 1 time for 3 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 9 yards and did not score.

Through Week 4, Najee Harris has been on the field for 18 percent of NYG snaps, taken 27 percent of the carries, drawn 0 percent of the targets and had 32 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 32 third down targets, had 1 of its 2 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 9 two minute targets.

In Week 2 against LAR he carried 4 times for 6 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against TEN he carried 9 times for 52 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against ARI he carried 9 times for 30 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Ty Johnson played 17 games and scored 100.3 PPR points, 5.9 a game, finishing RB47.

He carried 50 times for 200 yards and 3 touchdowns, and caught 24 of 33 targets for 263 more yards.

That came to 2.9 carries a game at 4.0 yards a carry and 1.4 catches a game.

He was on the field for 29 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 Najee Harris played 3 games and scored 11.6 PPR points, 3.9 a game, finishing RB105.

He carried 15 times for 61 yards and 0 touchdowns, and caught 3 of 3 targets for 25 more yards.

That came to 5.0 carries a game at 4.1 yards a carry and 1.0 catches a game.

He was on the field for 21 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Ty Johnson was available for 14 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Ty Johnson scored 5.9 PPR points a game and Najee Harris 3.9, 2.0 a game between them.

Ty Johnson finished RB47 that year and Najee Harris RB105.

Ty Johnson had 35 more carries than Najee Harris, 50 to 15.

Ty Johnson had 21 more catches than Najee Harris, 24 to 3.

This season Ty Johnson holds the bigger snap share, 27 percent against 18 percent.

This season Najee Harris holds the bigger share of the carries, 27 percent against 2 percent.