Quentin Johnston or Seth McGowan: who should I start in Week 5?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Quentin Johnston: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 225th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Seth McGowan: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 226th overall on the rest of his evidence.

What the player markets price

The market has Quentin Johnston at 1.7 PPR points a game off 1 market across 3 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 Seth McGowan at 2.2 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 16 market sources. That is the 184th highest figure of the 212 players the market prices.

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

This season through Week 4

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 4, Seth McGowan has been on the field for 16 percent of IND snaps, taken 11 percent of the carries, drawn 2 percent of the targets and had 8 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 1 of the offence's 30 third down targets, had 0 of its 9 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 16 two minute targets.

His 3 targets have averaged 1.0 air yards.

In Week 2 against KC he carried 2 times for 0 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against HOU he carried 4 times for 14 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against WAS he carried 6 times for 31 yards, caught 1 of 2 targets for 7 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.

Seth McGowan is a rookie, so there is no NFL season behind him to price him against.

Side by side

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

Byes and availability

Quentin Johnston is off in Week 7. No bye is listed for Seth McGowan.

Quentin Johnston is listed as out 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.