Quentin Johnston or Tyler Higbee: 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 139th overall on the rest of his evidence.

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

What the player markets price

No season market is posted for Quentin Johnston, so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.

The player markets price Tyler Higbee at 7.1 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 18 market sources. That is the 10th highest figure of the 22 players the market prices.

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, Tyler Higbee has been on the field for 49 percent of LAR snaps, drawn 12 percent of the targets and had 6 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 1 of the offence's 37 third down targets, had 1 of its 9 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 19 two minute targets.

His 19 targets have averaged 7.9 air yards.

In Week 2 against NYG he was not given the ball.

In Week 3 against DEN he caught 8 of 11 targets for 62 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 4 against PHI he caught 5 of 6 targets for 67 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.

In 2025 Tyler Higbee played 10 games and scored 71.1 PPR points, 7.1 a game, finishing TE40.

He caught 25 of 36 targets for 281 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 8 red zone targets.

That came to 3.6 targets a game, a 69 percent catch rate and 11.2 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 54 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Quentin Johnston was available for 4 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Quentin Johnston scored 12.2 PPR points a game and Tyler Higbee 7.1, 5.1 a game between them.

Quentin Johnston finished WR34 and Tyler Higbee TE40, which are two different ladders.

Quentin Johnston is a wide receiver and Tyler Higbee a tight end, 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 Tyler Higbee.

Quentin Johnston is listed as out on the injury report.

What would change the answer

Quentin Johnston has no posted market, so one half of the evidence on this page exists for only one of them.