Saquon Barkley or Ty Johnson: who should I start in Week 5?

Where the draft room stands

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

By format he goes standard: ADP 3; 2QB: ADP 14.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Ty Johnson: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 185th overall on the rest of his evidence.

What the player markets price

The market has Saquon Barkley at 4.1 PPR points a game off 1 market across 1 market source. That is 30 percent of what a running back's price needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

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

This season through Week 4

Through Week 4, Saquon Barkley has been on the field for 38 percent of PHI snaps, taken 36 percent of the carries, drawn 7 percent of the targets and had 14 percent of the red zone chances.

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

His 7 targets have come 0.3 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 2 against TEN he carried 4 times for 9 yards, caught 1 of 2 targets for 11 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against CHI he carried 15 times for 82 yards, caught 1 of 2 targets for -2 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against LAR he carried 2 times for 8 yards, caught 1 of 1 target for 2 yards and did not score.

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.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Saquon Barkley played 16 games and scored 232.3 PPR points, 14.5 a game, finishing RB14.

He carried 280 times for 1140 yards and 7 touchdowns, and caught 37 of 50 targets for 273 more yards.

That came to 17.5 carries a game at 4.1 yards a carry and 2.3 catches a game.

He was on the field for 78 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

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.

Ty Johnson was available for 1 game more.

Head to head

In 2025 Saquon Barkley scored 14.5 PPR points a game and Ty Johnson 5.9, 8.6 a game between them.

Saquon Barkley finished RB14 that year and Ty Johnson RB47.

Saquon Barkley had 230 more carries than Ty Johnson, 280 to 50.

Saquon Barkley had 13 more catches than Ty Johnson, 37 to 24.

This season Saquon Barkley holds the bigger snap share, 38 percent against 27 percent.

This season Saquon Barkley holds the bigger share of the carries, 36 percent against 2 percent.

Byes and availability

Saquon Barkley is off in Week 10. No bye is listed for Ty Johnson.

Saquon Barkley is listed as questionable on the injury report.