Ty Johnson or Stefon Diggs: 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 127th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Stefon Diggs: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 191st overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 47.

What the player markets price

The market has Ty Johnson at 7.6 PPR points a game off 3 markets across 14 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 Stefon Diggs at 2.7 PPR points a game off 1 market across 13 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.

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, Stefon Diggs has been on the field for 59 percent of WAS snaps, drawn 24 percent of the targets and had 12 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 14 of the offence's 37 third down targets, had 1 of its 7 chances inside the five and seen 4 of its 14 two minute targets.

His 31 targets have averaged 9.0 air yards.

In Week 2 against DAL he caught 5 of 6 targets for 47 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.

In Week 3 against SEA he caught 4 of 7 targets for 33 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against IND he caught 5 of 9 targets for 35 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 Stefon Diggs played 17 games and scored 210.3 PPR points, 12.4 a game, finishing WR17.

He caught 85 of 102 targets for 1013 yards and 4 touchdowns, with 12 red zone targets.

That came to 6.0 targets a game, a 83 percent catch rate and 11.9 yards a catch.

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

Both were available for 17 games that season.

Side by side

In 2025 Stefon Diggs scored 12.4 PPR points a game and Ty Johnson 5.9, 6.5 a game between them.

Ty Johnson finished RB47 and Stefon Diggs WR17, which are two different ladders.

Ty Johnson is a running back and Stefon Diggs a wide receiver, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Stefon Diggs is off in Week 7. No bye is listed for Ty Johnson.

Stefon Diggs is listed as questionable on the injury report.