Theo Johnson or Travis Kelce: who should I start in Week 5?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Theo Johnson: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 181st overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Travis Kelce: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 206th overall on the rest of his evidence.

What the player markets price

The player markets price Theo Johnson at 1.6 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 15 market sources. That is the 181st highest figure of the 183 players the market prices.

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

This season through Week 4

Through Week 4, Theo Johnson has been on the field for 31 percent of NYG snaps, drawn 5 percent of the targets and had 3 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 1 of the offence's 39 third down targets, had 0 of its 5 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 15 two minute targets.

His 6 targets have averaged 11.3 air yards.

In Week 2 against LAR he caught 0 of 4 targets for 0 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against TEN he was not given the ball.

In Week 4 against ARI he caught 1 of 1 target for 11 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Through Week 4, Travis Kelce has been on the field for 80 percent of KC snaps, drawn 19 percent of the targets and had 5 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 5 of the offence's 33 third down targets, had 0 of its 14 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 16 two minute targets.

His 22 targets have averaged 6.0 air yards.

In Week 2 against IND he caught 9 of 11 targets for 101 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 3 against MIA he caught 2 of 2 targets for 59 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 4 against LV he caught 2 of 4 targets for 15 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Theo Johnson played 15 games and scored 127.8 PPR points, 8.5 a game, finishing TE18.

He caught 45 of 74 targets for 528 yards and 5 touchdowns, with 13 red zone targets.

That came to 4.9 targets a game, a 61 percent catch rate and 11.7 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 87 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 Travis Kelce played 17 games and scored 193.2 PPR points, 11.4 a game, finishing TE3.

He caught 76 of 108 targets for 851 yards and 5 touchdowns, with 11 red zone targets.

That came to 6.4 targets a game, a 70 percent catch rate and 11.2 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 81 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Travis Kelce was available for 2 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Travis Kelce scored 11.4 PPR points a game and Theo Johnson 8.5, 2.8 a game between them.

Theo Johnson finished TE18 that year and Travis Kelce TE3.

Travis Kelce had 34 more targets than Theo Johnson, 108 to 74.

Travis Kelce had 323 more receiving yards than Theo Johnson, 851 to 528.

This season Travis Kelce holds the bigger snap share, 80 percent against 31 percent.

This season Travis Kelce holds the bigger target share, 19 percent against 5 percent.

Byes and availability

Travis Kelce is off in Week 5. No bye is listed for Theo Johnson.

What would change the answer

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