Ty Johnson or Tyler Higbee: 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 Tyler Higbee: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 128th overall on the rest of his evidence.

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 player markets price Tyler Higbee at 7.2 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 14 market sources. That is the 129th highest figure of the 220 players the market prices.

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, 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 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 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.

Ty Johnson was available for 7 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Tyler Higbee scored 7.1 PPR points a game and Ty Johnson 5.9, 1.2 a game between them.

Ty Johnson finished RB47 and Tyler Higbee TE40, which are two different ladders.

Ty Johnson is a running back and Tyler Higbee a tight end, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

What would change the answer

Ty Johnson is only part priced, so the market half of this page is whole for only one of them.