Start Juwan Johnson or Brenton Strange? Week 6

Our Week 6 call

Start Juwan Johnson over Brenton Strange in Week 6.

Market-based projections have Juwan Johnson at 10.5 points and Brenton Strange at 8.9, a gap of 1.6.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 10.5 fantasy points for Juwan Johnson, with 100 percent of the markets a TE needs posted.

The market-based projection for Juwan Johnson is 43 receiving yards and 4-5 receptions, with a 27% chance to score a touchdown (9, 10 and 13 market sources).

Player markets imply 8.9 fantasy points for Brenton Strange, with 100 percent of the markets a TE needs posted.

The market-based projection for Brenton Strange is 39 receiving yards and 3-4 receptions, with a 21% chance to score a touchdown (13, 10 and 13 market sources).

That puts Juwan Johnson 1.6 points ahead of Brenton Strange on the market projections.

Injury status

Juwan Johnson is not on the injury report.

Brenton Strange is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 6

Through Week 5, Juwan Johnson played 70 percent of NO snaps, drew 16 percent of the targets, earned 10 percent of the air yards and had 15 percent of the red zone chances.

Juwan Johnson, Week 2 against BAL: 36 of 68 snaps, 4 targets and 4 catches for 66 yards.

Juwan Johnson, Week 3 against LV: 46 of 74 snaps, 8 targets and 8 catches for 53 yards, 2 touchdowns.

Juwan Johnson, Week 4 against ATL: 58 of 74 snaps, 8 targets and 6 catches for 59 yards.

Juwan Johnson, Week 5 against MIN: 29 of 45 snaps, 5 targets and 4 catches for 16 yards.

Through Week 5, Brenton Strange played 79 percent of JAX snaps, drew 19 percent of the targets, earned 18 percent of the air yards and had 7 percent of the red zone chances.

Brenton Strange, Week 2 against DEN: 49 of 59 snaps, 2 targets and 2 catches for 17 yards.

Brenton Strange, Week 3 against NE: 48 of 62 snaps, 5 targets and 3 catches for 32 yards.

Brenton Strange, Week 4 against CIN: 53 of 61 snaps, 8 targets and 7 catches for 95 yards.

Brenton Strange, Week 5 against PHI: 58 of 72 snaps, 8 targets and 7 catches for 68 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Juwan Johnson played 17 games for NO and scored 179.9 PPR points, 10.6 a game, finishing TE8.

He caught 77 of 102 targets for 889 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 8 red zone targets and 527 air yards.

He was on the field for 76 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

In 2025, Brenton Strange played 12 games for JAX and scored 118.0 PPR points, 9.8 a game, finishing TE23.

He caught 46 of 60 targets for 540 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 9 red zone targets and 293 air yards.

He was on the field for 76 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 6 calls

• Start Juwan Johnson over AJ Barner.
• Start Brock Bowers over Juwan Johnson.
• Start Juwan Johnson over Cole Kmet.
• Start Brenton Strange over AJ Barner.
• Start Brock Bowers over Brenton Strange.
• Start Brenton Strange over Cade Otton.