Start Brock Bowers or Theo Johnson? Week 5

Our Week 5 call

Start Brock Bowers over Theo Johnson in Week 5.

Market-based projections have Brock Bowers at 16.8 points and Theo Johnson at 1.6, a gap of 15.2.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 16.8 fantasy points for Brock Bowers, with 100 percent of the markets a TE needs posted.

The market has Brock Bowers at 72.5 receiving yards and 6.5 receptions, with a 39% chance to score a touchdown (15, 12 and 15 market sources).

Player markets imply 1.6 fantasy points for Theo Johnson, with 100 percent of the markets a TE needs posted.

The market gives Theo Johnson a 10% chance to score a touchdown (14 market sources).

That puts Brock Bowers 15.2 points ahead of Theo Johnson on the market projections.

Week 5 matchups

Brock Bowers and LV visit NE on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

NE allowed 5.9 fantasy points a game to TEs this season over 4 games, the fewest in the league.

Tight ends caught passes for 26 yards and no touchdowns a game against NE.

Injury status

Brock Bowers is listed as questionable with a knee injury.

Theo Johnson is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 5

Through Week 4, Brock Bowers played 81 percent of LV snaps, drew 31 percent of the targets, earned 35 percent of the air yards and had 24 percent of the red zone chances.

Brock Bowers, Week 3 against NO: 55 of 70 snaps, 13 targets and 10 catches for 116 yards, 1 touchdown.

Brock Bowers, Week 4 against KC: 69 of 84 snaps, 11 targets and 6 catches for 86 yards, 1 touchdown.

Through Week 4, Theo Johnson played 31 percent of NYG snaps, drew 5 percent of the targets, earned 6 percent of the air yards and had 3 percent of the red zone chances.

Theo Johnson, Week 1 against DAL: 32 of 69 snaps, 1 target and 1 catch for 9 yards.

Theo Johnson, Week 2 against LAR: 16 of 58 snaps, 4 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Theo Johnson, Week 3 against TEN: 11 of 64 snaps, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Theo Johnson, Week 4 against ARI: 22 of 67 snaps, 1 target and 1 catch for 11 yards, 1 touchdown.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Brock Bowers played 12 games for LV and scored 176.2 PPR points, 14.7 a game, finishing TE11.

He caught 64 of 86 targets for 680 yards and 7 touchdowns, with 16 red zone targets and 375 air yards.

He was on the field for 85 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Brock Bowers, Week 16 of 2025 against HOU: 53 of 54 snaps, 5 targets and 5 catches for 33 yards, 1 touchdown, 14.3 PPR points.

In 2025, Theo Johnson played 15 games for NYG 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 and 341 air yards.

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

Their other Week 5 calls

• Start Brock Bowers over AJ Barner.
• Start Brock Bowers over Cade Otton.
• Start Brock Bowers over Colston Loveland.
• Start Colston Loveland over Theo Johnson.
• Start Dawson Knox over Theo Johnson.
• Start Elijah Higgins over Theo Johnson.