Start Juwan Johnson or Cole Kmet? Week 6

Our Week 6 call

Start Juwan Johnson over Cole Kmet in Week 6.

Market-based projections have Juwan Johnson at 10.5 points and Cole Kmet at 3.4, a gap of 7.1.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 3.4 fantasy points for Cole Kmet, with 100 percent of the markets a TE needs posted.

The market-based projection for Cole Kmet is 10 receiving yards and 1-2 receptions, with a 16% chance to score a touchdown (13, 8 and 13 market sources).

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).

That puts Juwan Johnson 7.1 points ahead of Cole Kmet on the market projections.

Injury status

Cole Kmet is not on the injury report.

Juwan Johnson is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 6

Through Week 5, Cole Kmet played 61 percent of CHI snaps, drew 6 percent of the targets, earned 6 percent of the air yards and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

Cole Kmet, Week 2 against MIN: 51 of 74 snaps, 1 target and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Cole Kmet, Week 3 against PHI: 43 of 72 snaps, 1 target and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Cole Kmet, Week 4 against NYJ: 68 of 93 snaps, 2 targets and 2 catches for 13 yards.

Cole Kmet, Week 5 against GB: 29 of 69 snaps, 2 targets and 1 catch for 8 yards.

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.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Cole Kmet played 16 games for CHI and scored 78.7 PPR points, 4.9 a game, finishing TE36.

He caught 30 of 48 targets for 347 yards and 2 touchdowns, with 6 red zone targets and 198 air yards.

He was on the field for 69 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

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.

Their other Week 6 calls

• Start Cole Kmet over Adam Trautman.
• Start AJ Barner over Cole Kmet.
• Start Brenton Strange over Cole Kmet.
• Start Juwan Johnson over AJ Barner.
• Start Juwan Johnson over Brenton Strange.
• Start Brock Bowers over Juwan Johnson.