Start Ty Johnson or Dameon Pierce? Week 5

Our Week 5 call

Start Ty Johnson over Dameon Pierce in Week 5.

Market-based projections have Ty Johnson at 5.9 points and Dameon Pierce at 4.1, a gap of 1.7. Ty Johnson's number is scaled up from a partial market: not every stat the position needs is posted yet, so the rest is estimated from what is. Market coverage on Ty Johnson is 60 percent of what his position needs, so the market side of this carries proportionally less weight.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 5.9 fantasy points for Ty Johnson, with 60 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.

The market has Ty Johnson at 11.5 receiving yards and 1.5 receptions, with a 13% chance to score a touchdown (16, 14 and 15 market sources).

Player markets imply 4.1 fantasy points for Dameon Pierce, with 100 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.

The market has Dameon Pierce at 23.5 rushing yards, with a 17% chance to score a touchdown (16 and 15 market sources).

That puts Ty Johnson 1.7 points ahead of Dameon Pierce on the market projections.

Injury status

Ty Johnson is not on the injury report.

Dameon Pierce is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 5

Through Week 4, Ty Johnson played 27 percent of BUF snaps, took 2 percent of the carries, drew 11 percent of the targets and had 10 percent of the red zone chances.

Ty Johnson, Week 3 against LAC: 15 of 66 snaps, 0 carries for 0 yards, 4 targets and 4 catches for 50 yards.

Ty Johnson, Week 4 against NE: 19 of 59 snaps, 1 carry for 3 yards, 2 targets and 2 catches for 9 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Ty Johnson played 17 games for BUF and scored 100.3 PPR points, 5.9 a game, finishing RB47.

He ran 50 times for 200 yards and 3 touchdowns, and caught 24 of 33 targets for 263 yards.

He was on the field for 29 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Ty Johnson, Week 18 of 2025 against NYJ: 13 carries for 36 yards, 2 targets and 2 catches for 20 yards, 2 touchdowns, 19.6 PPR points.

In 2025, Dameon Pierce played 5 games for KC and scored 3.6 PPR points, 0.7 a game, finishing RB128.

He ran 14 times for 36 yards and 0 touchdowns, and caught 0 of 1 target for 0 yards.

He was on the field for 8 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Dameon Pierce, Week 18 of 2025 against LV: 4 carries for 10 yards, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards, 1.0 PPR points.

Their other Week 5 calls

• Start Blake Corum over Ty Johnson.
• Start Brian Robinson over Ty Johnson.
• Start Ty Johnson over Chris Rodriguez Jr..
• Start Chris Rodriguez Jr. over Dameon Pierce.
• Start Dameon Pierce over Isaiah Davis.
• Start Jaylen Wright over Dameon Pierce.