Start Foster Moreau or Theo Johnson? Week 5

Our Week 5 call

Start Foster Moreau over Theo Johnson in Week 5.

Market-based projections have Foster Moreau at 1.6 points and Theo Johnson at 1.6, a gap of 0.0. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip.

What the market projects

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

The market has Foster Moreau at 4.5 receiving yards, with a 10% chance to score a touchdown (3 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 11% chance to score a touchdown (14 market sources).

That puts Foster Moreau 0.0 points ahead of Theo Johnson on the market projections.

Injury status

Foster Moreau is not on the injury report.

Theo Johnson is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 5

Through Week 4, Foster Moreau played 41 percent of HOU snaps, drew 7 percent of the targets, earned 2 percent of the air yards and had 8 percent of the red zone chances.

Foster Moreau, Week 1 against BUF: 35 of 79 snaps, 2 targets and 2 catches for 15 yards.

Foster Moreau, Week 2 against CIN: 23 of 80 snaps, 2 targets and 2 catches for 34 yards.

Foster Moreau, Week 3 against IND: 31 of 54 snaps, 4 targets and 2 catches for 7 yards, 1 touchdown.

Foster Moreau, Week 4 against DAL: 20 of 55 snaps, 1 target and 1 catch for 1 yards.

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, Foster Moreau played 11 games for NO and scored 12.9 PPR points, 1.2 a game, finishing TE86.

He caught 7 of 10 targets for 59 yards and 0 touchdowns, with 1 red zone target and 15 air yards.

He was on the field for 35 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

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 Foster Moreau over Brevyn Spann-Ford.
• Start Cole Kmet over Foster Moreau.
• Start Foster Moreau over Daniel Bellinger.
• Start Theo Johnson over Brevin Jordan.
• Start Theo Johnson over Brevyn Spann-Ford.
• Start Brock Bowers over Theo Johnson.