Start Tez Johnson or Justin Jefferson? Week 5
Locks at kickoff, graded after.
Start Justin Jefferson over Tez Johnson
- NO D vs WR
- 29.5
- 13th fewest to WRs (2026)
- Snap share
- 68%
- Through Week 3
- Target share
- 25%
- Through Week 3
- Market projects
- 3.7
- fantasy pts
- Snap share
- 33%
- Through Week 4
- Target share
- 7%
- Through Week 4
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Our Week 5 call
Start Justin Jefferson over Tez Johnson in Week 5.
Tez Johnson is projected from market data at 3.7 points and Justin Jefferson has too little of his market posted to price, so we are leaning on where drafters take them.
What the market projects
No player market was posted for Justin Jefferson in Week 5.
Player markets imply 3.7 fantasy points for Tez Johnson, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.
The market has Tez Johnson at 13.5 receiving yards and 1.5 receptions, with a 13% chance to score a touchdown (13, 16 and 17 market sources).
Week 5 matchups
Justin Jefferson and MIN visit NO on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.
NO allowed 29.5 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 4 games, the 13th fewest in the league.
Receivers caught passes for 123 yards and 1.3 touchdowns a game against NO.
Injury status
Justin Jefferson is listed as questionable with a ankle injury.
Tez Johnson is not on the injury report.
Usage before Week 5
Through Week 3, Justin Jefferson played 68 percent of MIN snaps, drew 25 percent of the targets, earned 32 percent of the air yards and had 21 percent of the red zone chances.
Justin Jefferson, Week 1 against GB: 60 of 65 snaps, 9 targets and 8 catches for 92 yards, 2 touchdowns.
Justin Jefferson, Week 2 against CHI: 52 of 52 snaps, 6 targets and 3 catches for 55 yards.
Justin Jefferson, Week 3 against TB: 7 of 59 snaps, 2 targets and 2 catches for 32 yards.
Through Week 4, Tez Johnson played 33 percent of TB snaps, drew 7 percent of the targets, earned 21 percent of the air yards and had 6 percent of the red zone chances.
Tez Johnson, Week 1 against CIN: 13 of 57 snaps, 1 carry for -4 yards, 1 target and 0 catches for 0 yards.
Tez Johnson, Week 2 against CLE: 19 of 65 snaps, 4 targets and 1 catch for 49 yards.
Tez Johnson, Week 3 against MIN: 16 of 69 snaps, 2 targets and 1 catch for 8 yards.
Tez Johnson, Week 4 against GB: 35 of 64 snaps, 1 carry for 10 yards, 2 targets and 2 catches for 17 yards.
Their 2025 seasons
In 2025, Justin Jefferson played 17 games for MIN and scored 201.5 PPR points, 11.9 a game, finishing WR21.
He caught 84 of 141 targets for 1048 yards and 2 touchdowns, with 17 red zone targets and 597 air yards.
He was on the field for 95 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.
In 2025, Tez Johnson played 16 games for TB and scored 92.4 PPR points, 5.8 a game, finishing WR67.
He caught 28 of 44 targets for 322 yards and 5 touchdowns, with 4 red zone targets and 212 air yards.
He was on the field for 47 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.
Their other Week 5 calls
On the draft board
Ranked ahead
WR64 · TB · bye unlisted
2026 vs anytime td line 0-4
- Overall rank
- 162
- Draft pick
- no consensus
- Tier
- 19
Ranked behind
WR65 · MIN · bye 6
2025 vs rec yds line 6-11
- Overall rank
- 166
- Draft pick
- no consensus
- Tier
- 20
The board cards are draft figures, not the week's call. Locks at kickoff, graded after. When the start/sit engine grades week 5, the call and the result appear on the public record, wrong ones included.
The gap between them
- Spots apart on the board4
- Pick differencenot comparable without a consensus on both
- Tierstier 19 and tier 20
- Board size222 draftable players
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