Start Juwan Johnson or Kenyon Sadiq? Week 6

Our Week 6 call

Start Juwan Johnson over Kenyon Sadiq in Week 6.

Market-based projections have Juwan Johnson at 10.5 points and Kenyon Sadiq at 8.7, a gap of 1.8. No player market is posted for Kenyon Sadiq this week yet, so his 8.7 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 3, 4 and 5 (7.7, 10.4 and 8.1); the call is rebuilt when his market posts.

What the market projects

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).

No Week 6 player market is posted for Kenyon Sadiq yet. His market-based projections were 7.7, 10.4 and 8.1 points in Weeks 3, 4 and 5, an average of 8.7, which stands in until his Week 6 market posts.

That puts Juwan Johnson 1.8 points ahead of Kenyon Sadiq on these projections.

Injury status

Juwan Johnson is not on the injury report.

Kenyon Sadiq is listed as questionable with a concussion injury.

Usage before Week 6

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.

Through Week 5, Kenyon Sadiq played 41 percent of NYJ snaps, drew 15 percent of the targets, earned 10 percent of the air yards and had 7 percent of the red zone chances.

Kenyon Sadiq, Week 2 against GB: 27 of 74 snaps, 3 targets and 2 catches for 17 yards.

Kenyon Sadiq, Week 3 against DET: 38 of 66 snaps, 8 targets and 7 catches for 105 yards, 1 touchdown.

Kenyon Sadiq, Week 4 against CHI: 22 of 32 snaps, 4 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Kenyon Sadiq, Week 5 against CLE: 13 of 70 snaps, 3 targets and 2 catches for 3 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

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 Juwan Johnson over AJ Barner.
• Start Juwan Johnson over Brenton Strange.
• Start Brock Bowers over Juwan Johnson.
• Start Brenton Strange over Kenyon Sadiq.
• Start Kenyon Sadiq over Cade Otton.
• Start Kenyon Sadiq over Chig Okonkwo.