Juwan Johnson or Pat Freiermuth: Week 6 result

Our Week 6 call

Start Juwan Johnson over Pat Freiermuth in Week 6.

Market-based projections have Juwan Johnson at 10.3 points and Pat Freiermuth at 8.3, a gap of 1.9.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 10.3 fantasy points for Juwan Johnson, with 100 percent of the markets a TE needs posted.

The market-based projection for Juwan Johnson is 41 receiving yards, 4-5 receptions and 0.3 touchdowns (14, 12 and 14 market sources).

Player markets imply 8.3 fantasy points for Pat Freiermuth, with 100 percent of the markets a TE needs posted.

The market-based projection for Pat Freiermuth is 36 receiving yards, 3-4 receptions and 0.2 touchdowns (13, 12 and 13 market sources).

That puts Juwan Johnson 1.9 points ahead of Pat Freiermuth on the market projections.

Week 6 matchups

Juwan Johnson and NO visit NYG on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

NYG allowed 14.2 fantasy points a game to TEs this season over 5 games, the 15th most in the league.

Tight ends caught passes for 52 yards and 0.4 touchdowns a game against NYG.

Injury status

Juwan Johnson is not on the injury report.

Pat Freiermuth is not on the injury report.

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, Pat Freiermuth played 69 percent of PIT snaps, drew 15 percent of the targets, earned 14 percent of the air yards and had 18 percent of the red zone chances.

Pat Freiermuth, Week 2 against NE: 46 of 70 snaps, 1 carry for 2 yards, 5 targets and 4 catches for 32 yards.

Pat Freiermuth, Week 3 against CIN: 37 of 62 snaps, 1 carry for 1 yards, 4 targets and 2 catches for 30 yards.

Pat Freiermuth, Week 4 against CLE: 54 of 72 snaps, 5 targets and 3 catches for 17 yards, 1 touchdown.

Pat Freiermuth, Week 5 against IND: 41 of 60 snaps, 1 carry for 1 yards, 7 targets and 5 catches for 44 yards, 2 touchdowns.

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.

In 2025, Pat Freiermuth played 17 games for PIT and scored 113.6 PPR points, 6.7 a game, finishing TE25.

He caught 41 of 54 targets for 486 yards and 4 touchdowns, with 9 red zone targets and 231 air yards.

He was on the field for 49 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

How Week 6 went

Juwan Johnson scored 0.0 PPR points and Pat Freiermuth scored 3.1.

The call was wrong: Pat Freiermuth outscored Juwan Johnson by 3.1.

Juwan Johnson finished 10.3 points below the 10.3 the market projected.

Juwan Johnson, Week 6 against NYG: 42 of 72 snaps, 2 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Pat Freiermuth finished 5.2 points below the 8.3 the market projected.

Pat Freiermuth, Week 6 against TB: 57 of 79 snaps, 3 targets and 2 catches for 11 yards, 3.1 PPR points.

Pat Freiermuth finished as the week's TE33 in PPR scoring.

Their other Week 6 calls

• Start Juwan Johnson over AJ Barner.
• Start Juwan Johnson over Brenton Strange.
• Start Brock Bowers over Juwan Johnson.
• Start Pat Freiermuth over AJ Barner.
• Start Pat Freiermuth over Brenton Strange.
• Start Pat Freiermuth over Cade Otton.