Start Juwan Johnson or Travis Kelce? Week 6

Our Week 6 call

Start Travis Kelce over Juwan Johnson in Week 6.

Market-based projections have Travis Kelce at 14.2 points and Juwan Johnson at 10.5, a gap of 3.7. No player market is posted for Travis Kelce this week yet, so his 14.2 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 3 and 4 (16.1 and 12.3); the call is rebuilt when his market posts.

What the market projects

No Week 6 player market is posted for Travis Kelce yet. His market-based projections were 16.1 and 12.3 points in Weeks 3 and 4, an average of 14.2, which stands in until his Week 6 market posts.

The market gives Travis Kelce a 34% chance to score a touchdown (13 market sources).

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).

That puts Travis Kelce 3.7 points ahead of Juwan Johnson on these projections.

Injury status

Travis Kelce is not on the injury report.

Juwan Johnson is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 6

Through Week 4, Travis Kelce played 80 percent of KC snaps, drew 19 percent of the targets, earned 15 percent of the air yards and had 5 percent of the red zone chances.

Travis Kelce, Week 1 against DEN: 49 of 69 snaps, 5 targets and 3 catches for 71 yards.

Travis Kelce, Week 2 against IND: 68 of 80 snaps, 11 targets and 9 catches for 101 yards, 1 touchdown.

Travis Kelce, Week 3 against MIA: 41 of 52 snaps, 2 targets and 2 catches for 59 yards, 1 touchdown.

Travis Kelce, Week 4 against LV: 50 of 60 snaps, 4 targets and 2 catches for 15 yards.

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.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Travis Kelce played 17 games for KC and scored 193.2 PPR points, 11.4 a game, finishing TE3.

He caught 76 of 108 targets for 851 yards and 5 touchdowns, with 11 red zone targets and 428 air yards.

He was on the field for 81 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

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 Brock Bowers over Travis Kelce.
• Start Travis Kelce over Dalton Kincaid.
• Start George Kittle over Travis Kelce.
• Start Juwan Johnson over AJ Barner.
• Start Juwan Johnson over Brenton Strange.
• Start Brock Bowers over Juwan Johnson.