Start Theo Johnson or Marlin Klein? Week 5

Our Week 5 call

Start Theo Johnson over Marlin Klein in Week 5.

Market-based projections have Theo Johnson at 2.0 points and Marlin Klein at 1.1, a gap of 1.0. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. Theo Johnson's number is scaled up from a partial market: not every stat the position needs is posted yet, so the rest is estimated from what is. Market coverage on Theo Johnson is 60 percent of what his position needs, so the market side of this carries proportionally less weight.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 1.1 fantasy points for Marlin Klein, with 100 percent of the markets a TE needs posted.

The market has Marlin Klein at 2.5 receiving yards, with a 5% chance to score a touchdown (3 and 12 market sources).

Player markets imply 2.0 fantasy points for Theo Johnson, with 60 percent of the markets a TE needs posted.

The market gives Theo Johnson a 11% chance to score a touchdown (15 market sources).

That puts Theo Johnson 1.0 points ahead of Marlin Klein on the market projections.

Injury status

Marlin Klein is not on the injury report.

Theo Johnson is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 5

Through Week 3, Marlin Klein played 10 percent of HOU snaps, drew 1 percent of the targets, earned 1 percent of the air yards and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

Marlin Klein, Week 1 against BUF: 9 of 79 snaps, 1 target and 1 catch for 16 yards.

Marlin Klein, Week 2 against CIN: 9 of 80 snaps, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Marlin Klein, Week 3 against IND: 4 of 54 snaps, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 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, 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 Marlin Klein over Brevin Jordan.
• Start Brevyn Spann-Ford over Marlin Klein.
• Start Daniel Bellinger over Marlin Klein.
• Start Theo Johnson over Brevin Jordan.
• Start Theo Johnson over Brevyn Spann-Ford.
• Start Brock Bowers over Theo Johnson.