Start Ty Johnson or Najee Harris? Week 5

Our Week 5 call

Start Ty Johnson over Najee Harris in Week 5.

Market-based projections have Ty Johnson at 5.9 points and Najee Harris at 5.3, a gap of 0.5. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. Both numbers are 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 Ty 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 5.9 fantasy points for Ty Johnson, with 60 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.

The market has Ty Johnson at 11.5 receiving yards and 1.5 receptions, with a 13% chance to score a touchdown (16, 14 and 15 market sources).

Player markets imply 5.3 fantasy points for Najee Harris, with 90 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.

The market has Najee Harris at 27.5 rushing yards, with a 19% chance to score a touchdown (15 and 15 market sources).

That puts Ty Johnson 0.5 points ahead of Najee Harris on the market projections.

Injury status

Ty Johnson is not on the injury report.

Najee Harris is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 5

Through Week 4, Ty Johnson played 27 percent of BUF snaps, took 2 percent of the carries, drew 11 percent of the targets and had 10 percent of the red zone chances.

Ty Johnson, Week 3 against LAC: 15 of 66 snaps, 0 carries for 0 yards, 4 targets and 4 catches for 50 yards.

Ty Johnson, Week 4 against NE: 19 of 59 snaps, 1 carry for 3 yards, 2 targets and 2 catches for 9 yards.

Through Week 4, Najee Harris played 18 percent of NYG snaps, took 27 percent of the carries, drew 0 percent of the targets and had 32 percent of the red zone chances.

Najee Harris, Week 2 against LAR: 8 of 58 snaps, 4 carries for 6 yards, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Najee Harris, Week 3 against TEN: 14 of 64 snaps, 9 carries for 52 yards, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Najee Harris, Week 4 against ARI: 12 of 67 snaps, 9 carries for 30 yards, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Ty Johnson played 17 games for BUF and scored 100.3 PPR points, 5.9 a game, finishing RB47.

He ran 50 times for 200 yards and 3 touchdowns, and caught 24 of 33 targets for 263 yards.

He was on the field for 29 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Ty Johnson, Week 18 of 2025 against NYJ: 13 carries for 36 yards, 2 targets and 2 catches for 20 yards, 2 touchdowns, 19.6 PPR points.

In 2025, Najee Harris played 3 games for LAC and scored 11.6 PPR points, 3.9 a game, finishing RB105.

He ran 15 times for 61 yards and 0 touchdowns, and caught 3 of 3 targets for 25 yards.

He was on the field for 21 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 5 calls

• Start Blake Corum over Ty Johnson.
• Start Brian Robinson over Ty Johnson.
• Start Ty Johnson over Chris Rodriguez Jr..
• Start Blake Corum over Najee Harris.
• Start Brian Robinson over Najee Harris.
• Start Najee Harris over Chris Rodriguez Jr..