Start Quentin Johnston or Tez Johnson? Week 9

Our Week 9 call

Start Quentin Johnston over Tez Johnson in Week 9.

Market-based projections have Quentin Johnston at 7.4 points and Tez Johnson at 6.8, a gap of 0.6. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. No player market is posted for Quentin Johnston this week yet, so his 7.4 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 6 and 8 (7.6 and 7.2); the call is rebuilt when his market posts. No player market is posted for Tez Johnson this week yet, so his 6.8 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 7 and 8 (6.6 and 7.1); the call is rebuilt when his market posts.

What the market projects

No Week 9 player market is posted for Quentin Johnston yet. His market-based projections were 7.6 and 7.2 points in Weeks 6 and 8, an average of 7.4, which stands in until his Week 9 market posts.

No Week 9 player market is posted for Tez Johnson yet. His market-based projections were 6.6 and 7.1 points in Weeks 7 and 8, an average of 6.8, which stands in until his Week 9 market posts.

That puts Quentin Johnston 0.6 points ahead of Tez Johnson on these projections.

Week 9 matchups

Quentin Johnston and LAC host HOU on Sunday at 4:05 PM ET.

HOU allowed 37.3 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 7 games, the 5th most in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 187 yards and 0.9 touchdowns a game against HOU.

Tez Johnson and TB visit CHI on Sunday at 8:20 PM ET.

CHI allowed 29.2 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 7 games, the 10th fewest in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 149 yards and 0.9 touchdowns a game against CHI.

By points allowed to the position, Quentin Johnston has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Quentin Johnston is not on the injury report.

Tez Johnson is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 9

Through Week 8, Quentin Johnston played 81 percent of LAC snaps, drew 14 percent of the targets, earned 24 percent of the air yards and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

Quentin Johnston, Week 3 against BUF: 60 of 69 snaps, 6 targets and 3 catches for 40 yards.

Quentin Johnston, Week 4 against SEA: 53 of 71 snaps, 1 carry for -4 yards, 2 targets and 1 catch for 44 yards.

Quentin Johnston, Week 6 against KC: 56 of 68 snaps, 3 targets and 1 catch for 57 yards.

Quentin Johnston, Week 8 against LAR: 4 targets and 4 catches for 37 yards.

Through Week 7, Tez Johnson played 38 percent of TB snaps, drew 8 percent of the targets, earned 20 percent of the air yards and had 6 percent of the red zone chances.

Tez Johnson, Week 4 against GB: 35 of 64 snaps, 1 carry for 10 yards, 2 targets and 2 catches for 17 yards.

Tez Johnson, Week 5 against DAL: 28 of 72 snaps, 1 target and 1 catch for 64 yards.

Tez Johnson, Week 6 against PIT: 25 of 74 snaps, 3 targets and 2 catches for 7 yards.

Tez Johnson, Week 7 against CAR: 41 of 63 snaps, 1 carry for 14 yards, 2 targets and 2 catches for 33 yards, 1 touchdown.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Quentin Johnston played 14 games for LAC and scored 171.2 PPR points, 12.2 a game, finishing WR34.

He caught 51 of 85 targets for 735 yards and 8 touchdowns, with 15 red zone targets and 514 air yards.

He was on the field for 77 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

In 2025, Tez Johnson played 16 games for TB and scored 92.4 PPR points, 5.8 a game, finishing WR67.

He caught 28 of 44 targets for 322 yards and 5 touchdowns, with 4 red zone targets and 212 air yards.

He was on the field for 47 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 9 calls

• Start Quentin Johnston over Adonai Mitchell.
• Start Quentin Johnston over Cooper Kupp.
• Start Courtland Sutton over Quentin Johnston.
• Start Tez Johnson over Adonai Mitchell.
• Start Tez Johnson over Cooper Kupp.
• Start Courtland Sutton over Tez Johnson.