Jadarian Price or Juwan Johnson: Who Should You Start?
2026 Week 3 · deterministic head-to-head · Verdicts based on PPR scoring.
Start Johnson — the availability and consensus rank edges are too wide to ignore.
Juwan Johnson is the healthier side of this call (Price carries a Questionable tag) and is the higher consensus play (TE16 to RB23). Price's edge is the projection, 12.1 to 9.2. The gap is narrow.
In standard and half-PPR scoring this is a coin flip.
Jadarian Price
10.511.312.1 Projected Points
Juwan Johnson
5.67.49.2 Projected Points
Jadarian Price’s market
Juwan Johnson’s market
Why Jadarian Price
Toss-UpRookie RB atop the depth chart. Explosive, home-run-speed runner with no prior NFL sample.
Toss-up — RB23 consensus, projects RB24 this week: WSH is the 3rd-toughest matchup vs RBs, 25.0 implied team total.
- Carries a Questionable tag — usually plays, but monitor the final report.
- WSH ranks 3 of 32 against RBs (one of the tougher matchups, 2-game sample).
- Vegas implies 25.0 team points as 3.5-point favorites.
- Listed RB on the latest depth chart with a 41% snap share.
Latest on Price
Jadarian Price is expected to practice this week after leaving Sunday's win early with a shoulder injury.
Updates On Sam Darnold, Jadarian Price & Other Seahawks Injuriesseahawks.com · Sep 23, 2026Price left the Week 2 win over Arizona in the fourth quarter with what was announced as a chest injury; X-rays came back negative and Macdonald called it 'nothing serious' after later revealing it's actually a shoulder issue.
Sports Illustrated (Seahawks On SI) · Sep 21, 2026In-Game Injury News From The Week 2 Matchup Between Seattle and Arizona
Seahawks rookie Jadarian Price is looking forward to playing against his former teammate and Cardinals running back Jeremiyah Love on Sunday.
Reported by the sources listed — not independently verified.
Why Juwan Johnson
Toss-Up· mediumTE1 and high-volume pass-catcher. Big-bodied converted receiver who is a red-zone and intermediate mismatch.
TE16 with a locked 69% snap role, but a 13% target share and a top-11 tough DvP matchup keep him on the streamer bubble.
- LV ranks 11 of 32 against TEs (one of the tougher matchups, 2-game sample).
- Vegas implies 23.0 team points as 3.5-point favorites.
- Listed TE on the latest depth chart with a 69% snap share.
The call
- Role is secure — 69% snap share as the No. 1 TE and no injury designation after the Week 2 illness cleared, so volume isn't in question.
- The 13% target share is modest for a position that lives on volume, and the 9.2-point projection lands him at TE16, just outside the 12-team starter line.
- Game script is fine: 23.0 implied total as a 3.5-point favorite means a normal, competitive script rather than a pass-heavy comeback or a run-out-the-clock blowout.
- The DvP composite ranks this defense 11 of 32 against tight ends, but it's a 2-game sample at 0.00 confidence — if the target share ticks up toward 18-20%, he's a clear start; as is, he's a coin flip against a similar TE2.
Latest on Johnson
Johnson practiced in full for the first time that week ahead of Week 2 after dealing with an illness and carried no injury designation.
Yahoo Sports/Heavy · Sep 18, 2026Reported by the sources listed — not independently verified.
Head-to-head stats
| Metric | Jadarian Price | Juwan Johnson |
|---|---|---|
| Projected points | 10.511.312.1 | 5.67.49.2 |
| Consensus rank | RB23 | TE16 |
| Opponent vs position | WSH · 3 of 322-game sample | LV · 11 of 322-game sample |
| Rushing Yards | 7 of 32 | — |
| Rushing TDs | 1 of 32 | — |
| Rushing Attempts | 3 of 32 | — |
| Receptions | 2 of 32 | 9 of 32 |
| Receiving Yards | 2 of 32 | 7 of 32 |
| Anytime TD | 1 of 32 | 13 of 32 |
| Receiving TDs | — | 15 of 32 |
| Targets | — | 11 of 32 |
| Target share | 8% | 13% |
| Reception share | 8% | 11% |
| Implied total · spread | 25.0-3.5 | 23.0-3.5 |
| Depth chart | RB1 | TE1 |
| Snap share | 41% | 69% |
| Injury designation | Questionable | — |
| Start/Sit record | 0–1+1 toss-up | 0–0+3 toss-ups |
Recent form
Jadarian Price — last 2 weeks
| Week 2 | vs ARI | 4.04.55.0 |
| Week 1 | vs NE | 5.86.87.8 |
Juwan Johnson — last 2 weeks
| Week 2 | vs BAL | 6.68.610.6 |
| Week 1 | vs DET | 11.412.914.4 |
Signal breakdown
- 12.1 vs 9.2 projected PPR pointsJadarian Price +
- Rank 23 vs 16Juwan Johnson +
- Opponent DvP rank 3 vs 11 (32 = softest)even
- Implied 25.0 vs 23.0 team pointsJadarian Price +
- Questionable vs no designationJuwan Johnson +
- 41% vs 69% snap shareJuwan Johnson +
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