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Tyler Johnson — fantasy football 2026

Every game, every stat category, and what the board says. 4.19 points per game in 2025, usage worth 3.4.

27 years old · 6 seasons of experience · 2020 draft class

Updated 2026-08-16 · free, no account, no paywall
Every figure below comes from our database. Where a stat is not held, the row is absent rather than zero.

The offense he plays in, 2026

New York Jets returns 3 of 6 continuity slots, replacing qb1, te1, oc. Geno Smith at quarterback, Aaron Glenn as head coach, Frank Reich calling it. The offense projects to 32.8 pass attempts a game at low confidence and 26.6 rushes.

In: Geno Smith (qb), Cade Klubnik (qb2), Omar Cooper Jr (wr2), Irvin Charles (wr5), Mac Dalena (wr7), Kenyon Sadiq (te1). Out: Justin Fields (qb), John Metchie III (wr3), Tyler Johnson (wr4), Jeremy Ruckert (te2).

The projected target split across the offense:

Garrett Wilson22.9%
Omar Cooper Jr16.3%
Kenyon Sadiq14%
Breece Hall10.8%
Adonai Mitchell10.1%
Mason Taylor9.3%

Our written view on this offense in 2026

What the offense looks like: This is a tough offense for fantasy managers to be heavily invested in. An even worse spot for a rookie to be drafted to. Kenyon Sadiq has to be upset. Not only that, but he has to share the TE room with Mason Taylor, who was looking like he could become a top 15 TE. For Garrett Wilson and Breece Hall, realistically for a MASSIVE value spike, they both need to be traded. It will be tough to produce in NY.

Key additions: QB Geno Smith traded to Jets from Raiders. QB Cade Klubnik drafted 5th round, Kenyon Sadiq drafted 1st round 16th overall. WR Omar Cooper Jr. drafted 1st round 30th overall

Key departures: Justin Fields QB traded to Chiefs.

Notes: Fields traded. Jets bring in Geno Smith from Raiders who was AWFUL in Vegas last year. Could provide decent opportunity for Garrett Wilson (elite WR needs better QB play). Adonai Mitchell likely to play WR3 behind Omar Cooper Jr (round 1 pick). Will have to monitor closely to see. Drafted Kenyon Sadiq Round 1 TE (high ceiling but may take time to break out). Mason Taylor will likely be TE2 behind Sadiq but could be starter at beginning of season. Breece Hall lands HUGE extension 3 year $45 million deal. Keeping him in New York through 2028. The talent is there, but the offense has to be able to score for Breece to be productive.

How the volume number was reached: New QB Geno Smith, avg 31.9 att/g over 2025,2024; Regressed 53% toward league mean 33.5, floored at 30 → 32.8 att/g; New OC Frank Reich — pass rate and tempo may shift.

Offensive environment: NYJ rates 18.8 against a league average of 23, 4.2 below it on opponent-adjusted least squares (multi-capture merge).

2026 schedule

Opponent-adjusted pass defense faced, against 2025 ratings. Positive is an easier slate.

Full season-3.2 · harder
Weeks 1–6+2.9 · easier
Weeks 12–17-5 · harder
Fantasy playoffs (15–17)-7.6 · harder

Read this narrowly. Our own testing found that season-long strength of schedule does not survive as a draft input — defensive quality is among the least stable team properties year to year, and a preseason slate is built on last year's identities. The playoff-weeks column is the only one we would let break a tie, and even then it is a tiebreaker rather than a reason. The finding.

Dynasty context not redraft

Everything in this section is about his dynasty trade value — what he is worth as a long-term asset in the trade market. It is not a forecast of his 2026 fantasy scoring. A player can be a fine redraft pick while his dynasty value falls, and the reverse. The redraft read is above; this is a different question with a different answer.

Where he sits in the dynasty value cycle

His dynasty value has moved -30.1% over the last twelve months. The market cycle classifies him as post-crash. The base rate that applies: after a -25% crash, WRs recover only 15% of the time (keep falling 85%).

For context on how long this lasts at the position: the average career at his position produces 2.1 elite seasons and 2.6 startable seasons.

The five most similar seasons, and what their dynasty value did next

Matched on production profile — production-driven (pedigree ignored). The last column is how that player’s dynasty value moved the following year — a market outcome, not a scoring one.

PlayerSeasonTheir PPGSimilarityNext year
Justin Watson20235.984%+8.6%
Marquez Valdes-Scantling20233.580%+32.9%
K.J. Osborn20242.778%-15.1%
Lil'Jordan Humphrey20244.677%+27.6%
Justin Watson20244.277%-17.4%

Of the 5 with a following season on record, 3 gained value, 2 lost it and 0 held roughly flat.

Four years of dynasty value

02,000202120222023202420252026
Monthly superflex value, 2020-04 to 2026-07. Down 77% across the series, peaking at 2,805.

The player

Draft capital and athletic profile

Drafted2020, round 5, pick 161 by TAM
CollegeMinnesota
Age at draft22
Height6′1″
Weight206 lb

Availability and volatility

Career PPR per game4.2
Week-to-week variation1
Boom rate8.8%
Bust rate50%
Games missed per season0

The record, season by season

2025 · NYJ · 9 games

His best game was Week 8 against CIN — 15.4 PPR on 5 targets and a 16.7% target share, in a game that finished 39-38. His worst was Week 10 against CLE at 0, on 1 targets, final score 27-20. Across 9 games he cleared 20 points 0 times and came in under 8 points 7 times. In the 6 games decided by 8 points or fewer he averaged 5.8; in the 3 decided by more, 1. He scored more when the game was live.

Earned against scored

His usage that season was worth 3.4 points per game. He scored 4.19, 22.8% above it. The engine classified the season as lucky.

WkOppScorePPRRecTgtYdsTDTgt%Snap%
1PIT32-345.1223109.5%52%
2BUF10-30001004.8%96%
3TB27-295.2233208.6%70%
6DEN11-13001006.3%19%
7CAR6-139336009.7%25%
8CIN39-3815.43564116.7%78%
10CLE27-20001009.1%63%
16NO6-291.711702.9%14%
17NE10-421.311303.1%16%

Production

Receptions12
Targets18
Receiving yards197
Touchdowns1
Points per game4.19
Yards per target10.94
Catch rate66.67%

Role

Snap share48.11%
Target share7.86%
Air-yards share10.8%
WOPR0.193
RACR0.867

Efficiency

Average depth of target11.7
Yards after catch per reception5.3
Yards before catch per reception11.1
Total YAC64
Broken tackles3
Drop rate0.1%
Passer rating when targeted121.8
Receiving EPA per game1.18

Scoring position

Red-zone targets3
Red-zone target share5.4%
End-zone target share5.6%
Expected receiving TDs0.45
Actual receiving TDs1
Receiving TD luck0.55

Who else ate

The offense threw it 493 times. 0 team-mates cleared the competing-target threshold.

Mason Taylor14.1%
Garrett Wilson12.8%
Adonai Mitchell12.58%
Breece Hall10.41%
John Metchie III9.54%
Isaiah Williams7.81%

By quarterback

He caught passes from 3 quarterbacks that season, and the splits are not close.

QBGamesTargetsPPGY/TTgt%
Justin Fields495.1310.5610.4%
Tyrod Taylor374.7313.147.7%
Brady Cook221.553%

Blowouts against close games

3 of his 9 games were blowouts, 8% of his snaps coming in them. He averaged 1 in those and 5.78 in close games — his scoring did not depend on garbage time.

2024 · LA · 11 games

His best game was Week 18 against SEA — 13.5 PPR on 7 targets and a 17.5% target share, in a game that finished 25-30. His worst was Week 13 against NO at 0, on 1 targets, final score 21-14. Across 11 games he cleared 20 points 0 times and came in under 8 points 8 times. In the 8 games decided by 8 points or fewer he averaged 6.7; in the 3 decided by more, 2.6. He scored more when the game was live.

Earned against scored

His usage that season was worth 6.6 points per game. He scored 5.55, 15.8% below it. The engine classified the season as unlucky. On receiving touchdowns specifically he finished 1 against 2.62 expected, a gap of -1.6.

WkOppScorePPRRecTgtYdsTDTgt%Snap%
1DET20-2612.95779014.6%65%
2ARI10-4142320011.1%87%
3SF27-2453420017.4%50%
4CHI18-24001003.4%16%
7LV20-159.74757031.8%91%
8MIN30-201.611602.9%38%
9SEA26-206.83538011.9%38%
10MIA15-235.5342509.1%14%
12PHI20-372.1111102.9%20%
13NO21-14001004.3%14%
18SEA25-3013.54735117.5%76%

Production

Receptions26
Targets41
Receiving yards291
Touchdowns1
Points per game5.55
Yards per target7.1
Catch rate63.41%

Role

Snap share46.27%
Target share11.54%
Air-yards share9.25%
WOPR0.238
RACR1.174

Efficiency

Average depth of target5.6
Yards after catch per reception7
Yards before catch per reception4.2
Total YAC183
Broken tackles0
Drop rate0%
Passer rating when targeted72.3
Receiving EPA per game-0.24

Scoring position

Red-zone targets10
Red-zone target share10.6%
End-zone target share13.2%
Expected receiving TDs2.62
Actual receiving TDs1
Receiving TD luck-1.62

Who else ate

The offense threw it 559 times. He took 7.58% of the targets. 2 team-mates cleared the competing-target threshold.

Puka Nacua19.59%
Cooper Kupp18.48%
Demarcus Robinson11.83%
Tutu Atwell11.46%
Colby Parkinson9.06%
Tyler Johnson 7.58%

By quarterback

He caught passes from 2 quarterbacks that season, and the splits are not close.

QBGamesTargetsPPGY/TTgt%
Matthew Stafford10344.767.5310.94%
Jimmy Garoppolo1713.5517.5%

Blowouts against close games

2 of his 11 games were blowouts, 10% of his snaps coming in them. He averaged 3.05 in those and 6.67 in close games — his scoring did not depend on garbage time.

2023 · LA · 1 games

Earned against scored

His usage that season was worth 5.2 points per game. He scored 8.8, 69.2% above it. The engine classified the season as low_volume.

WkOppScorePPRRecTgtYdsTDTgt%Snap%
18SF21-208.8238113%54%

Production

Receptions2
Targets3
Receiving yards8
Touchdowns1
Points per game8.8
Yards per target2.67
Catch rate66.67%

Role

Snap share54%
Target share13%
Air-yards share10.1%
WOPR0.27
RACR0.5

Efficiency

Average depth of target5.3
Yards after catch per reception0.5
Yards before catch per reception3.5
Total YAC1
Broken tackles0
Drop rate0%
Passer rating when targeted109.7
Receiving EPA per game1.85

Scoring position

Red-zone targets1
Red-zone target share1.2%
End-zone target share3.2%
Expected receiving TDs0.28
Actual receiving TDs1
Receiving TD luck0.72

Who else ate

The offense threw it 583 times. 2 team-mates cleared the competing-target threshold.

Puka Nacua28.83%
Cooper Kupp17.12%
Tyler Higbee12.61%
Tutu Atwell12.07%
Kyren Williams8.65%
Demarcus Robinson7.03%

2021 · TB · 16 games

His best game was Week 8 against NO — 11.5 PPR on 6 targets and a 14.6% target share, in a game that finished 27-36. His worst was Week 16 against CAR at 0, on 0 targets, final score 32-6. Across 16 games he cleared 20 points 0 times and came in under 8 points 12 times. In the 5 games decided by 8 points or fewer he averaged 3.1; in the 11 decided by more, 5.1. He scored more when the game was not close.

Earned against scored

His usage that season was worth 6.5 points per game. He scored 4.5, 26.5% below it. The engine classified the season as very_unlucky. On receiving touchdowns specifically he finished 0 against 2.43 expected, a gap of -2.4.

WkOppScorePPRRecTgtYdsTDTgt%Snap%
1DAL31-29001002.2%5%
2ATL48-251.512505.7%27%
3LA24-349.33663011.1%47%
4NE19-17002004.7%22%
5MIA45-177.2334207.1%51%
7CHI38-33.6221605.1%67%
8NO27-3611.55665014.6%64%
10WAS19-294.73517015.2%69%
11NYG30-101.813806.4%73%
12IND38-311.911902.9%72%
13ATL30-171.511502%13%
14BUF33-274.7331706.5%59%
15NO0-98.14741014.6%95%
16CAR32-6000000%54%
17NYJ28-2494650012.2%66%
18CAR41-177.25722018.4%87%

Production

Receptions36
Targets55
Receiving yards360
Touchdowns0
Points per game4.5
Yards per target6.55
Catch rate65.45%

Role

Snap share54.44%
Target share8.04%
Air-yards share7.31%
WOPR0.173
RACR0.951

Efficiency

Average depth of target7.9
Yards after catch per reception3.8
Yards before catch per reception6.2
Total YAC137
Broken tackles2
Drop rate0.1%
Passer rating when targeted83.9
Receiving EPA per game0.41

Scoring position

Red-zone targets11
Red-zone target share8%
End-zone target share6.5%
Expected receiving TDs2.43
Actual receiving TDs0
Receiving TD luck-2.43

Who else ate

The offense threw it 731 times. 2 team-mates cleared the competing-target threshold.

Chris Godwin17.74%
Mike Evans15.92%
Rob Gronkowski12.43%
Leonard Fournette11.73%
Antonio Brown8.66%
Cameron Brate7.96%

Blowouts against close games

6 of his 16 games were blowouts, 29.6% of his snaps coming in them. He averaged 3.55 in those and 3.12 in close games — a meaningful share of his scoring came with the game already decided.

2020 · TB · 10 games

His best game was Week 5 against CHI — 10.1 PPR on 6 targets and a 14.6% target share, in a game that finished 19-20. His worst was Week 15 against ATL at 0, on 1 targets, final score 31-27. Across 10 games he cleared 20 points 0 times and came in under 8 points 8 times. In the 4 games decided by 8 points or fewer he averaged 3.9; in the 6 decided by more, 4.2. He scored more when the game was not close.

Earned against scored

His usage that season was worth 2.9 points per game. He scored 4.09, 21.4% above it. The engine classified the season as lucky.

WkOppScorePPRRecTgtYdsTDTgt%Snap%
5CHI19-2010.14661014.6%79%
6GB38-107.711713.7%25%
7LV45-208.422414.9%40%
8NYG25-235.5223505%50%
9NO3-382.1111102.7%12%
10CAR46-23001002.6%9%
12KC24-27001002.4%8%
15ATL31-27001002.3%16%
16DET47-74.5113502.4%32%
17ATL44-272.6111602.6%27%

Production

Receptions12
Targets17
Receiving yards169
Touchdowns2
Points per game4.09
Yards per target9.94
Catch rate70.59%

Role

Snap share29.8%
Target share4.32%
Air-yards share4.66%
WOPR0.099
RACR0.538

Efficiency

Average depth of target9.9
Yards after catch per reception6
Yards before catch per reception8.1
Total YAC72
Broken tackles1
Drop rate0%
Passer rating when targeted141.5
Receiving EPA per game1.16

Scoring position

Red-zone targets4
Red-zone target share3.7%
End-zone target share7.7%
Expected receiving TDs1.63
Actual receiving TDs2
Receiving TD luck0.37

Who else ate

The offense threw it 626 times. 1 team-mate cleared the competing-target threshold.

Mike Evans17.99%
Chris Godwin13.86%
Rob Gronkowski12.71%
Antonio Brown10.23%
Scott Miller8.75%
Leonard Fournette7.76%

Blowouts against close games

6 of his 10 games were blowouts, 61.9% of his snaps coming in them. He averaged 4.22 in those and 3.9 in close games — a meaningful share of his scoring came with the game already decided.

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