Tez Johnson WR

TB — Week 2 vs CLE, who allow the 2nd-most points to WRs — recently Parker Washington put up 14.3 on them (W1).

Week 1 recap: Tez Johnson

-0.4 PPR points against CIN on 1 car, -4 yd · 0/1 rec, 0 yd — missed his 2.7 projection by 3.1. The week 2 outlook below reflects it — projections, values and form all rebuilt nightly.

Should you start Tez Johnson this week?

Tez Johnson projects 1.7 PPR points in week 2 vs CLE — the 2nd-ranked matchup for WRs, averaging -0.4 over his last three. Start him if that clears your other options at WR — run the exact head-to-head in Start/Sit below, or jump straight to a comparison.

The week 2 angle vs CLE: 245 passing yards a game allowed (10.65/attempt) · 4 TDs/gm through the air · 0 INTs/gm — all of it adding up to the 2nd-most fantasy points allowed to WRs. Receipts and the full profile: how CLE defends WRs, linked under The matchup below.

· No usage trend on file
Week 1 vs CIN: -0.4 pts · 1 car · 1 tgt · 13 snaps
Trend reads volume — snaps, targets and carries — not fantasy points, which swing on touchdowns.
Week 2 proj
1.7
PPR · 1.2 std
Matchup
2nd
CLE vs WRs
Form
-0.4
PPR pts/gm, last 3 played

Usage & TD luck (2026 · 2 games): 23% offensive snaps · 2.5 targets/game, 7.9% target share · 21.2% air-yard share (aDOT 32.2) · 0.5 catches for 24.5 yards/game, 0 TD. 2025 baseline (15 games): 47.1% offensive snaps, 2.9 targets/game, 9.2% target share, 13.8% air-yard share (aDOT 11.7), 1.9 catches for 21.5 yards/game, 5 TD. (2025) TD luck: 5 scored vs 2.6 expected — over expectation, regression risk. Usage moves before production — snaps and share shifts are the earliest real signal.

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Upcoming schedule & projections

WkOppStd½ PPRPPRMatchup
W2vs CLE Sun, Sep 20 1.21.41.7 2nd · soft
W3vs MIN Sun, Sep 27 1.11.41.7 1st · soft
W4vs GB Sun, Oct 4 1.21.51.8 12th
W5@ DAL Thu, Oct 8 1.41.72.0 26th · tough
W6vs PIT Sun, Oct 18 1.11.41.7 32nd · tough
W7@ CAR Sun, Oct 25 1.21.51.8 10th

The matchup

Game log

WkOppStd½ PPRPPR
W1CIN1 car, -4 yd · 0/1 rec, 0 yd -0.4-0.4-0.4
All numbers are the 2026 season, refreshed nightly. Matchup ranks read 1–32, where 1st allows the most points to the position — the matchup you want.