The Los Angeles Chargers will face the Houston Texans on Wild Card Weekend. Here’s the latest fantasy football news and advice to help you with your lineups this week and moving forward, especially regarding WR Quentin Johnston.
Is Quentin Johnston Playing vs. the Texans?
Johnston (thigh/illness), who is listed as questionable for Saturday’s wild-card round game against the Texans, is “good to go” for the contest, a source tells Jeremy Fowler of ESPN.com.
Johnston logged a limited practice on Tuesday and a ‘DNP’ on Wednesday before returning to a limited session on Thursday.
Based on Fowler’s report, the wideout (who put up a career-best 13-186-0 receiving line on 14 targets in the Chargers’ Week 18 win over the Raiders) is on track to be available for Saturday’s 4:30 ET kickoff, with official confirmation of his status, either way, set to arrive once Los Angeles’ inactives are posted.
We’ll continue to monitor the Chargers’ injury report. You can also visit and bookmark our NFL Injury Tracker and Fantasy News Tracker for the latest updates.
Should You Start or Sit Quentin Johnston on Wild Card Weekend?
Here comes Quentin Johnston.
In a game they clearly wanted to win last week to set up this Wild Card matchup (as opposed to traveling to Baltimore), Johnston accounted for 46.4% of Justin Herbert’s completions, gashing Vegas’ secondary at will.
Sure, there’s a reason that the Raiders are planning for the draft and not a game this week, but it’s hard to have success like that at the professional level, and he did it while Ladd McConkey was his normal productive self (95 yards on eight targets). That explosion (13-186-0) was clearly the highlight of his career up to this point, though he had been trending in the right direction for the past month.
- Weeks 1-14: targeted on 19.7% of routes
- Weeks 15-18: targeted on 29.5% of routes
What we can expect in this game is likely something in the middle of those two percentages, and that might be enough to encourage me to get some contrarian exposure against the defense that allows passing touchdowns at the highest rate among the remaining teams.
McConkey is going to be the popular piece from Los Angeles, and he should be. Heck, I could see J.K. Dobbins pulling in some nice ownership as well after proving his health (18 carries in Week 18) and the expected game script leaning in his favor.
Johnston is a big body capable of making a single target worth your while — the recent usage trends are icing on the cake. I’m interested in DFS this week and very interested in the later stages of playoff-long leagues, with a Chargers run through January not being a crazy thought.
Are you looking for start/sit advice for other players in your lineup? Read our Wild Card Weekend Fantasy Start-Sit Advice Cheat Sheet for every fantasy-relevant player in every game.
Quentin Johnston’s Fantasy Points Projection on Wild Card Weekend
As of Saturday, Johnston is projected to score 13.1 fantasy points in PPR formats. This includes 4 receptions for 54.7 yards and 0.6 touchdowns.
Check out the free PFN Fantasy Start-Sit Optimizer for the latest projections and advice for your lineups this week.
Quentin Johnston’s Fantasy Ranking
Our Weekly Consensus PPR Rankings are below — both positional and overall. They were last updated at 11:45 PM ET on Saturday, January 25.
Conference Championship WR PPR Rankings
1) A.J. Brown | PHI (vs. WAS)
2) Terry McLaurin | WAS (at PHI)
3) DeVonta Smith | PHI (vs. WAS)
4) Khalil Shakir | BUF (at KC)
5) Xavier Worthy | KC (vs. BUF)
6) Hollywood Brown | KC (vs. BUF)
7) DeAndre Hopkins | KC (vs. BUF)
8) Keon Coleman | BUF (at KC)
9) Dyami Brown | WAS (at PHI)
10) Mack Hollins | BUF (at KC)
11) Amari Cooper | BUF (at KC)
12) Curtis Samuel | BUF (at KC)
13) Olamide Zaccheaus | WAS (at PHI)
14) JuJu Smith-Schuster | KC (vs. BUF)
15) Jahan Dotson | PHI (vs. WAS)
16) Jamison Crowder | WAS (at PHI)
17) Luke McCaffrey | WAS (at PHI)
18) Justin Watson | KC (vs. BUF)
19) Johnny Wilson | PHI (vs. WAS)
20) Parris Campbell | PHI (vs. WAS)
21) Nikko Remigio | KC (vs. BUF)
22) Ainias Smith | PHI (vs. WAS)