Juwan Johnson Fantasy Football Week 1: Stats and Projections vs. Lions

New Orleans Saints tight end Juwan Johnson will be up against the team with last year's 20th-ranked pass defense, the Detroit Lions (217.4 yards allowed per game), in Week 1 -- beginning at 1 p.m. ET on Sunday.

With Johnson's next game against the Lions, should you consider him for your DFS roster? See below for more stats and info.

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Juwan Johnson Week 1 Fantasy Football Projection

• Matchup: New Orleans Saints at Detroit Lions
• Game Date: September 13, 2026
• Game Time: 1 p.m.
• Projected Fantasy Points: 7.2
• PPR Projected Fantasy Points: 9.4
• Projected Receiving Yards: 52.15
• Projected Receiving TDs: 0.34

Projections provided by numberFire

Johnson 2025 Fantasy Performance

• Ranked 12th at his position and 147th overall, Johnson picked up 102.9 fantasy points (6.1 per game) last year.
• Johnson picked up 15.2 fantasy points -- four receptions, 92 yards and one touchdown -- in his best performance last year, in Week 10 against the Carolina Panthers.
• In Week 2 versus the San Francisco 49ers, Johnson picked up 10.9 fantasy points, with these numbers: five receptions, 49 yards and one touchdown. That was his second-best performance of the year.
• In Week 6 versus the New England Patriots, Johnson finished with a season-low -0.5 fantasy points, via this stat line: two receptions, 15 yards, on two targets.
• Johnson accumulated 1.7 fantasy points -- two receptions, 17 yards, on four targets -- in his second-worst game of the season (Week 5 against the New York Giants).

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Lions Defensive Performance

• Detroit surrendered more than 300 passing yards to only three QBs last year.
• 15 players have thrown for at least one touchdown in a tilt against the Lions last season.
• Through the air last season, Detroit gave up at least two passing touchdowns to 11 opposing QBs.
• In the passing game, the Lions surrendered at least three passing touchdowns to four opposing quarterbacks last year.
• Versus Detroit last season, six players collected more than 100 receiving yards in a game.
• The Lions allowed 25 players to reel in a TD pass against them last season.
• Against Detroit last year, six players hauled in more than one touchdown pass in a game.
• In terms of run defense, the Lions allowed just one player to amass more than 100 rushing yards in a game last season.
• On the ground, Detroit allowed 14 players to score at least one rushing touchdown against them last season.
• On the ground, the Lions allowed just two players to score at least two rushing touchdowns against them last year.

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