Should I start Cam Skattebo or Ty Johnson in Week 9?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Cam Skattebo, and the board ranks him 106th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Ty Johnson, and the board ranks him 169th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Cam Skattebo is 3.7 PPR points a game off 1 market across 7 market sources. That is 30 percent of what a running back's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

The market-based projection for Ty Johnson is 0.8 PPR points a game off 1 market across 8 market sources. That is 30 percent of what a running back's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

Cam Skattebo's projection is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season so far

Through Week 7, Cam Skattebo has been on the field for 54 percent of NYG snaps, taken 50 percent of the carries, drawn 6 percent of the targets and had 23 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 3 of the offence's 61 third down targets, had 3 of its 13 chances inside the five and seen 4 of its 32 two minute targets.

His 13 targets have averaged 1.8 air yards.

In Week 5 against WAS he carried 13 times for 59 yards, caught 2 of 3 targets for 12 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against NO he carried 0 times for 0 yards and did not score.

In Week 7 against HOU he carried 17 times for 124 yards, caught 1 of 1 target for -3 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Through Week 8, Ty Johnson has been on the field for 24 percent of BUF snaps, taken 4 percent of the carries, drawn 11 percent of the targets and had 7 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 5 of the offence's 35 third down targets, had 1 of its 19 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 16 two minute targets.

His 15 targets have come 1.0 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 5 against LAR he carried 0 times for 0 yards, caught 4 of 4 targets for 72 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against LV he carried 1 time for 3 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 24 yards and did not score.

In Week 8 against BAL he carried 4 times for 4 yards, caught 3 of 3 targets for 19 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Cam Skattebo played 8 games and scored 127.7 PPR points, 16.0 a game, finishing RB37.

He carried 101 times for 410 yards and 5 touchdowns, and caught 24 of 32 targets for 207 more yards.

That came to 12.6 carries a game at 4.1 yards a carry and 3.0 catches a game.

He was on the field for 54 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 Ty Johnson played 17 games and scored 100.3 PPR points, 5.9 a game, finishing RB47.

He carried 50 times for 200 yards and 3 touchdowns, and caught 24 of 33 targets for 263 more yards.

That came to 2.9 carries a game at 4.0 yards a carry and 1.4 catches a game.

He was on the field for 29 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Ty Johnson was available for 9 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Cam Skattebo scored 16.0 PPR points a game and Ty Johnson 5.9, 10.1 a game between them.

Cam Skattebo finished RB37 that year and Ty Johnson RB47.

Cam Skattebo had 51 more carries than Ty Johnson, 101 to 50.

Both had 24 catches.

This season Cam Skattebo holds the bigger snap share, 54 percent against 24 percent.

This season Cam Skattebo holds the bigger share of the carries, 50 percent against 4 percent.

Byes and availability

Cam Skattebo is off in Week 8 and Ty Johnson in Week 7, so either can cover the other's bye.

Cam Skattebo is listed as questionable on the injury report.