Should I start C.J. Stroud or Roschon Johnson in Week 7?

The market-based projections

C.J. Stroud's market-based projection is 17.6 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 13 market sources. That is the 16th highest figure of the 216 players with a market-based projection.

Roschon Johnson's market-based projection is 6.9 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 13 market sources. That is the 108th highest figure of the 216 players with a market-based projection.

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on C.J. Stroud, and the board ranks him 76th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 30.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Roschon Johnson, and the board ranks him 75th overall on the rest of his evidence.

This season through Week 6

Through Week 6, C.J. Stroud has been on the field for 100 percent of HOU snaps, dropped back 237 times and thrown 9.5 air yards an attempt.

He has been sacked or hit on 31 of 237 dropbacks and scrambled 8 times.

In Week 4 against DAL he completed 21 of 29 passes for 347 yards, threw 2 touchdowns and 0 interceptions and ran 2 times for 12 yards.

In Week 5 against TEN he completed 26 of 34 passes for 261 yards, threw 1 touchdown and 0 interceptions and ran 4 times for 7 yards.

In Week 6 against JAX he completed 24 of 34 passes for 312 yards, threw 3 touchdowns and 1 interception and ran 1 time for 5 yards.

Through Week 6, Roschon Johnson has been on the field for 22 percent of CHI snaps, taken 16 percent of the carries, drawn 7 percent of the targets and had 15 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 3 of the offence's 35 third down targets, had 3 of its 21 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 26 two minute targets.

His 10 targets have averaged 2.9 air yards.

In Week 4 against NYJ he carried 4 times for 16 yards, caught 1 of 1 target for 7 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against GB he carried 5 times for 6 yards, caught 5 of 7 targets for 34 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against ATL he carried 13 times for 51 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 22 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 C.J. Stroud played 14 games and scored 216.5 PPR points, 15.5 a game, finishing QB21.

He threw for 3041 yards on 423 attempts with 19 touchdowns and 8 interceptions, and ran for 209 yards and 1 touchdown.

That came to 30.2 attempts a game at 7.2 yards an attempt.

He was on the field for 93 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 Roschon Johnson played 7 games and scored 1.7 PPR points, 0.2 a game, finishing RB134.

He carried 2 times for 17 yards and 0 touchdowns, and caught 0 of 0 targets for 0 more yards.

That came to 0.3 carries a game at 9 yards a carry.

He was on the field for 1 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

C.J. Stroud was available for 7 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 C.J. Stroud scored 15.5 PPR points a game and Roschon Johnson 0.2, 15.2 a game between them.

C.J. Stroud finished QB21 and Roschon Johnson RB134, which are two different ladders.

C.J. Stroud is a quarterback and Roschon Johnson a running back, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

C.J. Stroud is off in Week 8 and Roschon Johnson in Week 10, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

10.7 points a game is the entire case. The market restates it every week, and a line that moves moves the order with it.

The draft market is the half that is missing: when live drafts hold these two again they can order them differently from the projection, and this page will follow the drafts rather than the market-based projection when they do.