Should I start Corey Kiner or Emmett Johnson in Week 7?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Corey Kiner, and the board ranks him 139th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Emmett Johnson, and the board ranks him 209th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Corey Kiner is 0.7 PPR points a game off 1 market across 13 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.

No season market is posted for Emmett Johnson, so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.

This season through Week 6

Through Week 6, Corey Kiner has been on the field for 12 percent of NE snaps, taken 17 percent of the carries, drawn 1 percent of the targets and had 16 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 51 third down targets, had 0 of its 10 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 25 two minute targets.

His 2 targets have come 4.0 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 4 against BUF he carried 0 times for 0 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against LV he carried 6 times for 52 yards, caught 1 of 1 target for 7 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against NYJ he carried 11 times for 57 yards and did not score.

Through Week 6, Emmett Johnson has been on the field for 27 percent of KC snaps, taken 14 percent of the carries, drawn 5 percent of the targets and had 5 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 1 of the offence's 40 third down targets, had 0 of its 19 chances inside the five and seen 2 of its 19 two minute targets.

His 8 targets have come 3.1 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 3 against MIA he carried 6 times for 17 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against LV he carried 0 times for 0 yards, caught 1 of 1 target for 10 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against LAC he carried 3 times for 6 yards, caught 2 of 3 targets for 18 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Corey Kiner played 4 games and scored 9.3 PPR points, 2.3 a game, finishing RB112.

He carried 12 times for 58 yards and 0 touchdowns, and caught 2 of 3 targets for 15 more yards.

That came to 3.0 carries a game at 4.8 yards a carry and 0-1 catches a game.

He was on the field for 7 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Emmett Johnson is a rookie, so there is no NFL season behind him to price him against.

Head to head

This season Emmett Johnson holds the bigger snap share, 27 percent against 12 percent.

This season Corey Kiner holds the bigger share of the carries, 17 percent against 14 percent.

Byes and availability

Corey Kiner is off in Week 11 and Emmett Johnson in Week 5, so either can cover the other's bye.