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

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Kaleb Johnson, and the board ranks him 177th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Corey Kiner, and the board ranks him 178th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Kaleb Johnson is 0.8 PPR points a game off 1 market across 1 market source. 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 Corey Kiner is 0.5 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.

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

This season through Week 6

Through Week 6, Kaleb Johnson has been on the field for 22 percent of GB snaps, taken 29 percent of the carries, drawn 2 percent of the targets and had 4 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 54 third down targets, had 2 of its 14 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 23 two minute targets.

His 3 targets have come 0.3 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 4 against TB he carried 8 times for 42 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against CHI he carried 7 times for 26 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against DAL he carried 1 time for -2 yards and did not score.

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.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Kaleb Johnson played 10 games and scored 8.8 PPR points, 0.9 a game, finishing RB115.

He carried 28 times for 69 yards and 0 touchdowns, and caught 1 of 2 targets for 9 more yards.

That came to 2.8 carries a game at 3 yards a carry and 0.1 catches a game.

He was on the field for 6 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

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.

Kaleb Johnson was available for 6 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Corey Kiner scored 2.3 PPR points a game and Kaleb Johnson 0.9, 1.4 a game between them.

Kaleb Johnson finished RB115 that year and Corey Kiner RB112.

Kaleb Johnson had 16 more carries than Corey Kiner, 28 to 12.

Corey Kiner had 1 more catches than Kaleb Johnson, 2 to 1.

This season Kaleb Johnson holds the bigger snap share, 22 percent against 12 percent.

This season Kaleb Johnson holds the bigger share of the carries, 29 percent against 17 percent.

Byes and availability

Both are off in Week 11, so a roster holding the pair has that one week to cover twice.