Should I start Ty Johnson or Corey Kiner in Week 8?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Ty Johnson, and the board ranks him 190th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Corey Kiner, and the board ranks him 191st overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Ty Johnson is 1.2 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 1.0 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.

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

This season so far

Through Week 6, Ty Johnson has been on the field for 23 percent of BUF snaps, taken 2 percent of the carries, drawn 12 percent of the targets and had 5 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 4 of the offence's 28 third down targets, had 0 of its 12 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 14 two minute targets.

His 12 targets have come 0.6 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 4 against NE he carried 1 time for 3 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 9 yards and did not score.

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.

Through Week 7, Corey Kiner has been on the field for 12 percent of NE snaps, taken 18 percent of the carries, drawn 1 percent of the targets and had 15 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 56 third down targets, had 0 of its 10 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 31 two minute targets.

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

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.

In Week 7 against CHI he carried 4 times for 13 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

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.

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.

Ty Johnson was available for 13 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Ty Johnson scored 5.9 PPR points a game and Corey Kiner 2.3, 3.6 a game between them.

Ty Johnson finished RB47 that year and Corey Kiner RB112.

Ty Johnson had 38 more carries than Corey Kiner, 50 to 12.

Ty Johnson had 22 more catches than Corey Kiner, 24 to 2.

This season Ty Johnson holds the bigger snap share, 23 percent against 12 percent.

This season Corey Kiner holds the bigger share of the carries, 18 percent against 2 percent.

Byes and availability

Ty Johnson is off in Week 7 and Corey Kiner in Week 11, so either can cover the other's bye.