Should I start Ty Johnson or Dylan Sampson 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 Dylan Sampson, and the board ranks him 192nd 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 Dylan Sampson is 0.9 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, Dylan Sampson has been on the field for 46 percent of CLE snaps, taken 21 percent of the carries, drawn 9 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 1 of the offence's 9 third down targets, had 0 of its 1 chance inside the five and seen 2 of its 11 two minute targets.

His 3 targets have come 3.3 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 7 against TEN he carried 6 times for 45 yards, caught 3 of 3 targets for 32 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 Dylan Sampson played 15 games and scored 87.6 PPR points, 5.8 a game, finishing RB55.

He carried 65 times for 175 yards and 0 touchdowns, and caught 33 of 40 targets for 271 more yards.

That came to 4.3 carries a game at 2.7 yards a carry and 2.2 catches a game.

He was on the field for 25 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Ty Johnson was available for 2 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Ty Johnson scored 5.9 PPR points a game and Dylan Sampson 5.8, 0.1 a game between them.

Ty Johnson finished RB47 that year and Dylan Sampson RB55.

Dylan Sampson had 15 more carries than Ty Johnson, 65 to 50.

Dylan Sampson had 9 more catches than Ty Johnson, 33 to 24.

This season Dylan Sampson holds the bigger snap share, 46 percent against 23 percent.

This season Dylan Sampson holds the bigger share of the carries, 21 percent against 2 percent.

Byes and availability

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