Should I start Ty Johnson or Emanuel Wilson in Week 9?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Ty Johnson, and the board ranks him 157th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Emanuel Wilson, and the board ranks him 163rd overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Ty Johnson is 0.8 PPR points a game off 1 market across 8 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.

The market-based projection for Emanuel Wilson is 0.7 PPR points a game off 1 market across 8 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.

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

This season so far

Through Week 8, Ty Johnson has been on the field for 24 percent of BUF snaps, taken 4 percent of the carries, drawn 11 percent of the targets and had 7 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 5 of the offence's 35 third down targets, had 1 of its 19 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 16 two minute targets.

His 15 targets have come 1.0 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

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.

In Week 8 against BAL he carried 4 times for 4 yards, caught 3 of 3 targets for 19 yards and did not score.

Through Week 7, Emanuel Wilson has been on the field for 41 percent of SEA snaps, taken 55 percent of the carries, drawn 4 percent of the targets and had 28 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 62 third down targets, had 7 of its 19 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 38 two minute targets.

His 9 targets have come 1.3 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 5 against SF he carried 20 times for 61 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 11 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 6 against DEN he carried 14 times for 52 yards, caught 0 of 1 target for 0 yards and did not score.

In Week 7 against KC he carried 24 times for 100 yards, caught 1 of 1 target for 15 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

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 Emanuel Wilson played 17 games and scored 94.5 PPR points, 5.6 a game, finishing RB49.

He carried 125 times for 496 yards and 3 touchdowns, and caught 15 of 17 targets for 99 more yards.

That came to 7.4 carries a game at 4.0 yards a carry and 0.9 catches a game.

He was on the field for 30 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Both were available for 17 games that season.

Head to head

In 2025 Ty Johnson scored 5.9 PPR points a game and Emanuel Wilson 5.6, 0.3 a game between them.

Ty Johnson finished RB47 that year and Emanuel Wilson RB49.

Emanuel Wilson had 75 more carries than Ty Johnson, 125 to 50.

Ty Johnson had 9 more catches than Emanuel Wilson, 24 to 15.

This season Emanuel Wilson holds the bigger snap share, 41 percent against 24 percent.

This season Emanuel Wilson holds the bigger share of the carries, 55 percent against 4 percent.

Byes and availability

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