Should I start Jacory Croskey-Merritt or Emmett Johnson in Week 7?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Jacory Croskey-Merritt, and the board ranks him 234th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Emmett Johnson, and the board ranks him 242nd overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Jacory Croskey-Merritt is 0.3 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.

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

This season so far

Through Week 5, Jacory Croskey-Merritt has been on the field for 45 percent of WAS snaps, taken 46 percent of the carries, drawn 5 percent of the targets and had 18 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 1 of the offence's 42 third down targets, had 1 of its 7 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 20 two minute targets.

His 7 targets have averaged 0.6 air yards.

In Week 3 against SEA he carried 19 times for 36 yards, caught 1 of 1 target for 7 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against IND he carried 9 times for 15 yards, caught 2 of 4 targets for 35 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against NYG he carried 11 times for 82 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Through Week 6, Emmett Johnson has been on the field for 26 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 Jacory Croskey-Merritt played 17 games and scored 140.3 PPR points, 8.3 a game, finishing RB33.

He carried 175 times for 805 yards and 8 touchdowns, and caught 9 of 13 targets for 68 more yards.

That came to 10.3 carries a game at 4.6 yards a carry and 0-1 catches a game.

He was on the field for 39 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 Jacory Croskey-Merritt holds the bigger snap share, 45 percent against 26 percent.

This season Jacory Croskey-Merritt holds the bigger share of the carries, 46 percent against 14 percent.

Byes and availability

Jacory Croskey-Merritt is off in Week 7 and Emmett Johnson in Week 5, so either can cover the other's bye.

Jacory Croskey-Merritt is listed as ir on the injury report.