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Should I start Jacob Saylors or Kaleb Johnson in Week 9?

Updated Nov 3, 6:16 AM ET.

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  • : Jacob Saylors: Listed Questionable (Neck) (Sleeper injury feed)
  • : Kaleb Johnson: Listed Out (Coach's Decision) (Sleeper injury feed)

Start Kaleb Johnson: 15 percent of the snaps and 23 percent of the carries over their last 3 games, against Jacob Saylors's 3 percent of the snaps and 0 percent of the carries. No market projection is posted on either of them this week, so this is a usage call, and a lower confidence one than a call made on a projection. What follows is what each of them has done.

Should I drop Jacob Saylors for Kaleb Johnson?

Yes, on the rest of the season. Kaleb Johnson projects 9 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (1.1 a game over 8 games), Jacob Saylors 4 (0.4 a game over 9 games). Jacob Saylors is listed questionable. Kaleb Johnson is listed out.

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Neither man carries a season projection right now, so this is their usage this season and their last full season's numbers, side by side.

Jacob Saylors

RB54 · DET · bye 6

2026 vs anytime td line 0-7

Overall rank
201

Kaleb Johnson

RB55 · GB · bye 11

2026 vs anytime td line 0-6

Overall rank
202

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The gap

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Draft data is not current for these two, so the figures that depend on it are left out. The call above comes from each player's usage.

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Jacob Saylors, and the board ranks him 201st overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Kaleb Johnson, and the board ranks him 202nd overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Jacob Saylors is 0.5 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 Kaleb Johnson is 0.4 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.

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

This season so far

Through Week 3, Jacob Saylors has been on the field for 3 percent of DET snaps, taken 0 percent of the carries, drawn 0 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 6 third down targets, had 0 of its 3 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 4 two minute targets.

In Week 3 against NYJ he carried 0 times for 0 yards and did not score.

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.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Jacob Saylors played 16 games and scored 1.1 PPR points, 0.1 a game, finishing RB136.

He carried 2 times for 11 yards and 0 touchdowns, and caught 0 of 0 targets for 0 more yards.

That came to 0.1 carries a game at 6 yards a carry.

He was on the field for 1 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

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.

Jacob Saylors was available for 6 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Kaleb Johnson scored 0.9 PPR points a game and Jacob Saylors 0.1, 0.8 a game between them.

Jacob Saylors finished RB136 that year and Kaleb Johnson RB115.

Kaleb Johnson had 26 more carries than Jacob Saylors, 28 to 2.

Kaleb Johnson had 1 more catches than Jacob Saylors, 1 to 0.

This season Kaleb Johnson holds the bigger snap share, 22 percent against 3 percent.

This season Kaleb Johnson holds the bigger share of the carries, 29 percent against 0 percent.

Byes and availability

Jacob Saylors is off in Week 6 and Kaleb Johnson in Week 11, so either can cover the other's bye.

Jacob Saylors is listed as questionable on the injury report.

Kaleb Johnson is listed as out on the injury report.

Drop or keep

  • Should I drop Jacob Saylors for Kaleb Johnson?

    Yes, on the rest of the season. Kaleb Johnson projects 9 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (1.1 a game over 8 games), Jacob Saylors 4 (0.4 a game over 9 games). Jacob Saylors is listed questionable. Kaleb Johnson is listed out.

  • Should I drop Kaleb Johnson for Jacob Saylors?

    No. Keep Kaleb Johnson: he projects 9 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (1.1 a game over 8 games), Jacob Saylors 4 (0.4 a game over 9 games). Kaleb Johnson is listed out. Jacob Saylors is listed questionable.

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