Should I start Kaleb Johnson or Jaylen Warren in Week 9?

Where the draft room stands

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

Live drafts hold no current pick on Jaylen Warren, and the board ranks him 207th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

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.

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

This season so far

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.

Through Week 8, Jaylen Warren has been on the field for 74 percent of PIT snaps, taken 65 percent of the carries, drawn 13 percent of the targets and had 25 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 5 of the offence's 61 third down targets, had 3 of its 12 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 44 two minute targets.

His 36 targets have come 1.0 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 6 against TB he carried 14 times for 50 yards, caught 2 of 4 targets for 28 yards and did not score.

In Week 7 against NO he carried 18 times for 101 yards, caught 3 of 4 targets for 36 yards and did not score.

In Week 8 against CLE he carried 17 times for 143 yards, caught 1 of 2 targets for 0 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Their 2025 seasons

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.

In 2025 Jaylen Warren played 16 games and scored 217.1 PPR points, 13.6 a game, finishing RB17.

He carried 211 times for 958 yards and 6 touchdowns, and caught 40 of 45 targets for 333 more yards.

That came to 13.2 carries a game at 5 yards a carry and 2-3 catches a game.

He was on the field for 51 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Jaylen Warren was available for 6 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Jaylen Warren scored 13.6 PPR points a game and Kaleb Johnson 0.9, 12.7 a game between them.

Kaleb Johnson finished RB115 that year and Jaylen Warren RB17.

Jaylen Warren had 183 more carries than Kaleb Johnson, 211 to 28.

Jaylen Warren had 39 more catches than Kaleb Johnson, 40 to 1.

This season Jaylen Warren holds the bigger snap share, 74 percent against 22 percent.

This season Jaylen Warren holds the bigger share of the carries, 65 percent against 29 percent.

Byes and availability

Kaleb Johnson is off in Week 11 and Jaylen Warren in Week 9, so either can cover the other's bye.

Kaleb Johnson is listed as out on the injury report.