Should I start Roschon Johnson or Joe Burrow in Week 7?

Updated Oct 21, 1:41 AM ET. Week 8 answers post Tuesday.

Start Joe Burrow: 100 percent of the snaps and 0 percent of the targets over their last 3 games, against Roschon Johnson's 28 percent of the snaps and 21 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 Roschon Johnson for Joe Burrow?

Yes, on the rest of the season. Joe Burrow projects 189 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (17.2 a game over 11 games), Roschon Johnson 27 (2.7 a game over 10 games).

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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.

Roschon Johnson

RB21 · CHI · bye 10

2026 vs anytime td line 1-5

Overall rank: 62

Joe Burrow

QB5 · CIN · bye 6

2026 vs pass yds line 2-3

Overall rank: 63

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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 Roschon Johnson, and the board ranks him 62nd overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Joe Burrow, and the board ranks him 63rd overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Roschon Johnson is 5.9 PPR points a game off 2 markets across 13 market sources. That is 70 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 Joe Burrow is 18.7 PPR points a game off 3 markets across 10 market sources. That is 70 percent of what a quarterback's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

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

This season so far

Through Week 6, Roschon Johnson has been on the field for 22 percent of CHI snaps, taken 16 percent of the carries, drawn 7 percent of the targets and had 15 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 3 of the offence's 35 third down targets, had 3 of its 21 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 26 two minute targets.

His 10 targets have averaged 2.9 air yards.

In Week 4 against NYJ he carried 4 times for 16 yards, caught 1 of 1 target for 7 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against GB he carried 5 times for 6 yards, caught 5 of 7 targets for 34 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against ATL he carried 13 times for 51 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 22 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Through Week 5, Joe Burrow has been on the field for 100 percent of CIN snaps, dropped back 204 times and thrown 7.2 air yards an attempt.

He has been sacked or hit on 36 of 204 dropbacks and scrambled 6 times.

In Week 3 against PIT he completed 28 of 37 passes for 282 yards, threw 3 touchdowns and 0 interceptions and ran 2 times for 13 yards.

In Week 4 against JAX he completed 39 of 54 passes for 428 yards, threw 1 touchdown and 2 interceptions and ran 3 times for 6 yards.

In Week 5 against MIA he completed 23 of 32 passes for 190 yards, threw 4 touchdowns and 0 interceptions and ran 2 times for 12 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Roschon Johnson played 7 games and scored 1.7 PPR points, 0.2 a game, finishing RB134.

He carried 2 times for 17 yards and 0 touchdowns, and caught 0 of 0 targets for 0 more yards.

That came to 0.3 carries a game at 9 yards a carry.

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

In 2025 Joe Burrow played 8 games and scored 139.5 PPR points, 17.4 a game, finishing QB29.

He threw for 1809 yards on 259 attempts with 17 touchdowns and 5 interceptions, and ran for 41 yards and 0 touchdowns.

That came to 32.4 attempts a game at 7.0 yards an attempt.

He was on the field for 86 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Joe Burrow was available for 1 game more.

Side by side

In 2025 Joe Burrow scored 17.4 PPR points a game and Roschon Johnson 0.2, 17.2 a game between them.

Roschon Johnson finished RB134 and Joe Burrow QB29, which are two different ladders.

Roschon Johnson is a running back and Joe Burrow a quarterback, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Roschon Johnson is off in Week 10 and Joe Burrow in Week 6, so either can cover the other's bye.

Drop or keep

Should I drop Roschon Johnson for Joe Burrow?
Yes, on the rest of the season. Joe Burrow projects 189 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (17.2 a game over 11 games), Roschon Johnson 27 (2.7 a game over 10 games).
Should I drop Joe Burrow for Roschon Johnson?
No. Keep Joe Burrow: he projects 189 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (17.2 a game over 11 games), Roschon Johnson 27 (2.7 a game over 10 games).