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Should I start Kaleb Johnson or Justice Hill in Week 7?

Updated Oct 21, 4:56 PM ET.

Week 7 verdict

Start

RB · GB · at DET

Market projects
5.2
recent weeks avg
DET D vs RB
18.7
8th fewest to RBs (2026)
Upside
Limited
18 of 100 at RB
Snap share
22%
Through Week 6
Target share
2%
Through Week 6
Sit

RB · BAL · vs CIN

Market projects
5.2
recent weeks avg
CIN D vs RB
18.6
7th fewest to RBs (2026)
Upside
Limited
35 of 100 at RB
Snap share
42%
Through Week 6
Target share
8%
Through Week 6
Start Johnson or Hill? The full Week 7 breakdown

Start Kaleb Johnson over Justice Hill in Week 7: both averaging 5.2 PPR points over recent weeks. Hill faces CIN, which allows the 7th fewest fantasy points to RBs.

Should I drop Justice Hill for Kaleb Johnson?

Yes, on the rest of the season. Kaleb Johnson projects 42 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (4.2 a game over 10 games), Justice Hill 28 (2.8 a game over 10 games). For Week 7 the call starts Kaleb Johnson over Justice Hill.

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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.

RB52 · GB · bye 11

2026 vs anytime td line 0-6

Market-based projection
3.0 pts a game Wk 6 price
Overall rank
148

RB54 · BAL · bye 13

2026 vs rush yds line 3-3

Market-based projection
4.6 pts a game Wk 6 price
Overall rank
152

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The gap

  • Board size311 draftable players

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 Kaleb Johnson, and the board ranks him 148th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Justice Hill, and the board ranks him 152nd overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Kaleb Johnson is 1.4 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.

The market-based projection for Justice Hill is 1.0 PPR points a game off 1 market across 10 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.

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

This season through Week 6

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 6, Justice Hill has been on the field for 42 percent of BAL snaps, taken 10 percent of the carries, drawn 8 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 4 of the offence's 46 third down targets, had 0 of its 25 chances inside the five and seen 5 of its 41 two minute targets.

His 13 targets have come 1.3 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 4 against TEN he carried 1 time for 3 yards, caught 2 of 3 targets for 22 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against ATL he carried 4 times for 73 yards, caught 2 of 4 targets for 5 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against CLE he carried 0 times for 0 yards, caught 3 of 3 targets for 9 yards and did not score.

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 Justice Hill played 10 games and scored 65.2 PPR points, 6.5 a game, finishing RB60.

He carried 18 times for 93 yards and 2 touchdowns, and caught 21 of 27 targets for 169 more yards.

That came to 1.8 carries a game at 5.2 yards a carry and 2.1 catches a game.

He was on the field for 37 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Both were available for 10 games that season.

Head to head

In 2025 Justice Hill scored 6.5 PPR points a game and Kaleb Johnson 0.9, 5.6 a game between them.

Kaleb Johnson finished RB115 that year and Justice Hill RB60.

Kaleb Johnson had 10 more carries than Justice Hill, 28 to 18.

Justice Hill had 20 more catches than Kaleb Johnson, 21 to 1.

This season Justice Hill holds the bigger snap share, 42 percent against 22 percent.

This season Kaleb Johnson holds the bigger share of the carries, 29 percent against 10 percent.

Byes and availability

Kaleb Johnson is off in Week 11 and Justice Hill in Week 13, so either can cover the other's bye.

Drop or keep

  • Should I drop Justice Hill for Kaleb Johnson?

    Yes, on the rest of the season. Kaleb Johnson projects 42 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (4.2 a game over 10 games), Justice Hill 28 (2.8 a game over 10 games). For Week 7 the call starts Kaleb Johnson over Justice Hill.

  • Should I drop Kaleb Johnson for Justice Hill?

    No. Keep Kaleb Johnson: he projects 42 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (4.2 a game over 10 games), Justice Hill 28 (2.8 a game over 10 games). For Week 7 the call starts Kaleb Johnson over Justice Hill.

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