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Should I start Pierre Strong Jr. or Justice Hill in Week 7?

Updated Oct 22, 12:16 AM ET.

Week 7 verdict

Start

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
Sit

RB · GB · at DET

Market projects
4.9
fantasy pts
DET D vs RB
18.7
8th fewest to RBs (2026)
Upside
High
85 of 100 at RB
Start Hill or Strong? The full Week 7 breakdown

Start Justice Hill over Pierre Strong Jr. in Week 7. Strong faces DET, which allows the 8th fewest fantasy points to RBs.

Should I drop Justice Hill for Pierre Strong Jr.?

Yes, on the rest of the season. Pierre Strong Jr. projects 63 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (6.3 a game over 10 games), Justice Hill 27 (2.7 a game over 10 games). For Week 7 the call starts Justice Hill over Pierre Strong Jr. So make the move after his Week 7 game.

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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.

RB40 · GB · bye 11

Overall rank
122

RB56 · BAL · bye 13

2026 vs rush yds line 3-3

Market-based projection
4.6 pts a game Wk 6 price
Overall rank
169

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The gap

  • Board size315 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 Pierre Strong Jr., and the board ranks him 122nd overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Justice Hill, and the board ranks him 169th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market has Pierre Strong Jr. at 4.0 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 Justice Hill is 1.0 PPR points a game off 1 market across 13 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.

Pierre Strong Jr.'s projection is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season through Week 6

Through Week 6, Pierre Strong Jr. has been on the field for 49 percent of GB snaps, taken 33 percent of the carries, drawn 14 percent of the targets and had 30 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 4 of the offence's 23 third down targets, had 1 of its 4 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 9 two minute targets.

His 10 targets have come 0.7 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 5 against CHI he carried 5 times for 7 yards, caught 3 of 4 targets for 11 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against DAL he carried 11 times for 28 yards, caught 5 of 6 targets for 39 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

The season feed carries no line for Pierre Strong Jr. in the last completed season.

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.

Head to head

This season Pierre Strong Jr. holds the bigger snap share, 49 percent against 42 percent.

This season Pierre Strong Jr. holds the bigger share of the carries, 33 percent against 10 percent.

Byes and availability

Pierre Strong Jr. 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 Pierre Strong Jr.?

    Yes, on the rest of the season. Pierre Strong Jr. projects 63 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (6.3 a game over 10 games), Justice Hill 27 (2.7 a game over 10 games). For Week 7 the call starts Justice Hill over Pierre Strong Jr. So make the move after his Week 7 game.

  • Should I drop Pierre Strong Jr. for Justice Hill?

    No. Keep Pierre Strong Jr.: he projects 63 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (6.3 a game over 10 games), Justice Hill 27 (2.7 a game over 10 games). For Week 7 the call starts Justice Hill over Pierre Strong Jr.

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