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Should I start Tyrone Tracy Jr. or Kaleb Johnson in Week 7?

Updated Oct 21, 5:01 PM ET.

Week 7 verdict

Start

RB · NYG · at HOU

Market projects
6.3
fantasy pts
HOU D vs RB
18.9
9th fewest to RBs (2026)
Sit

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
Start Tracy or Johnson? The full Week 7 breakdown

Start Tyrone Tracy Jr.: 25 percent of the snaps and 14 percent of the carries over their last 3 games, against Kaleb Johnson's 15 percent of the snaps and 23 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 Tyrone Tracy Jr. 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), Tyrone Tracy Jr. 34 (3.4 a game over 10 games). For Week 7 the call starts Tyrone Tracy Jr. over Kaleb Johnson. So make the move after his Week 7 game.

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Both players' season market-based projection, their usage this season and their last full season's numbers.

RB27 · NYG · bye 8

2026 vs anytime td line 1-5

Market-based projection
6.3 pts a game

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

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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 Tyrone Tracy Jr., and the board ranks him 72nd overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Kaleb Johnson, and the board ranks him 148th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

Tyrone Tracy Jr.'s market-based projection is 6.3 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 12 market sources. That is the 115th highest figure of the 210 players with a market-based projection.

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.

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, Tyrone Tracy Jr. has been on the field for 15 percent of NYG snaps, taken 8 percent of the carries, drawn 3 percent of the targets and had 8 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 3 of the offence's 55 third down targets, had 1 of its 10 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 27 two minute targets.

His 6 targets have averaged 1.7 air yards.

In Week 4 against ARI he carried 1 time for -1 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against WAS he carried 3 times for 6 yards, caught 2 of 3 targets for 25 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against NO he carried 6 times for 18 yards, caught 2 of 3 targets for 27 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.

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 Tyrone Tracy Jr. played 15 games and scored 160.8 PPR points, 10.7 a game, finishing RB28.

He carried 176 times for 740 yards and 2 touchdowns, and caught 36 of 48 targets for 288 more yards.

That came to 11.7 carries a game at 4.2 yards a carry and 2.4 catches a game.

He was on the field for 54 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.

Tyrone Tracy Jr. was available for 5 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Tyrone Tracy Jr. scored 10.7 PPR points a game and Kaleb Johnson 0.9, 9.8 a game between them.

Tyrone Tracy Jr. finished RB28 that year and Kaleb Johnson RB115.

Tyrone Tracy Jr. had 148 more carries than Kaleb Johnson, 176 to 28.

Tyrone Tracy Jr. had 35 more catches than Kaleb Johnson, 36 to 1.

This season Kaleb Johnson holds the bigger snap share, 22 percent against 15 percent.

This season Kaleb Johnson holds the bigger share of the carries, 29 percent against 8 percent.

Byes and availability

Tyrone Tracy Jr. is off in Week 8 and Kaleb Johnson in Week 11, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

Kaleb Johnson has only a partial projection, so the market half of this page is whole for only one of them.

Drop or keep

  • Should I drop Tyrone Tracy Jr. 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), Tyrone Tracy Jr. 34 (3.4 a game over 10 games). For Week 7 the call starts Tyrone Tracy Jr. over Kaleb Johnson. So make the move after his Week 7 game.

  • Should I drop Kaleb Johnson for Tyrone Tracy Jr.?

    No. Keep Kaleb Johnson: he projects 42 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (4.2 a game over 10 games), Tyrone Tracy Jr. 34 (3.4 a game over 10 games). For Week 7 the call starts Tyrone Tracy Jr. over Kaleb Johnson.

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