Should I start Roschon Johnson or Kimani Vidal in Week 6?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Roschon Johnson: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 144th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Kimani Vidal: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 156th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Roschon Johnson is 5.3 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 Kimani Vidal is 4.3 PPR points a game off 2 markets across 12 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.

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

This season through Week 5

Through Week 5, Roschon Johnson has been on the field for 16 percent of CHI snaps, taken 8 percent of the carries, drawn 8 percent of the targets and had 11 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 2 of the offence's 27 third down targets, had 2 of its 16 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 22 two minute targets.

His 8 targets have averaged 2.9 air yards.

In Week 2 against MIN he carried 0 times for 0 yards and did not score.

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.

Through Week 5, Kimani Vidal has been on the field for 25 percent of LAC snaps, taken 10 percent of the carries, drawn 6 percent of the targets and had 5 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 44 third down targets, had 0 of its 7 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 19 two minute targets.

His 8 targets have averaged 0.8 air yards.

In Week 3 against BUF he carried 1 time for 6 yards, caught 1 of 3 targets for 14 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against SEA he carried 5 times for 25 yards, caught 2 of 3 targets for 11 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 5 against DEN he carried 8 times for 57 yards, caught 1 of 2 targets for -1 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

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 Kimani Vidal played 13 games and scored 117.9 PPR points, 9.1 a game, finishing RB42.

He carried 155 times for 643 yards and 3 touchdowns, and caught 16 of 22 targets for 136 more yards.

That came to 11.9 carries a game at 4.1 yards a carry and 1.2 catches a game.

He was on the field for 58 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Kimani Vidal was available for 6 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Kimani Vidal scored 9.1 PPR points a game and Roschon Johnson 0.2, 8.8 a game between them.

Roschon Johnson finished RB134 that year and Kimani Vidal RB42.

Kimani Vidal had 153 more carries than Roschon Johnson, 155 to 2.

Kimani Vidal had 16 more catches than Roschon Johnson, 16 to 0.

This season Kimani Vidal holds the bigger snap share, 25 percent against 16 percent.

This season Kimani Vidal holds the bigger share of the carries, 10 percent against 8 percent.

Byes and availability

Roschon Johnson is off in Week 10 and Kimani Vidal in Week 7, so either can cover the other's bye.