Should I start Kimani Vidal or Ty Johnson in Week 9?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Kimani Vidal, and the board ranks him 69th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Ty Johnson, and the board ranks him 173rd overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Kimani Vidal is 6.1 PPR points a game off 2 markets across 8 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 Ty Johnson is 0.8 PPR points a game off 1 market across 8 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.

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

This season through Week 8

Through Week 8, Kimani Vidal has been on the field for 29 percent of LAC snaps, taken 15 percent of the carries, drawn 7 percent of the targets and had 8 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 3 of the offence's 68 third down targets, had 0 of its 7 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 28 two minute targets.

His 14 targets have averaged 0.0 air yards.

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

In Week 6 against KC he carried 7 times for 21 yards, caught 3 of 4 targets for 19 yards and did not score.

In Week 8 against LAR he carried 8 times for 23 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 7 yards and did not score.

Through Week 8, Ty Johnson has been on the field for 24 percent of BUF snaps, taken 4 percent of the carries, drawn 11 percent of the targets and had 7 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 5 of the offence's 35 third down targets, had 1 of its 19 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 16 two minute targets.

His 15 targets have come 1.0 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 5 against LAR he carried 0 times for 0 yards, caught 4 of 4 targets for 72 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against LV he carried 1 time for 3 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 24 yards and did not score.

In Week 8 against BAL he carried 4 times for 4 yards, caught 3 of 3 targets for 19 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

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.

In 2025 Ty Johnson played 17 games and scored 100.3 PPR points, 5.9 a game, finishing RB47.

He carried 50 times for 200 yards and 3 touchdowns, and caught 24 of 33 targets for 263 more yards.

That came to 2.9 carries a game at 4.0 yards a carry and 1.4 catches a game.

He was on the field for 29 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Ty Johnson was available for 4 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Kimani Vidal scored 9.1 PPR points a game and Ty Johnson 5.9, 3.2 a game between them.

Kimani Vidal finished RB42 that year and Ty Johnson RB47.

Kimani Vidal had 105 more carries than Ty Johnson, 155 to 50.

Ty Johnson had 8 more catches than Kimani Vidal, 24 to 16.

This season Kimani Vidal holds the bigger snap share, 29 percent against 24 percent.

This season Kimani Vidal holds the bigger share of the carries, 15 percent against 4 percent.

Byes and availability

Both are off in Week 7, so a roster holding the pair has that one week to cover twice.