Should I start Pierre Strong Jr. or Kyle Monangai in Week 7?

Updated Oct 21, 11:16 PM ET. Week 8 answers post Tuesday.

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Oct 21, 4:03 PM ET: Bears RB Kyle Monangai (toe, thumb) out Thursday vs. Patriots (ESPN)
Oct 21, 3:43 PM ET: Kyle Monangai: Questionable to Out (Toe, Sprain) (Sleeper injury feed)

Start Pierre Strong Jr.: 49 percent of the snaps and 33 percent of the carries over their last 3 games, against Kyle Monangai's 41 percent of the snaps and 43 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 Pierre Strong Jr. for Kyle Monangai?

Yes, on the rest of the season. Kyle Monangai projects 90 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (9.0 a game over 10 games), Pierre Strong Jr. 63 (6.3 a game over 10 games). Kyle Monangai is listed out.

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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.

Pierre Strong Jr.

RB40 · GB · bye 11

Overall rank: 122

Kyle Monangai

RB · CHI · bye 10

2026 vs carries line 4-0

Overall rank: 272

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The gap

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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 Kyle Monangai, and the board ranks him 272nd 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.

No season market is posted for Kyle Monangai, so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.

This season so far

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 4, Kyle Monangai has been on the field for 41 percent of CHI snaps, taken 39 percent of the carries, drawn 4 percent of the targets and had 23 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 33 third down targets, had 6 of its 21 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 21 two minute targets.

His 5 targets have averaged 0.8 air yards.

In Week 2 against MIN he carried 10 times for 47 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 11 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against PHI he carried 10 times for 31 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against NYJ he carried 30 times for 146 yards, caught 1 of 1 target for 4 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.

Their 2025 seasons

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

In 2025 Kyle Monangai played 17 games and scored 146.7 PPR points, 8.6 a game, finishing RB30.

He carried 169 times for 783 yards and 5 touchdowns, and caught 18 of 30 targets for 164 more yards.

That came to 9.9 carries a game at 4.6 yards a carry and 1.1 catches a game.

He was on the field for 41 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 41 percent.

This season Kyle Monangai holds the bigger share of the carries, 39 percent against 33 percent.

Byes and availability

Pierre Strong Jr. is off in Week 11 and Kyle Monangai in Week 10, so either can cover the other's bye.

Kyle Monangai is listed as out on the injury report.

Drop or keep

Should I drop Pierre Strong Jr. for Kyle Monangai?
Yes, on the rest of the season. Kyle Monangai projects 90 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (9.0 a game over 10 games), Pierre Strong Jr. 63 (6.3 a game over 10 games). Kyle Monangai is listed out.
Should I drop Kyle Monangai for Pierre Strong Jr.?
No. Keep Kyle Monangai: he projects 90 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (9.0 a game over 10 games), Pierre Strong Jr. 63 (6.3 a game over 10 games). Kyle Monangai is listed out.