Should I start Kyle Monangai or Ty Johnson in Week 7?

Updated Oct 20, 10:31 AM ET. Week 8 answers post Tuesday.

Start Kyle Monangai: 41 percent of the snaps and 43 percent of the carries over their last 3 games, against Ty Johnson's 24 percent of the snaps and 2 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 Ty Johnson 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), Ty Johnson 43 (4.3 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.

Kyle Monangai

RB · CHI · bye 10

2026 vs carries line 4-0

Overall rank: 256

Ty Johnson

RB · BUF · on bye this week

2026 vs anytime td line 0-4

Overall rank: 258

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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 Kyle Monangai, and the board ranks him 256th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Ty Johnson, and the board ranks him 258th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

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

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

Neither carries a posted market, so this page rests on the draft room and on what the two have already done.

This season so far

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.

Through Week 6, Ty Johnson has been on the field for 23 percent of BUF snaps, taken 2 percent of the carries, drawn 12 percent of the targets and had 5 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 4 of the offence's 28 third down targets, had 0 of its 12 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 14 two minute targets.

His 12 targets have come 0.6 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 4 against NE he carried 1 time for 3 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 9 yards and did not score.

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.

Their 2025 seasons

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.

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.

Both were available for 17 games that season.

Head to head

In 2025 Kyle Monangai scored 8.6 PPR points a game and Ty Johnson 5.9, 2.7 a game between them.

Kyle Monangai finished RB30 that year and Ty Johnson RB47.

Kyle Monangai had 119 more carries than Ty Johnson, 169 to 50.

Ty Johnson had 6 more catches than Kyle Monangai, 24 to 18.

This season Kyle Monangai holds the bigger snap share, 41 percent against 23 percent.

This season Kyle Monangai holds the bigger share of the carries, 39 percent against 2 percent.

Byes and availability

Kyle Monangai is off in Week 10 and Ty Johnson in Week 7, so either can cover the other's bye.

Kyle Monangai is listed as out on the injury report.

Drop or keep

Should I drop Ty Johnson 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), Ty Johnson 43 (4.3 a game over 10 games). Kyle Monangai is listed out.
Should I drop Kyle Monangai for Ty Johnson?
No. Keep Kyle Monangai: he projects 90 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (9.0 a game over 10 games), Ty Johnson 43 (4.3 a game over 10 games). Kyle Monangai is listed out.