Should I start Michael Mayer or Roschon Johnson in Week 7?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Michael Mayer, and the board ranks him 125th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Roschon Johnson, and the board ranks him 126th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

Michael Mayer's market-based projection is 8.2 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 13 market sources. That is the 108th highest figure of the 213 players with a market-based projection.

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

This season through Week 6

Through Week 6, Michael Mayer has been on the field for 81 percent of LV snaps, drawn 16 percent of the targets and had 3 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 6 of the offence's 61 third down targets, had 1 of its 15 chances inside the five and seen 9 of its 36 two minute targets.

His 34 targets have averaged 4.5 air yards.

In Week 4 against KC he caught 8 of 10 targets for 82 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against NE he caught 1 of 1 target for 2 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against BUF he caught 7 of 9 targets for 95 yards and did not score.

Through Week 6, Roschon Johnson has been on the field for 22 percent of CHI snaps, taken 16 percent of the carries, drawn 7 percent of the targets and had 15 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 3 of the offence's 35 third down targets, had 3 of its 21 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 26 two minute targets.

His 10 targets have averaged 2.9 air yards.

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.

In Week 6 against ATL he carried 13 times for 51 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 22 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Michael Mayer played 13 games and scored 73.8 PPR points, 5.7 a game, finishing TE38.

He caught 35 of 50 targets for 328 yards and 1 touchdown, with 6 red zone targets.

That came to 3.8 targets a game, a 70 percent catch rate and 9.4 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 57 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

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.

Michael Mayer was available for 6 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Michael Mayer scored 5.7 PPR points a game and Roschon Johnson 0.2, 5.4 a game between them.

Michael Mayer finished TE38 and Roschon Johnson RB134, which are two different ladders.

Michael Mayer is a tight end and Roschon Johnson a running back, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Michael Mayer is off in Week 13 and Roschon Johnson in Week 10, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

Roschon Johnson has no posted market, so one half of the evidence on this page exists for only one of them.