Should I start Roschon Johnson or Nicholas Singleton in Week 7?
Updated Oct 21, 6:01 PM ET. Week 8 answers post Tuesday.
Week 7 verdict
Start Roschon Johnson over Nicholas Singleton
- Market projects
- 6.8
- fantasy pts
- NE D vs RB
- 20.6
- 16th most to RBs (2026)
- Snap share
- 22%
- Through Week 6
- Target share
- 7%
- Through Week 6
- Market projects
- 1.7
- fantasy pts
- CLE D vs RB
- 16.1
- 2nd fewest to RBs (2026)
- Snap share
- 12%
- Through Week 4
- Target share
- 0%
- Through Week 4
Start Roschon Johnson: 28 percent of the snaps and 21 percent of the carries over their last 3 games, against Nicholas Singleton's 12 percent of the snaps and 13 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 Nicholas Singleton for Roschon Johnson?
Yes, on the rest of the season. Roschon Johnson projects 50 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (5.0 a game over 10 games), Nicholas Singleton 7 (0.7 a game over 10 games). For Week 7 the call starts Roschon Johnson over Nicholas Singleton, 6.8 to 1.7 projected PPR points.
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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.
RB45 · CHI · bye 10
2026 vs anytime td line 1-5
- Market-based projection
- 5.8 pts a game Wk 7 price
- Overall rank
- 143
RB49 · TEN · bye 9
- Overall rank
- 150
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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 Roschon Johnson, and the board ranks him 143rd overall on the rest of his evidence.
Live drafts hold no current pick on Nicholas Singleton, and the board ranks him 150th overall on the rest of his evidence.
The market-based projections
The market-based projection for Roschon Johnson is 2.2 PPR points a game off 1 market across 13 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.
The market-based projection for Nicholas Singleton is 1.7 PPR points a game off 3 markets across 12 market sources. That is 60 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 so far
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.
Through Week 4, Nicholas Singleton has been on the field for 12 percent of TEN snaps, taken 13 percent of the carries, drawn 0 percent of the targets and had 7 percent of the red zone chances.
He has taken 0 of the offence's 11 third down targets, had 0 of its 10 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 9 two minute targets.
In Week 2 against PHI he carried 4 times for 10 yards and did not score.
In Week 4 against BAL he carried 3 times for 2 yards and did not score.
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.
Nicholas Singleton is a rookie, so there is no NFL season behind him to price him against.
Head to head
This season Roschon Johnson holds the bigger snap share, 22 percent against 12 percent.
This season Roschon Johnson holds the bigger share of the carries, 16 percent against 13 percent.
Byes and availability
Roschon Johnson is off in Week 10 and Nicholas Singleton in Week 9, so either can cover the other's bye.
Drop or keep
Should I drop Nicholas Singleton for Roschon Johnson?
Yes, on the rest of the season. Roschon Johnson projects 50 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (5.0 a game over 10 games), Nicholas Singleton 7 (0.7 a game over 10 games). For Week 7 the call starts Roschon Johnson over Nicholas Singleton, 6.8 to 1.7 projected PPR points.
Should I drop Roschon Johnson for Nicholas Singleton?
No. Keep Roschon Johnson: he projects 50 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (5.0 a game over 10 games), Nicholas Singleton 7 (0.7 a game over 10 games). For Week 7 the call starts Roschon Johnson over Nicholas Singleton, 6.8 to 1.7 projected PPR points.
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