Should I start Ollie Gordon or Roschon Johnson in Week 7?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Ollie Gordon, and the board ranks him 113th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Roschon Johnson, and the board ranks him 124th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Ollie Gordon is 2.6 PPR points a game off 1 market across 6 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 Roschon Johnson is 2.1 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.

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

This season so far

Through Week 5, Ollie Gordon has been on the field for 48 percent of MIA snaps, taken 36 percent of the carries, drawn 4 percent of the targets and had 38 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 1 of the offence's 35 third down targets, had 5 of its 9 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 18 two minute targets.

His 5 targets have come 3.2 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 3 against KC he carried 17 times for 41 yards, caught 3 of 3 targets for 14 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 4 against MIN he carried 9 times for 100 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 0 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 5 against CIN he carried 18 times for 88 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

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 Ollie Gordon played 17 games and scored 54.1 PPR points, 3.2 a game, finishing RB68.

He carried 70 times for 199 yards and 3 touchdowns, and caught 7 of 9 targets for 32 more yards.

That came to 4.1 carries a game at 2.8 yards a carry and 0.4 catches a game.

He was on the field for 22 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.

Ollie Gordon was available for 10 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Ollie Gordon scored 3.2 PPR points a game and Roschon Johnson 0.2, 2.9 a game between them.

Ollie Gordon finished RB68 that year and Roschon Johnson RB134.

Ollie Gordon had 68 more carries than Roschon Johnson, 70 to 2.

Ollie Gordon had 7 more catches than Roschon Johnson, 7 to 0.

This season Ollie Gordon holds the bigger snap share, 48 percent against 22 percent.

This season Ollie Gordon holds the bigger share of the carries, 36 percent against 16 percent.

Byes and availability

Ollie Gordon is off in Week 6 and Roschon Johnson in Week 10, so either can cover the other's bye.

Ollie Gordon is listed as questionable on the injury report.