Should I start Ollie Gordon II or Ty Johnson in Week 8?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Ollie Gordon II, and the board ranks him 34th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Ty Johnson, and the board ranks him 48th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

Ollie Gordon II's market-based projection is 11.6 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 13 market sources. That is the 50th highest figure of the 205 players with a market-based projection.

The market-based projection for Ty Johnson is 8.1 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.

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

This season so far

Through Week 7, Ollie Gordon II has been on the field for 83 percent of MIA snaps, taken 64 percent of the carries, drawn 14 percent of the targets and had 45 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 6 third down targets, had 5 of its 6 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 1 two minute target.

His 3 targets have come 3.3 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 7 against NYJ he carried 25 times for 103 yards, caught 1 of 3 targets for 0 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

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 Ollie Gordon II 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 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 Ty Johnson scored 5.9 PPR points a game and Ollie Gordon II 3.2, 2.7 a game between them.

Ollie Gordon II finished RB68 that year and Ty Johnson RB47.

Ollie Gordon II had 20 more carries than Ty Johnson, 70 to 50.

Ty Johnson had 17 more catches than Ollie Gordon II, 24 to 7.

This season Ollie Gordon II holds the bigger snap share, 83 percent against 23 percent.

This season Ollie Gordon II holds the bigger share of the carries, 64 percent against 2 percent.

Byes and availability

Ollie Gordon II is off in Week 6 and Ty Johnson in Week 7, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

Ty Johnson has only a partial projection, so the market half of this page is whole for only one of them.