Roschon Johnson or Tyler Badie: who should I start in Week 6?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Roschon Johnson: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 133rd overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Tyler Badie: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 138th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Roschon Johnson is 5.2 PPR points a game off 2 markets across 13 market sources. That is 70 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 Tyler Badie is 4.5 PPR points a game off 2 markets across 12 market sources. That is 40 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 through Week 5

Through Week 5, Roschon Johnson has been on the field for 16 percent of CHI snaps, taken 8 percent of the carries, drawn 8 percent of the targets and had 11 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 2 of the offence's 27 third down targets, had 2 of its 16 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 22 two minute targets.

His 8 targets have averaged 2.9 air yards.

In Week 2 against MIN he carried 0 times for 0 yards and did not score.

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.

Through Week 5, Tyler Badie has been on the field for 18 percent of DEN snaps, taken 5 percent of the carries, drawn 6 percent of the targets and had 6 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 2 of the offence's 34 third down targets, had 0 of its 14 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 18 two minute targets.

His 7 targets have come 0.1 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 3 against LAR he carried 1 time for 2 yards, caught 1 of 1 target for 12 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against SF he carried 2 times for 7 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 32 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against LAC he carried 1 time for 6 yards, caught 1 of 1 target for -5 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.

In 2025 Tyler Badie played 16 games and scored 35.4 PPR points, 2.2 a game, finishing RB77.

He carried 8 times for 23 yards and 0 touchdowns, and caught 19 of 31 targets for 141 more yards.

That came to 0-1 carries a game at 2.9 yards a carry and 1.2 catches a game.

He was on the field for 18 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Tyler Badie was available for 9 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Tyler Badie scored 2.2 PPR points a game and Roschon Johnson 0.2, 2.0 a game between them.

Roschon Johnson finished RB134 that year and Tyler Badie RB77.

Tyler Badie had 6 more carries than Roschon Johnson, 8 to 2.

Tyler Badie had 19 more catches than Roschon Johnson, 19 to 0.

This season Tyler Badie holds the bigger snap share, 18 percent against 16 percent.

This season Roschon Johnson holds the bigger share of the carries, 8 percent against 5 percent.

Byes and availability

Tyler Badie is listed as questionable on the injury report.