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Should I start Tyrone Tracy Jr. or Roschon Johnson in Week 7?

Updated Oct 21, 5:01 PM ET.

Week 7 verdict

Start

RB · CHI · vs NE

Market projects
6.8
fantasy pts
NE D vs RB
20.6
16th most to RBs (2026)
Upside
Rising
80 of 100 at RB
Snap share
22%
Through Week 6
Target share
7%
Through Week 6
Sit

RB · NYG · at HOU

Market projects
6.3
fantasy pts
HOU D vs RB
18.9
9th fewest to RBs (2026)
Start Johnson or Tracy? The full Week 7 breakdown

Start Roschon Johnson: 28 percent of the snaps and 21 percent of the carries over their last 3 games, against Tyrone Tracy Jr.'s 25 percent of the snaps and 14 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 Tyrone Tracy Jr. 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), Tyrone Tracy Jr. 34 (3.4 a game over 10 games). For Week 7 the call starts Roschon Johnson over Tyrone Tracy Jr., 6.8 to 6.3 projected PPR points.

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Both players' season market-based projection, their usage this season and their last full season's numbers.

RB27 · NYG · bye 8

2026 vs anytime td line 1-5

Market-based projection
6.3 pts a game

RB44 · CHI · bye 10

2026 vs anytime td line 1-5

Market-based projection
5.8 pts a game Wk 7 price
Overall rank
135

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The gap

  • Board size311 draftable players

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 Tyrone Tracy Jr., and the board ranks him 72nd overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Roschon Johnson, and the board ranks him 135th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

Tyrone Tracy Jr.'s market-based projection is 6.3 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 12 market sources. That is the 115th highest figure of the 210 players with a market-based projection.

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.

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

This season through Week 6

Through Week 6, Tyrone Tracy Jr. has been on the field for 15 percent of NYG snaps, taken 8 percent of the carries, drawn 3 percent of the targets and had 8 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 3 of the offence's 55 third down targets, had 1 of its 10 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 27 two minute targets.

His 6 targets have averaged 1.7 air yards.

In Week 4 against ARI he carried 1 time for -1 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against WAS he carried 3 times for 6 yards, caught 2 of 3 targets for 25 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against NO he carried 6 times for 18 yards, caught 2 of 3 targets for 27 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.

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 Tyrone Tracy Jr. played 15 games and scored 160.8 PPR points, 10.7 a game, finishing RB28.

He carried 176 times for 740 yards and 2 touchdowns, and caught 36 of 48 targets for 288 more yards.

That came to 11.7 carries a game at 4.2 yards a carry and 2.4 catches a game.

He was on the field for 54 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.

Tyrone Tracy Jr. was available for 8 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Tyrone Tracy Jr. scored 10.7 PPR points a game and Roschon Johnson 0.2, 10.5 a game between them.

Tyrone Tracy Jr. finished RB28 that year and Roschon Johnson RB134.

Tyrone Tracy Jr. had 174 more carries than Roschon Johnson, 176 to 2.

Tyrone Tracy Jr. had 36 more catches than Roschon Johnson, 36 to 0.

This season Roschon Johnson holds the bigger snap share, 22 percent against 15 percent.

This season Roschon Johnson holds the bigger share of the carries, 16 percent against 8 percent.

Byes and availability

Tyrone Tracy Jr. is off in Week 8 and Roschon Johnson in Week 10, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

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

Drop or keep

  • Should I drop Tyrone Tracy Jr. 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), Tyrone Tracy Jr. 34 (3.4 a game over 10 games). For Week 7 the call starts Roschon Johnson over Tyrone Tracy Jr., 6.8 to 6.3 projected PPR points.

  • Should I drop Roschon Johnson for Tyrone Tracy Jr.?

    No. Keep Roschon Johnson: he projects 50 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (5.0 a game over 10 games), Tyrone Tracy Jr. 34 (3.4 a game over 10 games). For Week 7 the call starts Roschon Johnson over Tyrone Tracy Jr., 6.8 to 6.3 projected PPR points.

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