Start Bam Knight or Roschon Johnson? Week 7
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Start Bam Knight over Roschon Johnson
- Market projects
- 7.0
- fantasy pts
- Market projected
- 6.8
- pre-game
- NE D vs RB
- 20.6
- 16th most to RBs (2026)
- Snap share
- 22%
- Through Week 6
- Target share
- 7%
- Through Week 6
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Our Week 7 call
Start Bam Knight over Roschon Johnson in Week 7.
Market-based projections have Bam Knight at 7.0 points and Roschon Johnson at 6.8, a gap of 0.2. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. Bam Knight's number is scaled up from a partial market: not every stat the position needs is posted yet, so the rest is estimated from what is. Market coverage on Bam Knight is 70 percent of what his position needs, so the market side of this carries proportionally less weight.
What the market projects
Player markets imply 7.0 fantasy points for Bam Knight, with 70 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.
The market-based projection for Bam Knight is 31 rushing yards and 0.2 touchdowns (5 and 13 market sources).
Player markets imply 6.8 fantasy points for Roschon Johnson, with 100 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.
The market-based projection for Roschon Johnson is 27 rushing yards, 7 receiving yards, 1-2 receptions and 0.3 touchdowns (13, 12, 13 and 14 market sources).
That puts Bam Knight 0.2 points ahead of Roschon Johnson on the market projections.
Week 7 matchups
Roschon Johnson and CHI host NE on Thursday at 8:15 PM ET.
NE allowed 20.7 fantasy points a game to RBs this season over 6 games, the 16th most in the league.
Running backs ran for 82 yards and 0.7 touchdowns a game against NE and caught passes for 39 more yards.
Injury status
Bam Knight is not on the injury report.
Roschon Johnson is not on the injury report.
Usage before Week 7
Through Week 6, Roschon Johnson played 22 percent of CHI snaps, took 16 percent of the carries, drew 7 percent of the targets and had 15 percent of the red zone chances.
Roschon Johnson, Week 2 against MIN: 1 of 74 snaps, 0 carries for 0 yards, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.
Roschon Johnson, Week 4 against NYJ: 10 of 93 snaps, 4 carries for 16 yards, 1 target and 1 catch for 7 yards.
Roschon Johnson, Week 5 against GB: 27 of 69 snaps, 5 carries for 6 yards, 7 targets and 5 catches for 34 yards.
Roschon Johnson, Week 6 against ATL: 31 of 77 snaps, 13 carries for 51 yards, 2 targets and 2 catches for 22 yards, 1 touchdown.
Their 2025 seasons
In 2025, Roschon Johnson played 7 games for CHI and scored 1.7 PPR points, 0.2 a game, finishing RB134.
He ran 2 times for 17 yards and 0 touchdowns, and caught 0 of 0 targets for 0 yards.
He was on the field for 1 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.
Their other Week 7 calls
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