Start Blake Corum or Kaleb Johnson? Week 6

Our Week 6 call

Start Blake Corum over Kaleb Johnson in Week 6.

Market-based projections have Blake Corum at 9.3 points and Kaleb Johnson at 7.3, a gap of 1.9. No player market is posted for Kaleb Johnson this week yet, so his 7.3 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 3, 4 and 5 (9.3, 6.7 and 6.0); the call is rebuilt when his market posts.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 9.3 fantasy points for Blake Corum, with 100 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.

The market-based projection for Blake Corum is 43 rushing yards, 8 receiving yards and 1-2 receptions, with a 37% chance to score a touchdown (13, 7, 8 and 13 market sources).

No Week 6 player market is posted for Kaleb Johnson yet. His market-based projections were 9.3, 6.7 and 6.0 points in Weeks 3, 4 and 5, an average of 7.3, which stands in until his Week 6 market posts.

The market gives Kaleb Johnson a 19% chance to score a touchdown (12 market sources).

That puts Blake Corum 1.9 points ahead of Kaleb Johnson on these projections.

Injury status

Blake Corum is not on the injury report.

Kaleb Johnson is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 6

Through Week 5, Blake Corum played 27 percent of LAR snaps, took 31 percent of the carries, drew 5 percent of the targets and had 6 percent of the red zone chances.

Blake Corum, Week 2 against NYG: 28 of 62 snaps, 12 carries for 79 yards, 1 target and 1 catch for 13 yards.

Blake Corum, Week 3 against DEN: 25 of 86 snaps, 6 carries for 15 yards, 4 targets and 2 catches for 0 yards.

Blake Corum, Week 4 against PHI: 13 of 84 snaps, 5 carries for 14 yards, 2 targets and 1 catch for 7 yards.

Blake Corum, Week 5 against BUF: 22 of 82 snaps, 5 carries for 19 yards, 4 targets and 3 catches for 53 yards, 1 touchdown.

Through Week 5, Kaleb Johnson played 27 percent of GB snaps, took 37 percent of the carries, drew 2 percent of the targets and had 5 percent of the red zone chances.

Kaleb Johnson, Week 2 against NYJ: 16 of 59 snaps, 8 carries for 32 yards, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Kaleb Johnson, Week 3 against ATL: 24 of 66 snaps, 4 carries for 6 yards, 3 targets and 1 catch for 10 yards.

Kaleb Johnson, Week 4 against TB: 17 of 60 snaps, 8 carries for 42 yards, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Kaleb Johnson, Week 5 against CHI: 9 of 61 snaps, 7 carries for 26 yards, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Blake Corum played 17 games for LAR and scored 122.2 PPR points, 7.2 a game, finishing RB40.

He ran 145 times for 746 yards and 6 touchdowns, and caught 8 of 14 targets for 36 yards.

He was on the field for 29 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

In 2025, Kaleb Johnson played 10 games for PIT and scored 8.8 PPR points, 0.9 a game, finishing RB115.

He ran 28 times for 69 yards and 0 touchdowns, and caught 1 of 2 targets for 9 yards.

He was on the field for 6 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 6 calls

• Start Alvin Kamara over Blake Corum.
• Start Ashton Jeanty over Blake Corum.
• Start Bhayshul Tuten over Blake Corum.
• Start Alvin Kamara over Kaleb Johnson.
• Start Braelon Allen over Kaleb Johnson.
• Start Kaleb Johnson over Brian Robinson.