Start Blake Corum or Kaleb Johnson? Week 7

Our Week 7 call

Start Blake Corum over Kaleb Johnson in Week 7.

Market-based projections have Blake Corum at 7.0 points and Kaleb Johnson at 6.4, a gap of 0.7. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. No player market is posted for Blake Corum this week yet, so his 7.0 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 4 and 5 (8.0 and 6.1); the call is rebuilt when his market posts. No player market is posted for Kaleb Johnson this week yet, so his 6.4 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 4 and 5 (6.7 and 6.0); the call is rebuilt when his market posts.

What the market projects

No Week 7 player market is posted for Blake Corum yet. His market-based projections were 8.0 and 6.1 points in Weeks 4 and 5, an average of 7.0, which stands in until his Week 7 market posts.

No Week 7 player market is posted for Kaleb Johnson yet. His market-based projections were 6.7 and 6.0 points in Weeks 4 and 5, an average of 6.4, which stands in until his Week 7 market posts.

That puts Blake Corum 0.7 points ahead of Kaleb Johnson on these projections.

Week 7 matchups

Blake Corum and LAR visit LV on Sunday at 4:25 PM ET.

LV allowed 22.3 fantasy points a game to RBs this season over 5 games, the 12th most in the league.

Running backs ran for 116 yards and 0.8 touchdowns a game against LV and caught passes for 29 more yards.

Injury status

Blake Corum is not on the injury report.

Kaleb Johnson is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 7

Through Week 6, Blake Corum played 27 percent of LAR snaps, took 33 percent of the carries, drew 5 percent of the targets and had 11 percent of the red zone chances.

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.

Blake Corum, Week 6 against ARI: 9 carries for 42 yards, 2 targets and 2 catches for 18 yards, 1 touchdown.

Through Week 6, Kaleb Johnson played 27 percent of GB snaps, took 29 percent of the carries, drew 2 percent of the targets and had 4 percent of the red zone chances.

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.

Kaleb Johnson, Week 6 against DAL: 1 carry for -2 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 7 calls

• Start Alvin Kamara over Blake Corum.
• Start Blake Corum over Brian Robinson.
• Start Dameon Pierce over Blake Corum.
• Start Brian Robinson over Kaleb Johnson.
• Start Dameon Pierce over Kaleb Johnson.
• Start George Holani over Kaleb Johnson.