Start Blake Corum or Roschon Johnson? Week 5

Our Week 5 call

Start Blake Corum over Roschon Johnson in Week 5.

Market-based projections have Blake Corum at 6.3 points and Roschon Johnson at 4.2, a gap of 2.1. Roschon Johnson'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.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 6.3 fantasy points for Blake Corum, with 100 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.

The market has Blake Corum at 36.5 rushing yards, with a 25% chance to score a touchdown (13 and 15 market sources).

Player markets imply 4.2 fantasy points for Roschon Johnson, with 70 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.

The market has Roschon Johnson at 16.5 rushing yards, with a 17% chance to score a touchdown (8 and 15 market sources).

That puts Blake Corum 2.1 points ahead of Roschon Johnson on the market projections.

Injury status

Blake Corum is not on the injury report.

Roschon Johnson is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 5

Through Week 4, Blake Corum played 27 percent of LAR snaps, took 33 percent of the carries, drew 4 percent of the targets and had 3 percent of the red zone chances.

Blake Corum, Week 1 against SF: 14 of 61 snaps, 10 carries for 54 yards, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

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.

Through Week 4, Roschon Johnson played 7 percent of CHI snaps, took 5 percent of the carries, drew 2 percent of the targets and had 9 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.

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, 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 5 calls

• Start Bhayshul Tuten over Blake Corum.
• Start Blake Corum over Brian Robinson.
• Start Bucky Irving over Blake Corum.
• Start Brian Robinson over Roschon Johnson.
• Start Chris Rodriguez Jr. over Roschon Johnson.
• Start Roschon Johnson over Dameon Pierce.