Start Roschon Johnson or Chris Rodriguez Jr.? Week 8

Our Week 8 call

Start Roschon Johnson over Chris Rodriguez Jr. in Week 8.

Market-based projections have Roschon Johnson at 5.4 points and Chris Rodriguez Jr. at 4.0, a gap of 1.4. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. No player market is posted for Roschon Johnson this week yet, so his 5.4 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 5, 6 and 7 (3.9, 5.5 and 6.8); the call is rebuilt when his market posts. No player market is posted for Chris Rodriguez Jr. this week yet, so his 4.0 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 5 and 6 (4.0 and 3.9); the call is rebuilt when his market posts.

What the market projects

No Week 8 player market is posted for Roschon Johnson yet. His market-based projections were 3.9, 5.5 and 6.8 points in Weeks 5, 6 and 7, an average of 5.4, which stands in until his Week 8 market posts.

No Week 8 player market is posted for Chris Rodriguez Jr. yet. His market-based projections were 4.1 and 3.9 points in Weeks 5 and 6, an average of 4.0, which stands in until his Week 8 market posts.

That puts Roschon Johnson 1.4 points ahead of Chris Rodriguez Jr. on these projections.

Week 8 matchups

Roschon Johnson and CHI visit SEA on Monday at 8:15 PM ET.

SEA allowed 20.9 fantasy points a game to RBs this season over 7 games, the 15th fewest in the league.

Running backs ran for 71 yards and 0.6 touchdowns a game against SEA and caught passes for 32 more yards.

Chris Rodriguez Jr. and JAX host IND on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

IND allowed 22.0 fantasy points a game to RBs this season over 7 games, the 13th most in the league.

Running backs ran for 96 yards and 0.7 touchdowns a game against IND and caught passes for 39 more yards.

By points allowed to the position, Chris Rodriguez Jr. has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Roschon Johnson is not on the injury report.

Chris Rodriguez Jr. is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 8

Through Week 7, Roschon Johnson played 21 percent of CHI snaps, took 14 percent of the carries, drew 6 percent of the targets and had 14 percent of the red zone chances.

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.

Roschon Johnson, Week 7 against NE: 10 of 69 snaps, 2 carries for 13 yards, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

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.

In 2025, Chris Rodriguez Jr. played 13 games for WAS and scored 92.0 PPR points, 7.1 a game, finishing RB51.

He ran 112 times for 500 yards and 6 touchdowns, and caught 3 of 4 targets for 30 yards.

He was on the field for 30 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Chris Rodriguez Jr., Week 18 of 2025 against PHI: 16 carries for 65 yards, 1 target and 1 catch for 18 yards, 1 touchdown, 15.3 PPR points.

Chris Rodriguez Jr., Week 16 of 2025 against PHI: 28 of 54 snaps, 15 carries for 63 yards, 1 target and 1 catch for 6 yards, 1 touchdown, 13.9 PPR points.

Their other Week 8 calls

• Start Roschon Johnson over Corey Kiner.
• Start Dameon Pierce over Roschon Johnson.
• Start Roschon Johnson over George Holani.
• Start Chris Rodriguez Jr. over Corey Kiner.
• Start George Holani over Chris Rodriguez Jr..
• Start Chris Rodriguez Jr. over Isaiah Davis.