Start Roschon Johnson or CJ Donaldson? Week 6

Our Week 6 call

Start Roschon Johnson over CJ Donaldson in Week 6.

Market-based projections have Roschon Johnson at 5.2 points and CJ Donaldson at 4.0, a gap of 1.3. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. Both numbers are 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 Roschon Johnson 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 5.2 fantasy points for Roschon Johnson, with 70 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.

The market-based projection for Roschon Johnson is 20 rushing yards, with a 22% chance to score a touchdown (6 and 13 market sources).

Player markets imply 4.0 fantasy points for CJ Donaldson, with 70 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.

The market-based projection for CJ Donaldson is 14 rushing yards, with a 19% chance to score a touchdown (11 and 13 market sources).

That puts Roschon Johnson 1.3 points ahead of CJ Donaldson on the market projections.

Injury status

Roschon Johnson is not on the injury report.

CJ Donaldson is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 6

Through Week 5, Roschon Johnson played 16 percent of CHI snaps, took 8 percent of the carries, drew 8 percent of the targets and had 11 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.

Through Week 5, CJ Donaldson played 27 percent of NO snaps, took 10 percent of the carries, drew 3 percent of the targets and had 2 percent of the red zone chances.

CJ Donaldson, Week 2 against BAL: 20 of 68 snaps, 1 carry for 2 yards, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

CJ Donaldson, Week 3 against LV: 12 of 74 snaps, 1 carry for 5 yards, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

CJ Donaldson, Week 4 against ATL: 28 of 74 snaps, 3 carries for 18 yards, 2 targets and 2 catches for 5 yards.

CJ Donaldson, Week 5 against MIN: 19 of 45 snaps, 4 carries for 13 yards, 1 target and 1 catch for 7 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.

Their other Week 6 calls

• Start Alvin Kamara over Roschon Johnson.
• Start Roschon Johnson over Chris Rodriguez Jr..
• Start Roschon Johnson over Corey Kiner.
• Start CJ Donaldson over AJ Dillon.
• Start Chris Rodriguez Jr. over CJ Donaldson.
• Start Corey Kiner over CJ Donaldson.