Start Corey Kiner or Roschon Johnson? Week 8

Our Week 8 call

Start Roschon Johnson over Corey Kiner in Week 8.

Market-based projections have Roschon Johnson at 5.4 points and Corey Kiner at 3.2, a gap of 2.2. 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 Corey Kiner this week yet, so his 3.2 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 6 and 7 (3.2 and 3.3); 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 Corey Kiner yet. His market-based projections were 3.2 and 3.3 points in Weeks 6 and 7, an average of 3.2, which stands in until his Week 8 market posts.

That puts Roschon Johnson 2.2 points ahead of Corey Kiner 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.

Corey Kiner and NE visit MIA on Sunday at 4:25 PM ET.

MIA allowed 26.4 fantasy points a game to RBs this season over 6 games, the 4th most in the league.

Running backs ran for 103 yards and 0-1 touchdowns a game against MIA and caught passes for 46 more yards.

By points allowed to the position, Corey Kiner has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Roschon Johnson is not on the injury report.

Corey Kiner 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.

Through Week 7, Corey Kiner played 12 percent of NE snaps, took 18 percent of the carries, drew 1 percent of the targets and had 15 percent of the red zone chances.

Corey Kiner, Week 4 against BUF: 2 of 76 snaps, 0 carries for 0 yards, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Corey Kiner, Week 5 against LV: 15 of 75 snaps, 6 carries for 52 yards, 1 target and 1 catch for 7 yards.

Corey Kiner, Week 6 against NYJ: 12 of 68 snaps, 11 carries for 57 yards, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Corey Kiner, Week 7 against CHI: 6 of 54 snaps, 4 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, Corey Kiner played 4 games for ARI and scored 9.3 PPR points, 2.3 a game, finishing RB112.

He ran 12 times for 58 yards and 0 touchdowns, and caught 2 of 3 targets for 15 yards.

He was on the field for 7 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 8 calls

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