Start Roschon Johnson or Demond Claiborne? Week 5

Our Week 5 call

Start Roschon Johnson over Demond Claiborne in Week 5.

Market-based projections have Roschon Johnson at 3.6 points and Demond Claiborne at 1.8, a gap of 1.9. Demond Claiborne'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 3.6 fantasy points for Roschon Johnson, with 100 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.

The market has Roschon Johnson at 19.5 rushing yards, with a 17% chance to score a touchdown (12 and 16 market sources).

Player markets imply 1.8 fantasy points for Demond Claiborne, with 50 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.

The market gives Demond Claiborne a 8% chance to score a touchdown (16 market sources).

That puts Roschon Johnson 1.9 points ahead of Demond Claiborne on the market projections.

Injury status

Roschon Johnson is not on the injury report.

Demond Claiborne is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 5

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.

Through Week 4, Demond Claiborne played 7 percent of MIN snaps, took 8 percent of the carries, drew 1 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

Demond Claiborne, Week 2 against CHI: 2 of 52 snaps, 0 carries for 0 yards, 1 target and 1 catch for 2 yards.

Demond Claiborne, Week 3 against TB: 3 of 59 snaps, 3 carries for 1 yards, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Demond Claiborne, Week 4 against MIA: 9 of 78 snaps, 3 carries for 12 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.

How Week 5 went

Roschon Johnson scored 9.0 PPR points and Demond Claiborne scored 1.6.

The call was right: Roschon Johnson outscored Demond Claiborne by 7.4.

Roschon Johnson finished 5.4 points above the 3.6 the market projected.

Roschon Johnson, Week 5 against GB: 5 carries for 6 yards, 7 targets and 5 catches for 34 yards, 9.0 PPR points.

Roschon Johnson finished as the week's RB22 in PPR scoring.

Demond Claiborne finished 0.2 points below the 1.8 the market projected.

Demond Claiborne, Week 5 against NO: 0 carries for 0 yards, 1 target and 1 catch for 6 yards, 1.6 PPR points.

Demond Claiborne finished as the week's RB53 in PPR scoring.

Their other Week 5 calls

• Start Blake Corum over Roschon Johnson.
• Start Brian Robinson over Roschon Johnson.
• Start Chris Rodriguez Jr. over Roschon Johnson.
• Start Isaiah Davis over Demond Claiborne.
• Start Justice Hill over Demond Claiborne.
• Start Raheim Sanders over Demond Claiborne.