Start Dylan Sampson or Roschon Johnson? Week 9

Our Week 9 call

Start Dylan Sampson over Roschon Johnson in Week 9.

Market-based projections have Dylan Sampson at 6.1 points and Roschon Johnson at 5.3, a gap of 0.9. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. No player market is posted for Dylan Sampson this week yet, so his 6.1 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 7 and 8 (5.9 and 6.4); the call is rebuilt when his market posts. No player market is posted for Roschon Johnson this week yet, so his 5.3 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 6, 7 and 8 (5.5, 6.8 and 3.4); the call is rebuilt when his market posts.

What the market projects

No Week 9 player market is posted for Dylan Sampson yet. His market-based projections were 5.9 and 6.4 points in Weeks 7 and 8, an average of 6.1, which stands in until his Week 9 market posts.

No Week 9 player market is posted for Roschon Johnson yet. His market-based projections were 5.5, 6.8 and 3.4 points in Weeks 6, 7 and 8, an average of 5.3, which stands in until his Week 9 market posts.

That puts Dylan Sampson 0.9 points ahead of Roschon Johnson on these projections.

Week 9 matchups

Dylan Sampson and CLE visit NO on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

NO allowed 30.0 fantasy points a game to RBs this season over 7 games, the most in the league.

Running backs ran for 120 yards and 1.6 touchdowns a game against NO and caught passes for 38 more yards.

Roschon Johnson and CHI host TB on Sunday at 8:20 PM ET.

TB allowed 17.8 fantasy points a game to RBs this season over 7 games, the 3rd fewest in the league.

Running backs ran for 65 yards and 0.4 touchdowns a game against TB and caught passes for 37 more yards.

By points allowed to the position, Dylan Sampson has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Dylan Sampson is not on the injury report.

Roschon Johnson is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 9

Through Week 8, Dylan Sampson played 46 percent of CLE snaps, took 16 percent of the carries, drew 15 percent of the targets and had 6 percent of the red zone chances.

Dylan Sampson, Week 7 against TEN: 32 of 70 snaps, 6 carries for 45 yards, 3 targets and 3 catches for 32 yards.

Dylan Sampson, Week 8 against PIT: 1 carry for 7 yards, 8 targets and 6 catches for 62 yards.

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, Dylan Sampson played 15 games for CLE and scored 87.6 PPR points, 5.8 a game, finishing RB55.

He ran 65 times for 175 yards and 0 touchdowns, and caught 33 of 40 targets for 271 yards.

He was on the field for 25 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Dylan Sampson, Week 18 of 2025 against CIN: 10 carries for 32 yards, 3 targets and 2 catches for 12 yards, 6.4 PPR points.

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 9 calls

• Start Alvin Kamara over Dylan Sampson.
• Start Cam Skattebo over Dylan Sampson.
• Start Dylan Sampson over Corey Kiner.
• Start Roschon Johnson over Corey Kiner.
• Start Roschon Johnson over George Holani.
• Start Roschon Johnson over Isaiah Davis.