Start Roschon Johnson or Isaiah Davis? Week 5

Our Week 5 call

Start Roschon Johnson over Isaiah Davis in Week 5.

Market-based projections have Roschon Johnson at 4.4 points and Isaiah Davis at 3.2, a gap of 1.2. 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 4.4 fantasy points for Roschon Johnson, with 70 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.

The market has Roschon Johnson at 17.5 rushing yards, with a 17% chance to score a touchdown (5 and 15 market sources).

Player markets imply 3.2 fantasy points for Isaiah Davis, with 90 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.

The market has Isaiah Davis at 11.5 rushing yards, with a 16% chance to score a touchdown (14 and 15 market sources).

That puts Roschon Johnson 1.2 points ahead of Isaiah Davis on the market projections.

Injury status

Roschon Johnson is not on the injury report.

Isaiah Davis 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, Isaiah Davis played 6 percent of NYJ snaps, took 0 percent of the carries, drew 0 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

Isaiah Davis, Week 4 against CHI: 2 of 32 snaps, 0 carries for 0 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, Isaiah Davis played 16 games for NYJ and scored 71.2 PPR points, 4.5 a game, finishing RB59.

He ran 43 times for 236 yards and 1 touchdown, and caught 21 of 28 targets for 186 yards.

He was on the field for 29 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Isaiah Davis, Week 17 of 2025 against NE: 8 of 61 snaps, 3 carries for 11 yards, 1 target and 1 catch for 9 yards, 3.0 PPR points.

Isaiah Davis, Week 16 of 2025 against NO: 24 of 66 snaps, 3 carries for 8 yards, 4 targets and 4 catches for 52 yards, 10.0 PPR points.

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 Chase Brown over Isaiah Davis.
• Start Chris Rodriguez Jr. over Isaiah Davis.
• Start Dameon Pierce over Isaiah Davis.