Start Isaiah Davis or Roschon Johnson? Week 9

Our Week 9 call

Start Roschon Johnson over Isaiah Davis in Week 9.

Market-based projections have Roschon Johnson at 5.3 points and Isaiah Davis at 2.8, a gap of 2.4. 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. No player market is posted for Isaiah Davis this week yet, so his 2.8 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 6 and 8 (1.9 and 3.7); the call is rebuilt when his market posts.

What the market projects

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.

No Week 9 player market is posted for Isaiah Davis yet. His market-based projections were 1.9 and 3.7 points in Weeks 6 and 8, an average of 2.8, which stands in until his Week 9 market posts.

That puts Roschon Johnson 2.4 points ahead of Isaiah Davis on these projections.

Week 9 matchups

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

TB allowed 16.9 fantasy points a game to RBs this season over 8 games, the 2nd fewest in the league.

Running backs ran for 68 yards and 0.4 touchdowns a game against TB and caught passes for 33 more yards.

Isaiah Davis and NYJ visit KC on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

KC allowed 19.8 fantasy points a game to RBs this season over 7 games, the 10th fewest in the league.

Running backs ran for 69 yards and 0.7 touchdowns a game against KC and caught passes for 42 more yards.

By points allowed to the position, Isaiah Davis has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Roschon Johnson is not on the injury report.

Isaiah Davis is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 9

Through Week 8, Roschon Johnson played 21 percent of CHI snaps, took 14 percent of the carries, drew 6 percent of the targets and had 16 percent of the red zone chances.

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.

Roschon Johnson, Week 8 against SEA: 5 carries for 17 yards, 1 target and 1 catch for 11 yards.

Through Week 8, Isaiah Davis played 15 percent of NYJ snaps, took 13 percent of the carries, drew 5 percent of the targets and had 15 percent of the red zone chances.

Isaiah Davis, Week 5 against CLE: 10 of 70 snaps, 2 carries for 8 yards, 2 targets and 1 catch for 9 yards.

Isaiah Davis, Week 6 against NE: 8 of 62 snaps, 7 carries for 16 yards, 1 target and 1 catch for 10 yards.

Isaiah Davis, Week 7 against MIA: 13 of 59 snaps, 1 carry for 5 yards, 3 targets and 3 catches for 49 yards.

Isaiah Davis, Week 8 against LV: 11 of 64 snaps, 5 carries for 15 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.

Their other Week 9 calls

• Start Roschon Johnson over Corey Kiner.
• Start Dylan Sampson over Roschon Johnson.
• Start Roschon Johnson over George Holani.
• Start Corey Kiner over Isaiah Davis.
• Start George Holani over Isaiah Davis.
• Start Jaylen Wright over Isaiah Davis.