Start Roschon Johnson or Julius Chestnut? Week 7

Our Week 7 call

Start Roschon Johnson over Julius Chestnut in Week 7.

Market-based projections have Roschon Johnson at 6.8 points and Julius Chestnut at 0.7, a gap of 6.1. Julius Chestnut'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 0.7 fantasy points for Julius Chestnut, with 60 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.

The market-based projection for Julius Chestnut is 1 receiving yards and under 0.1 touchdowns (3 and 11 market sources).

Player markets imply 6.8 fantasy points for Roschon Johnson, with 100 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.

The market-based projection for Roschon Johnson is 26 rushing yards, 8 receiving yards, 1-2 receptions and 0.3 touchdowns (6, 6, 6 and 13 market sources).

That puts Roschon Johnson 6.1 points ahead of Julius Chestnut on the market projections.

Week 7 matchups

Julius Chestnut and TEN host CLE on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

CLE allowed 16.2 fantasy points a game to RBs this season over 6 games, the 2nd fewest in the league.

Running backs ran for 99 yards and 0.2 touchdowns a game against CLE and caught passes for 18 more yards.

Roschon Johnson and CHI host NE on Thursday at 8:15 PM ET.

NE allowed 20.7 fantasy points a game to RBs this season over 6 games, the 16th most in the league.

Running backs ran for 82 yards and 0.7 touchdowns a game against NE and caught passes for 39 more yards.

By points allowed to the position, Roschon Johnson has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Julius Chestnut is not on the injury report.

Roschon Johnson is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 7

Through Week 6, Roschon Johnson played 22 percent of CHI snaps, took 16 percent of the carries, drew 7 percent of the targets and had 15 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.

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.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Julius Chestnut played 17 games for TEN and scored 4.0 PPR points, 0.2 a game, finishing RB125.

He ran 11 times for 40 yards and 0 touchdowns, and caught 0 of 2 targets for 0 yards.

He was on the field for 4 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Julius Chestnut, Week 18 of 2025 against JAX: 0 carries for 0 yards, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Julius Chestnut, Week 17 of 2025 against NO: 0 carries for 0 yards, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Julius Chestnut, Week 16 of 2025 against KC: 2 of 73 snaps, 1 carry for 1 yards, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards, 0.1 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 7 calls

• Start Corey Kiner over Julius Chestnut.
• Start Isaiah Davis over Julius Chestnut.
• Start Jaylen Wright over Julius Chestnut.
• Start Alvin Kamara over Roschon Johnson.
• Start Blake Corum over Roschon Johnson.
• Start Roschon Johnson over Brian Robinson.