Start Kaleb Johnson or Kendre Miller? Week 6

Our Week 6 call

Start Kaleb Johnson over Kendre Miller in Week 6.

Market-based projections have Kaleb Johnson at 7.3 points and Kendre Miller at 5.7, a gap of 1.6. No player market is posted for Kaleb Johnson this week yet, so his 7.3 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 3, 4 and 5 (9.3, 6.7 and 6.0); the call is rebuilt when his market posts. No player market is posted for Kendre Miller this week yet, so his 5.7 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 4 and 5 (6.2 and 5.3); the call is rebuilt when his market posts.

What the market projects

No Week 6 player market is posted for Kaleb Johnson yet. His market-based projections were 9.3, 6.7 and 6.0 points in Weeks 3, 4 and 5, an average of 7.3, which stands in until his Week 6 market posts.

The market gives Kaleb Johnson a 19% chance to score a touchdown (12 market sources).

No Week 6 player market is posted for Kendre Miller yet. His market-based projections were 6.2 and 5.3 points in Weeks 4 and 5, an average of 5.7, which stands in until his Week 6 market posts.

The market gives Kendre Miller a 38% chance to score a touchdown (13 market sources).

That puts Kaleb Johnson 1.6 points ahead of Kendre Miller on these projections.

Injury status

Kaleb Johnson is not on the injury report.

Kendre Miller is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 6

Through Week 5, Kaleb Johnson played 27 percent of GB snaps, took 37 percent of the carries, drew 2 percent of the targets and had 5 percent of the red zone chances.

Kaleb Johnson, Week 2 against NYJ: 16 of 59 snaps, 8 carries for 32 yards, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Kaleb Johnson, Week 3 against ATL: 24 of 66 snaps, 4 carries for 6 yards, 3 targets and 1 catch for 10 yards.

Kaleb Johnson, Week 4 against TB: 17 of 60 snaps, 8 carries for 42 yards, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Kaleb Johnson, Week 5 against CHI: 9 of 61 snaps, 7 carries for 26 yards, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Through Week 5, Kendre Miller played 26 percent of NO snaps, took 33 percent of the carries, drew 4 percent of the targets and had 18 percent of the red zone chances.

Kendre Miller, Week 1 against DET: 26 of 90 snaps, 9 carries for 30 yards, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards, 1 touchdown.

Kendre Miller, Week 3 against LV: 14 of 74 snaps, 4 carries for 14 yards, 3 targets and 2 catches for 5 yards.

Kendre Miller, Week 4 against ATL: 19 of 74 snaps, 6 carries for 9 yards, 3 targets and 2 catches for 10 yards.

Kendre Miller, Week 5 against MIN: 14 of 45 snaps, 10 carries for 30 yards, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards, 1 touchdown.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Kaleb Johnson played 10 games for PIT and scored 8.8 PPR points, 0.9 a game, finishing RB115.

He ran 28 times for 69 yards and 0 touchdowns, and caught 1 of 2 targets for 9 yards.

He was on the field for 6 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

In 2025, Kendre Miller played 7 games for NO and scored 33.3 PPR points, 4.8 a game, finishing RB79.

He ran 47 times for 193 yards and 1 touchdown, and caught 5 of 5 targets for 30 yards.

He was on the field for 24 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 6 calls

• Start Alvin Kamara over Kaleb Johnson.
• Start Blake Corum over Kaleb Johnson.
• Start Braelon Allen over Kaleb Johnson.
• Start Kendre Miller over AJ Dillon.
• Start Brian Robinson over Kendre Miller.
• Start Kendre Miller over Chris Rodriguez Jr..