Start Kendre Miller or Kaleb Johnson? Week 7

Our Week 7 call

Start Kendre Miller over Kaleb Johnson in Week 7.

Market-based projections have Kendre Miller at 11.4 points and Kaleb Johnson at 6.4, a gap of 5.0. Kendre Miller'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. No player market is posted for Kaleb Johnson this week yet, so his 6.4 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 4 and 5 (6.7 and 6.0); the call is rebuilt when his market posts. Market coverage on Kendre Miller is 70 percent of what his position needs, so the market side of this carries proportionally less weight.

What the market projects

No Week 7 player market is posted for Kaleb Johnson yet. His market-based projections were 6.7 and 6.0 points in Weeks 4 and 5, an average of 6.4, which stands in until his Week 7 market posts.

Player markets imply 11.4 fantasy points for Kendre Miller, with 70 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.

The market-based projection for Kendre Miller is 46 rushing yards and 0-1 touchdowns (6 and 8 market sources).

That puts Kendre Miller 5.0 points ahead of Kaleb Johnson on these projections.

Injury status

Kaleb Johnson is not on the injury report.

Kendre Miller is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 7

Through Week 6, Kaleb Johnson played 27 percent of GB snaps, took 29 percent of the carries, drew 2 percent of the targets and had 4 percent of the red zone chances.

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.

Kaleb Johnson, Week 6 against DAL: 1 carry for -2 yards, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Through Week 6, Kendre Miller played 26 percent of NO snaps, took 39 percent of the carries, drew 4 percent of the targets and had 22 percent of the red zone chances.

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.

Kendre Miller, Week 6 against NYG: 20 carries for 70 yards, 2 targets and 2 catches for 0 yards.

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 7 calls

• Start Blake Corum over Kaleb Johnson.
• Start Brian Robinson over Kaleb Johnson.
• Start Dameon Pierce over Kaleb Johnson.
• Start Aaron Jones Sr. over Kendre Miller.
• Start Kendre Miller over Alvin Kamara.
• Start Kendre Miller over Blake Corum.