Start MarShawn Lloyd or Kaleb Johnson? Week 7

Our Week 7 call

Start MarShawn Lloyd over Kaleb Johnson in Week 7.

Market-based projections have MarShawn Lloyd at 7.7 points and Kaleb Johnson at 6.4, a gap of 1.4. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. No player market is posted for MarShawn Lloyd this week yet, so his 7.7 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 4 and 5 (5.4 and 10.0); the call is rebuilt when his market posts. 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.

What the market projects

No Week 7 player market is posted for MarShawn Lloyd yet. His market-based projections were 5.4 and 10.0 points in Weeks 4 and 5, an average of 7.7, which stands in until his Week 7 market posts.

The market-based projection for MarShawn Lloyd is 0.6 touchdowns (8 market sources).

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.

That puts MarShawn Lloyd 1.4 points ahead of Kaleb Johnson on these projections.

Week 7 matchups

MarShawn Lloyd and GB visit DET on Sunday at 4:25 PM ET.

DET allowed 18.7 fantasy points a game to RBs this season over 5 games, the 8th fewest in the league.

Running backs ran for 84 yards and 0.8 touchdowns a game against DET and caught passes for 16 more yards.

Injury status

MarShawn Lloyd is not on the injury report.

Kaleb Johnson is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 7

Through Week 6, MarShawn Lloyd played 39 percent of GB snaps, took 41 percent of the carries, drew 6 percent of the targets and had 23 percent of the red zone chances.

MarShawn Lloyd, Week 3 against ATL: 15 of 66 snaps, 4 carries for 11 yards, 3 targets and 2 catches for 7 yards.

MarShawn Lloyd, Week 4 against TB: 33 of 60 snaps, 7 carries for 13 yards, 5 targets and 5 catches for 36 yards.

MarShawn Lloyd, Week 5 against CHI: 27 of 61 snaps, 10 carries for 31 yards, 2 targets and 1 catch for 6 yards, 2 touchdowns.

MarShawn Lloyd, Week 6 against DAL: 30 of 75 snaps, 8 carries for 10 yards, 1 target and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Through Week 6, Kaleb Johnson played 22 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: 4 of 75 snaps, 1 carry for -2 yards, 0 targets and 0 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.

Their other Week 7 calls

• Start MarShawn Lloyd over Alvin Kamara.
• Start MarShawn Lloyd over Blake Corum.
• Start MarShawn Lloyd over Brian Robinson.
• Start Alvin Kamara over Kaleb Johnson.
• Start Blake Corum over Kaleb Johnson.
• Start Brian Robinson over Kaleb Johnson.