Start Kendre Miller or Roschon Johnson? Week 7

Our Week 7 call

Start Kendre Miller over Roschon Johnson in Week 7.

Market-based projections have Kendre Miller at 8.2 points and Roschon Johnson at 4.7, a gap of 3.5. No player market is posted for Roschon Johnson this week yet, so his 4.7 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 5 and 6 (3.9 and 5.5); the call is rebuilt when his market posts.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 8.2 fantasy points for Kendre Miller, with 100 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.

The market-based projection for Kendre Miller is 45 rushing yards and 0-1 touchdowns (11 and 12 market sources).

No Week 7 player market is posted for Roschon Johnson yet. His market-based projections were 3.9 and 5.5 points in Weeks 5 and 6, an average of 4.7, which stands in until his Week 7 market posts.

The market-based projection for Roschon Johnson is 0.4 touchdowns (13 market sources).

That puts Kendre Miller 3.5 points ahead of Roschon Johnson on these projections.

Week 7 matchups

Kendre Miller and NO host PIT on Sunday at 9:30 AM ET.

PIT allowed 20.5 fantasy points a game to RBs this season over 6 games, the 15th fewest in the league.

Running backs ran for 86 yards and 0-1 touchdowns a game against PIT and caught passes for 35 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

Kendre Miller is not on the injury report.

Roschon Johnson is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 7

Through Week 6, Kendre Miller played 30 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: 32 of 72 snaps, 20 carries for 70 yards, 2 targets and 2 catches for 0 yards.

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, 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.

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 Aaron Jones Sr. over Kendre Miller.
• Start Kendre Miller over Alvin Kamara.
• Start Kendre Miller over Blake Corum.
• Start George Holani over Roschon Johnson.
• Start Roschon Johnson over Isaiah Davis.
• Start Jaylen Wright over Roschon Johnson.