Start Roschon Johnson or Nicholas Singleton? Week 7

Updated Oct 21, 6:01 PM ET. Locks at kickoff, graded after. Week 8 answer posts Tuesday.

Start Roschon Johnson over Nicholas Singleton

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Roschon Johnson

RB · CHI · vs NE

Market projects: 6.8; fantasy pts
NE D vs RB: 20.6; 16th most to RBs (2026)
Upside: Rising; 80 of 100 at RB
Snap share: 22%; Through Week 6
Target share: 7%; Through Week 6

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Nicholas Singleton

RB · TEN · vs CLE

Market projects: 1.7; fantasy pts
CLE D vs RB: 16.1; 2nd fewest to RBs (2026)
Snap share: 12%; Through Week 4
Target share: 0%; Through Week 4

Should I drop Nicholas Singleton for Roschon Johnson?

Yes, on the rest of the season. Roschon Johnson projects 50 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (5.0 a game over 10 games), Nicholas Singleton 7 (0.7 a game over 10 games). For Week 7 the call starts Roschon Johnson over Nicholas Singleton, 6.8 to 1.7 projected PPR points.

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Our Week 7 call

Start Roschon Johnson over Nicholas Singleton in Week 7.

Market-based projections have Roschon Johnson at 6.8 points and Nicholas Singleton at 1.7, a gap of 5.1. Nicholas Singleton'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 1.7 fantasy points for Nicholas Singleton, with 60 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.

The market-based projection for Nicholas Singleton is 1 receiving yards and 0.1 touchdowns (3 and 12 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, 5, 5 and 13 market sources).

That puts Roschon Johnson 5.1 points ahead of Nicholas Singleton on the market projections.

Week 7 matchups

Nicholas Singleton 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

Nicholas Singleton is not on the injury report.

Roschon Johnson is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 7

Through Week 4, Nicholas Singleton played 12 percent of TEN snaps, took 13 percent of the carries, drew 0 percent of the targets and had 7 percent of the red zone chances.

Nicholas Singleton, Week 2 against PHI: 6 of 53 snaps, 4 carries for 10 yards, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Nicholas Singleton, Week 4 against BAL: 8 of 64 snaps, 3 carries for 2 yards, 0 targets and 0 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, 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

Locks at kickoff, graded after. When the start/sit engine grades week 7, the call and the result appear on the public record, wrong ones included.

Drop or keep

Should I drop Nicholas Singleton for Roschon Johnson?
Yes, on the rest of the season. Roschon Johnson projects 50 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (5.0 a game over 10 games), Nicholas Singleton 7 (0.7 a game over 10 games). For Week 7 the call starts Roschon Johnson over Nicholas Singleton, 6.8 to 1.7 projected PPR points.
Should I drop Roschon Johnson for Nicholas Singleton?
No. Keep Roschon Johnson: he projects 50 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (5.0 a game over 10 games), Nicholas Singleton 7 (0.7 a game over 10 games). For Week 7 the call starts Roschon Johnson over Nicholas Singleton, 6.8 to 1.7 projected PPR points.