Start Roschon Johnson or Seth McGowan? Week 5

Our Week 5 call

Start Roschon Johnson over Seth McGowan in Week 5.

Market-based projections have Roschon Johnson at 3.6 points and Seth McGowan at 2.3, a gap of 1.4. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 3.6 fantasy points for Roschon Johnson, with 100 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.

The market has Roschon Johnson at 19.5 rushing yards, with a 17% chance to score a touchdown (12 and 16 market sources).

Player markets imply 2.3 fantasy points for Seth McGowan, with 100 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.

The market gives Seth McGowan a 9% chance to score a touchdown (16 market sources).

That puts Roschon Johnson 1.4 points ahead of Seth McGowan on the market projections.

Injury status

Roschon Johnson is not on the injury report.

Seth McGowan is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 5

Through Week 4, Roschon Johnson played 7 percent of CHI snaps, took 5 percent of the carries, drew 2 percent of the targets and had 9 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.

Through Week 4, Seth McGowan played 16 percent of IND snaps, took 11 percent of the carries, drew 2 percent of the targets and had 8 percent of the red zone chances.

Seth McGowan, Week 1 against BAL: 6 of 54 snaps, 0 carries for 0 yards, 1 target and 1 catch for 0 yards.

Seth McGowan, Week 2 against KC: 4 of 65 snaps, 2 carries for 0 yards, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Seth McGowan, Week 3 against HOU: 11 of 71 snaps, 4 carries for 14 yards, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Seth McGowan, Week 4 against WAS: 19 of 66 snaps, 6 carries for 31 yards, 2 targets and 1 catch for 7 yards.

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.

How Week 5 went

Roschon Johnson scored 9.0 PPR points and Seth McGowan scored 2.9.

The call was right: Roschon Johnson outscored Seth McGowan by 6.1.

Roschon Johnson finished 5.4 points above the 3.6 the market projected.

Roschon Johnson, Week 5 against GB: 5 carries for 6 yards, 7 targets and 5 catches for 34 yards, 9.0 PPR points.

Roschon Johnson finished as the week's RB22 in PPR scoring.

Seth McGowan finished 0.6 points above the 2.3 the market projected.

Seth McGowan, Week 5 against PIT: 5 carries for 16 yards, 1 target and 1 catch for 3 yards, 2.9 PPR points.

Seth McGowan finished as the week's RB39 in PPR scoring.

Their other Week 5 calls

• Start Blake Corum over Roschon Johnson.
• Start Brian Robinson over Roschon Johnson.
• Start Chris Rodriguez Jr. over Roschon Johnson.
• Start Seth McGowan over Demond Claiborne.
• Start Isaiah Davis over Seth McGowan.
• Start Jaylen Wright over Seth McGowan.