Start Roschon Johnson or Sione Vaki? Week 7

Our Week 7 call

Start Roschon Johnson over Sione Vaki in Week 7.

Market-based projections have Roschon Johnson at 6.8 points and Sione Vaki at 2.5, a gap of 4.3. Sione Vaki'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 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, 6 and 13 market sources).

Player markets imply 2.5 fantasy points for Sione Vaki, with 70 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.

The market-based projection for Sione Vaki is 9 rushing yards and 0.1 touchdowns (5 and 12 market sources).

That puts Roschon Johnson 4.3 points ahead of Sione Vaki on the market projections.

Week 7 matchups

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.

Sione Vaki and DET host GB on Sunday at 4:25 PM ET.

GB allowed 26.2 fantasy points a game to RBs this season over 6 games, the 3rd most in the league.

Running backs ran for 91 yards and 1-2 touchdowns a game against GB and caught passes for 34 more yards.

By points allowed to the position, Sione Vaki has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Roschon Johnson is not on the injury report.

Sione Vaki is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 7

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.

Through Week 5, Sione Vaki played 26 percent of DET snaps, took 12 percent of the carries, drew 3 percent of the targets and had 1 percent of the red zone chances.

Sione Vaki, Week 2 against BUF: 11 of 65 snaps, 1 carry for 7 yards, 1 target and 1 catch for 13 yards.

Sione Vaki, Week 3 against NYJ: 20 of 65 snaps, 6 carries for 26 yards, 1 target and 1 catch for 11 yards.

Sione Vaki, Week 4 against CAR: 12 of 71 snaps, 0 carries for 0 yards, 2 targets and 1 catch for 17 yards.

Sione Vaki, Week 5 against ARI: 23 of 66 snaps, 6 carries for 11 yards, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 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.

In 2025, Sione Vaki played 11 games for DET and scored 0.4 PPR points, 0.0 a game, finishing RB143.

He ran 1 time for 4 yards and 0 touchdowns, and caught 0 of 0 targets for 0 yards.

He was on the field for 0 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 7 calls

• Start Alvin Kamara over Roschon Johnson.
• Start Blake Corum over Roschon Johnson.
• Start Roschon Johnson over Brian Robinson.
• Start Corey Kiner over Sione Vaki.
• Start Devin Singletary over Sione Vaki.
• Start Isaiah Davis over Sione Vaki.