Two players, one answer.

Pierre Strong Jr. vs Roschon Johnson

Any league · this week start/sit · PPR

Stats through week 8 of 2026 (in progress)

Pierre Strong Jr. · Roschon Johnson

Week 8 · PPR · 52% held up in 2025

A toss-up

On Sleeper's projections, Roschon Johnson is projected 0.4 points ahead of Pierre Strong Jr.. In the 2025 season, a player projected that far ahead outscored the other 52% of the time. That's close to a coin flip: on these projections neither is the better start, and an injury report or a projection update before kickoff can tip it.

RB · CHI

Roschon Johnson

1.1 projected

@ SEA · Mon 8:15 PM ET

7 a game this season · last 3: 9, 14.5, 1.3

RB · GB

Pierre Strong Jr.

0.2 final · 0.7 projected

vs CAR · Thu 8:15 PM ET

5.6 a game this season · last 3: 4.8, 11.7, 0.2

What the call rests on

  • Roschon Johnson: Sleeper's projection, last changed Sat, Oct 31, 10:20 AM ET
  • Pierre Strong Jr.: Sleeper's projection, last changed Sat, Oct 31, 10:20 AM ET
  • Sleeper's projections read Sat, Oct 31, 10:27 AM ET.
  • Injury statuses read Sat, Oct 31, 10:27 AM ET, with the projections (hourly). A fresh projection time doesn't mean every status is: game-day inactives, about 90 minutes before kickoff, can come after it.
Same projections, scoredJohnsonJr.
PPR1.10.7
Half PPR0.90.7
Standard0.80.6

What could change it before kickoff

  • A projection update of 0.4 points or more in the other direction flips the call; Sleeper keeps adjusting its projections until kickoff, and this page reads them again at most an hour after it last did.
  • Pierre Strong Jr. plays first (Thu 8:15 PM ET); once his game starts most platforms lock him in or out, before Roschon Johnson's late news is known.

Open in Who should I start (your league, more players)

This week’s projections are Sleeper’s, scored with PPR settings. The percentage is how often a projected gap like this held up across the 2025 season; checked against 2026 games (not used to fit it), the stated chances so far run a few points high, so read a 60% call as nearer 55%.