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o47
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Saquon Barkley or Emmett Johnson

Who Should I Start? - Week 1 • Start New
Saquon Barkley

Saquon Barkley

RB • Philadelphia Eagles PHI
Emmett Johnson

Emmett Johnson

RB • Kansas City Chiefs KC
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Barkley over Johnson

 
 
 
 
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Outlook Saquon Barkley

Saquon Barkley Poised for Heavy Workload as Eagles Feature Back

Saquon Barkley enters the season fully healthy and firmly entrenched as Philadelphia's clear lead back atop the depth chart ahead of Tank Bigsby and Will Shipley. With late-summer foot concerns well behind him and a 100% start rate across fantasy leagues, his focal-point role in the offense remains completely unquestioned.

Our weekly projection slates Barkley for a heavy workload of roughly 21 carries, 89 rushing yards, and four targets, totaling 19.9 fantasy points. Fantasy managers should feel confident slotting him into their lineups across all formats as a locked-in RB1 with multi-touchdown upside.

Updated 14 hrs ago

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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Johnson over Barkley

 
 
 
 
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Outlook Emmett Johnson

Emmett Johnson at Denver — Handcuff Value Behind a Banged-Up Kenneth Walker

The rookie running back enters the matchup operating as Kansas City's primary backup behind Kenneth Walker. With Walker currently questionable due to a recent ankle injury, Johnson could see an expanded rotational workload if the starter is limited.

Our weekly projections expect a minimal standalone workload of around four carries for 15 rushing yards and roughly 3.5 fantasy points. Roster sentiment reflects this quiet projection, as he is rostered in 16% of leagues but started in just 1%. Keep Johnson firmly on benches this week, but hold him as a valuable bench stash in deeper leagues.

Updated 14 hrs ago

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Next Up ❱ Performance Comparison
Performance Saquon Barkley
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Next Up ❱ Redzone Touches
Redzone Touches Saquon Barkley
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WK OPP ATT TAR REC
1 WAS 🔓 🔓 🔓
2 @TEN 🔓 🔓 🔓
3 @CHI 🔓 🔓 🔓
4 LAR 🔓 🔓 🔓
5 @JAC 🔓 🔓 🔓
6 CAR 🔓 🔓 🔓
7 DAL 🔓 🔓 🔓
8 @WAS 🔓 🔓 🔓
10 NYG 🔓 🔓 🔓
11 BYE 🔓 🔓 🔓
12 PIT 🔓 🔓 🔓
12 @DAL 🔓 🔓 🔓
13 @ARI 🔓 🔓 🔓
14 IND 🔓 🔓 🔓
15 SEA 🔓 🔓 🔓
16 HOU 🔓 🔓 🔓
17 @SF 🔓 🔓 🔓
18 @NYG 🔓 🔓 🔓
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Redzone Touches Emmett Johnson
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Next Up ❱ Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START Saquon Barkley
OWN
100%
No change since last week.
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100%
No change since last week.
OWN/START Emmett Johnson
OWN
17%
+4.36 compared to last week
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1%
+0.03 compared to last week
Next Up ❱ Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Saquon Barkley
8th
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Emmett Johnson
48th
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Next Up ❱ Player Breakdowns
Breakdown Saquon Barkley

    Overview

  • Just about every team utilizies the dreaded 'running backs by comittee' policy. Two solid #1 starters are hard to find.
  • Experts rank this player at 9th among RB's. Based on his stats from the past 30 days, he is currently ranked 14th with 213.80 total points (11.25 avg).
  • Currently 151.8 points behind the leader: Christian McCaffrey
  • He is putting up the kind of numbers the experts expected him to.
  • Average points in the past two weeks have dipped quite a bit at 11.3.

    • Receiving Stats

  • Top 15 in receptions and is currently ranked 11th among RB.
  • Top 10 in targets and is currently ranked 9th among RB.
  • Top 25 in Rec TDs with 2 and is currently ranked 21st among RB.
  • Top 20 in red zone targets and is currently ranked 16th among RB.
  • Top 15 in red zone attempts and is currently ranked 11th among RB.

    • Rushing Stats

  • Top 6 in rush attempts with 290 (16.11 per game) and is currently ranked 6th among RB.
  • Top 15 in rush yards with 1162 (64.56 per game) and is currently ranked 11th among RB.
  • Top 20 in rush tds with 7 (0.39 per game) and is currently ranked 18th among RB.

    • Bonus Qualities

  • Played in 2 more games this year than last year.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: Rush Yards: -783, Rush AVG: -1.7 Rush TDs: -8, Receptions: +12, Rec Yards: +21 Rec TDs: EVEN,
  • His touches per game on the ground are great.
  • Unfortunately two players have the same exact name and his rating may not be entirely accurate at this point. We are working on fixing situations like this!

    • Season Outlook

  • RUSH ATT: 298, RUSH YDS: 1250, RUSH TDS: 8, REC: 39, REC YDS: 300, REC TDS: 2
Breakdown Emmett Johnson

    Overview

  • He has missed playing in at least 2 games but is not listed on the injury report as of today. Check out his player news to see if he has any nagging injuries.

    • Bonus Qualities

  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years:

    • Season Outlook

Next Up ❱ Health Check
Injury Saquon Barkley

No Injury Reported

Injury Emmett Johnson

No Injury Reported

Next Up ❱ Matchup Comparison
Matchups Saquon Barkley

Week 1
Philadelphia Eagles VS Washington Commanders

PA/G YDS/G TO INT SACK TDs FSP
26.53398.651084223.58
Compare to same point last season

Overview

  • Experts don"t even rank him among DST's. Either he is on a bye week or is just plain bad. Based on his stats from the past 30 days, he is currently ranked 29th with 72.00 total points (4.24 avg).
  • Currently 155 points behind the leader: Seahawks DST
  • Decline in numbers lately by 4.2 PPG.

Defensive Stats

  • Ranked 27th in rush defense with 2406 (141.53 per game).
  • Ranked 23rd in pass defense with 4371 (257.12 per game).
  • One of the worst in points against with 26.53 per game and currently ranked 27th among DST.
  • Currently ranked 15th in Total TDs with 2 (0.12 per game) among DST.

Bonus Qualities

  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: Total Yards Against: +48.94, Turnovers: -7 Sacks: +3, INTs: EVEN, TDs: +1, Points Allowed: +2.12,

Season Outlook

  • SACK: 38, INT: 11, TDS: 5, PA/G: 28.2, YDS/G: 408
Matchups Emmett Johnson

Week 1
Kansas City Chiefs VS Denver Broncos

PA/G YDS/G TO INT SACK TDs FSP
18.47271.2619127624.97
Compare to same point last season

Overview

  • Experts don"t even rank him among DST's. Either he is on a bye week or is just plain bad. Based on his stats from the past 30 days, he is currently ranked 4th with 160.00 total points (8.42 avg).
  • Currently 67 points behind the leader: Seahawks DST
  • Average points in the past two weeks have dipped quite a bit at 8.4.

Defensive Stats

  • Top 2 in total yards against with 303.18 per game and is currently ranked 2nd among DST.
  • Top 2 in rush defense with 1548 (91.06 per game) and is currently ranked 2nd among DST.
  • Top 6 in pass defense with 3606 (212.12 per game) and is currently ranked 6th among DST.
  • Top 2 in sacks with 68 (4.00 per game) and currently ranked 1st among DST.
  • Top 4 in points against with 18.29 per game and currently ranked 3rd among DST.
  • Currently ranked 23rd in Total TDs with 2 (0.12 per game) among DST.

Bonus Qualities

  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: Total Yards Against: -75.68, Turnovers: -6 Sacks: +15, INTs: -3, TDs: -3, Points Allowed: +0.47,
  • Unfortunately two players have the same exact name and his rating may not be entirely accurate at this point. We are working on fixing situations like this!

Season Outlook

  • SACK: 60, INT: 14, TDS: 4, PA/G: 19.4, YDS/G: 295.6
Next Up ❱ Ratings Comparison
Rating Saquon Barkley
27.88
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Emmett Johnson
6.80
FantasySP Player Rating
Next Up ❱ Career Comparison
Career Saquon Barkley
RUSH RECEIVING
YEAR TEAM GP ATT YD AVG TD TGTS REC YD AVG TD
2018 NYG 16 261 1307 5.0 11 121 91 721 7.9 4
2019 NYG 13 217 1003 4.6 6 73 52 438 8.4 2
2020 NYG 2 19 34 1.8 0 9 6 60 10.0 0
2021 NYG 13 162 593 3.7 2 57 41 263 6.4 2
2022 NYG 16 295 1312 4.4 10 76 57 338 5.9 0
2023 NYG 14 247 962 3.9 6 60 41 280 6.8 4
2024 PHI 16 345 2005 5.8 13 43 33 278 8.4 2
2025 PHI 16 290 1162 4.0 7 58 44 325 7.4 2
ON PACE 72 1305 5229 4.0 32 261 198 1463 7.4 9
3-YEAR AVG 17 324 1543 4.8 10 59 44 319 7.3 3
Totals 114 1971 9097 4.6 62 527 388 2880 7.4 16
Career Emmett Johnson
RUSH RECEIVING
YEAR TEAM GP ATT YD AVG TD TGTS REC YD AVG TD
ON PACE NAN NAN NAN NAN NAN NAN NAN NAN
3-YEAR AVG 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 0 0 0 0 0 0
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Matchups

Week 1
ARI @LAC
ATL @PIT
BAL @IND
BUF @HOU
CAR vs CHI
CIN vs TB
CLE @JAC
DAL @NYG
DEN @KC
DET vs NO
GB @MIN
LAR vs SF
LV vs MIA
NE @SEA
NYJ @TEN
PHI vs WAS
Matchup Time Pitchers
ARI @KC 07:40 EDT EST
ATH vs TOR 03:05 EDT EST
ATL vs TB 07:15 EDT EST
BAL vs CLE 06:35 EDT EST
BOS vs LAA 06:45 EDT EST
CHC @MIL 07:40 EDT EST
CHW vs PIT 07:40 EDT EST
CIN @LAD 10:10 EDT EST
COL @NYY 07:05 EDT EST
DET vs MIN 01:10 EDT EST
HOU @PHI 06:40 EDT EST
MIA vs NYM 06:40 EDT EST
SD vs WAS 04:10 EDT EST
SEA vs TEX 04:10 EDT EST
SF vs STL 03:45 EDT EST
Matchup Time
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