Should I start Christian McCaffrey or Amon-Ra St. Brown in Week 10?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Christian McCaffrey, and the board ranks him 6th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 7.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Amon-Ra St. Brown, and the board ranks him 9th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 11.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Christian McCaffrey is 22.0 PPR points a game off 2 markets across 7 market sources. That is 70 percent of what a running back's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

Amon-Ra St. Brown's market-based projection is 19.0 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 11 market sources. That is the 7th highest figure of the 208 players with a market-based projection.

Christian McCaffrey's projection is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season through Week 9

Through Week 9, Christian McCaffrey has been on the field for 69 percent of SF snaps, taken 46 percent of the carries, drawn 20 percent of the targets and had 37 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 11 of the offence's 57 third down targets, had 14 of its 28 chances inside the five and seen 5 of its 30 two minute targets.

His 45 targets have averaged 2.8 air yards.

In Week 6 against WAS he carried 16 times for 64 yards, caught 9 of 10 targets for 53 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.

In Week 7 against ATL he carried 7 times for 39 yards, caught 6 of 7 targets for 61 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 9 against LV he carried 18 times for 68 yards, caught 2 of 3 targets for 19 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.

Through Week 9, Amon-Ra St. Brown has been on the field for 83 percent of DET snaps, drawn 32 percent of the targets and had 18 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 27 of the offence's 67 third down targets, had 5 of its 23 chances inside the five and seen 9 of its 30 two minute targets.

His 86 targets have averaged 8.4 air yards.

In Week 7 against GB he carried 1 time for -1 yards, caught 9 of 11 targets for 153 yards and did not score.

In Week 8 against MIN he carried 1 time for 10 yards, caught 7 of 8 targets for 46 yards and did not score.

In Week 9 against MIA he caught 8 of 10 targets for 86 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Christian McCaffrey played 17 games and scored 416.6 PPR points, 24.5 a game, finishing RB1.

He carried 311 times for 1202 yards and 10 touchdowns, and caught 102 of 129 targets for 924 more yards.

That came to 18.3 carries a game at 3.9 yards a carry and 6.0 catches a game.

He was on the field for 83 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 Amon-Ra St. Brown played 17 games and scored 324.0 PPR points, 19.1 a game, finishing WR3.

He caught 117 of 172 targets for 1401 yards and 11 touchdowns, with 34 red zone targets.

That came to 10.1 targets a game, a 68 percent catch rate and 12.0 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 85 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Both were available for 17 games that season.

Side by side

In 2025 Christian McCaffrey scored 24.5 PPR points a game and Amon-Ra St. Brown 19.1, 5.4 a game between them.

Christian McCaffrey finished RB1 and Amon-Ra St. Brown WR3, which are two different ladders.

Christian McCaffrey is a running back and Amon-Ra St. Brown a wide receiver, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Christian McCaffrey is off in Week 8 and Amon-Ra St. Brown in Week 6, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

Christian McCaffrey has only a partial projection, so the market half of this page is whole for only one of them.