CJ Donaldson or Bo Melton: who should I start in Week 6?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on CJ Donaldson: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 145th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Bo Melton: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 147th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for CJ Donaldson is 4.0 PPR points a game off 2 markets across 13 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.

Bo Melton's market-based projection is 4.4 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 12 market sources. That is the 137th highest figure of the 184 players with a market-based projection.

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

This season through Week 5

Through Week 5, CJ Donaldson has been on the field for 27 percent of NO snaps, taken 10 percent of the carries, drawn 3 percent of the targets and had 2 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 48 third down targets, had 0 of its 13 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 31 two minute targets.

His 5 targets have averaged 2.4 air yards.

In Week 3 against LV he carried 1 time for 5 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against ATL he carried 3 times for 18 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 5 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against MIN he carried 4 times for 13 yards, caught 1 of 1 target for 7 yards and did not score.

Through Week 5, Bo Melton has been on the field for 25 percent of GB snaps, drawn 4 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 5 of the offence's 50 third down targets, had 0 of its 12 chances inside the five and seen 4 of its 26 two minute targets.

His 8 targets have averaged 10.6 air yards.

In Week 3 against ATL he caught 0 of 1 target for 0 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against TB he caught 0 of 1 target for 0 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against CHI he caught 3 of 4 targets for 20 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

CJ Donaldson is a rookie, so there is no NFL season behind him to price him against.

In 2025 Bo Melton played 16 games and scored 24.2 PPR points, 1.5 a game, finishing WR146.

He caught 4 of 13 targets for 107 yards and 1 touchdown, with 0 red zone targets.

That came to 0.8 targets a game, a 31 percent catch rate and 26.8 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 9 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Side by side

CJ Donaldson is a running back and Bo Melton a wide receiver, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

What would change the answer

CJ Donaldson is only part priced, so the market half of this page is whole for only one of them.