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Should I start MarShawn Lloyd or Brock Bowers in Week 7?

Updated Oct 20, 10:31 AM ET.

Start Brock Bowers: 84 percent of the snaps and 24 percent of the targets over their last 3 games, against MarShawn Lloyd's 46 percent of the snaps and 36 percent of the carries. No market projection is posted on either of them this week, so this is a usage call, and a lower confidence one than a call made on a projection. What follows is what each of them has done.

Should I drop MarShawn Lloyd for Brock Bowers?

Yes, on the rest of the season. Brock Bowers projects 165 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (16.5 a game over 10 games), MarShawn Lloyd 84 (8.4 a game over 10 games).

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Neither man carries a season projection right now, so this is their usage this season and their last full season's numbers, side by side.

RB31 · GB · bye 11

2026 vs carries line 3-3

Market-based projection
11.8 pts a game Wk 6 price
Overall rank
89

TE12 · LV · bye 13

2026 vs anytime td line 3-1

Market-based projection
19.0 pts a game Wk 6 price
Overall rank
90

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The gap

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Draft data is not current for these two, so the figures that depend on it are left out. The call above comes from each player's usage.

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on MarShawn Lloyd, and the board ranks him 89th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 48.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Brock Bowers, and the board ranks him 90th overall on the rest of his evidence.

By format he goes standard: ADP 17; 2QB: ADP 32.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for MarShawn Lloyd is 3.7 PPR points a game off 1 market across 8 market sources. That is 30 percent of what a running back's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

The market-based projection for Brock Bowers is 3.5 PPR points a game off 1 market across 7 market sources. That is 30 percent of what a tight end's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

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

This season through Week 6

Through Week 6, MarShawn Lloyd has been on the field for 39 percent of GB snaps, taken 41 percent of the carries, drawn 6 percent of the targets and had 23 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 1 of the offence's 64 third down targets, had 3 of its 15 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 32 two minute targets.

His 14 targets have come 1 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 4 against TB he carried 7 times for 13 yards, caught 5 of 5 targets for 36 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against CHI he carried 10 times for 31 yards, caught 1 of 2 targets for 6 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.

In Week 6 against DAL he carried 8 times for 10 yards, caught 0 of 1 target for 0 yards and did not score.

Through Week 6, Brock Bowers has been on the field for 83 percent of LV snaps, drawn 28 percent of the targets and had 19 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 19 of the offence's 44 third down targets, had 1 of its 11 chances inside the five and seen 6 of its 29 two minute targets.

His 43 targets have averaged 10.2 air yards.

In Week 4 against KC he caught 6 of 11 targets for 86 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 5 against NE he caught 8 of 10 targets for 110 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 6 against BUF he caught 4 of 9 targets for 70 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

The season feed carries no line for MarShawn Lloyd in the last completed season.

In 2025 Brock Bowers played 12 games and scored 176.2 PPR points, 14.7 a game, finishing TE11.

He caught 64 of 86 targets for 680 yards and 7 touchdowns, with 16 red zone targets.

That came to 7.2 targets a game, a 74 percent catch rate and 10.6 yards a catch.

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

Side by side

MarShawn Lloyd is a running back and Brock Bowers a tight end, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

MarShawn Lloyd is off in Week 11 and Brock Bowers in Week 13, so either can cover the other's bye.

Drop or keep

  • Should I drop MarShawn Lloyd for Brock Bowers?

    Yes, on the rest of the season. Brock Bowers projects 165 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (16.5 a game over 10 games), MarShawn Lloyd 84 (8.4 a game over 10 games).

  • Should I drop Brock Bowers for MarShawn Lloyd?

    No. Keep Brock Bowers: he projects 165 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (16.5 a game over 10 games), MarShawn Lloyd 84 (8.4 a game over 10 games).

Both players in full

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