Should I start Cam Skattebo or Jaleel McLaughlin in Week 6?

The market-based projections

Cam Skattebo's market-based projection is 9.7 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 14 market sources. That is the 88th highest figure of the 193 players with a market-based projection.

Jaleel McLaughlin's market-based projection is 9.6 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 12 market sources. That is the 89th highest figure of the 193 players with a market-based projection.

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Cam Skattebo, and the board ranks him 84th overall on the rest of his evidence.

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

This season through Week 5

Through Week 5, Cam Skattebo has been on the field for 65 percent of NYG snaps, taken 57 percent of the carries, drawn 7 percent of the targets and had 28 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 3 of the offence's 49 third down targets, had 3 of its 8 chances inside the five and seen 4 of its 24 two minute targets.

His 12 targets have averaged 2.4 air yards.

In Week 3 against TEN he carried 20 times for 60 yards, caught 3 of 4 targets for 40 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against ARI he carried 18 times for 58 yards, caught 1 of 1 target for 8 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against WAS he carried 13 times for 59 yards, caught 2 of 3 targets for 12 yards and did not score.

Through Week 5, Jaleel McLaughlin has been on the field for 10 percent of CLE snaps, taken 2 percent of the carries, drawn 2 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 32 third down targets, had 0 of its 6 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 16 two minute targets.

His 2 targets have averaged 2.0 air yards.

In Week 3 against CAR he carried 0 times for 0 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against PIT he carried 1 time for 28 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 5 against NYJ he carried 0 times for 0 yards, caught 0 of 1 target for 0 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Cam Skattebo played 8 games and scored 127.7 PPR points, 16.0 a game, finishing RB37.

He carried 101 times for 410 yards and 5 touchdowns, and caught 24 of 32 targets for 207 more yards.

That came to 12.6 carries a game at 4.1 yards a carry and 3.0 catches a game.

He was on the field for 54 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 Jaleel McLaughlin played 8 games and scored 31.4 PPR points, 3.9 a game, finishing RB82.

He carried 37 times for 187 yards and 1 touchdown, and caught 4 of 6 targets for 27 more yards.

That came to 4.6 carries a game at 5.1 yards a carry and 0-1 catches a game.

He was on the field for 15 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Both were available for 8 games that season.

Head to head

In 2025 Cam Skattebo scored 16.0 PPR points a game and Jaleel McLaughlin 3.9, 12.0 a game between them.

Cam Skattebo finished RB37 that year and Jaleel McLaughlin RB82.

Cam Skattebo had 64 more carries than Jaleel McLaughlin, 101 to 37.

Cam Skattebo had 20 more catches than Jaleel McLaughlin, 24 to 4.

This season Cam Skattebo holds the bigger snap share, 65 percent against 10 percent.

This season Cam Skattebo holds the bigger share of the carries, 57 percent against 2 percent.

Byes and availability

Cam Skattebo is off in Week 8. No bye is listed for Jaleel McLaughlin.

What would change the answer

0.1 points a game is the entire case. The market restates it every week, and a line that moves moves the order with it.

The draft market is the half that is missing: when live drafts hold these two again they can order them differently from the projection, and this page will follow the drafts rather than the market-based projection when they do.