James Cook III or Cam Skattebo: who should I start in Week 6?

What the player markets price

The player markets price James Cook III at 17.5 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 8 market sources. That is the 19th highest figure of the 143 players the market prices.

The player markets price Cam Skattebo at 12.9 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 12 market sources. That is the 51st highest figure of the 143 players the market prices.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on James Cook III: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 10th overall on the rest of his evidence.

By format he goes standard: ADP 2; 2QB: ADP 10.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Cam Skattebo: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 27th overall on the rest of his evidence.

This season through Week 5

Through Week 5, James Cook III has been on the field for 68 percent of BUF snaps, taken 67 percent of the carries, drawn 8 percent of the targets and had 40 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 35 third down targets, had 7 of its 18 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 24 two minute targets.

His 11 targets have come 0.5 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 3 against LAC he carried 24 times for 154 yards, caught 0 of 1 target for 0 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 4 against NE he carried 12 times for 75 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 8 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 5 against LAR he carried 25 times for 111 yards, caught 1 of 1 target for 7 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.

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.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 James Cook III played 17 games and scored 302.2 PPR points, 17.8 a game, finishing RB6.

He carried 309 times for 1621 yards and 12 touchdowns, and caught 33 of 40 targets for 291 more yards.

That came to 18.2 carries a game at 5.2 yards a carry and 1.9 catches a game.

He was on the field for 60 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

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.

James Cook III was available for 9 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 James Cook III scored 17.8 PPR points a game and Cam Skattebo 16.0, 1.8 a game between them.

James Cook III finished RB6 that year and Cam Skattebo RB37.

James Cook III had 208 more carries than Cam Skattebo, 309 to 101.

James Cook III had 9 more catches than Cam Skattebo, 33 to 24.

This season James Cook III holds the bigger snap share, 68 percent against 65 percent.

This season James Cook III holds the bigger share of the carries, 67 percent against 57 percent.

Byes and availability

James Cook III is off in Week 7 and Cam Skattebo in Week 8, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

4.6 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 the consensus sample holds these two again it can order them differently from the price, and this page will follow the sample rather than the market price when it does.