Should I start Cam Skattebo or Michael Penix Jr. in Week 7?

Updated Oct 20, 4:16 PM ET. Week 8 answers post Tuesday.

Start Michael Penix Jr.: 98 percent of the snaps and 0 percent of the targets over their last 3 games, against Cam Skattebo's 45 percent of the snaps and 42 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 Cam Skattebo for Michael Penix Jr.?

Yes, on the rest of the season. Michael Penix Jr. projects 150 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (15.0 a game over 10 games), Cam Skattebo 130 (13.0 a game over 10 games). Michael Penix Jr. is listed questionable.

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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.

Cam Skattebo

RB41 · NYG · bye 8

2026 vs carries line 3-3

Market-based projection: 9.7 pts a game Wk 6 price
Overall rank: 116

Michael Penix Jr.

QB13 · ATL · bye 11

2026 vs pass yds line 2-2

Market-based projection: 15.3 pts a game Wk 6 price
Overall rank: 117

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The gap

Board size299 draftable players

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 Cam Skattebo, and the board ranks him 116th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Michael Penix Jr., and the board ranks him 117th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Cam Skattebo is 2.4 PPR points a game off 1 market across 1 market source. That is 30 percent of what a running back's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

No season market is posted for Michael Penix Jr., so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.

This season through Week 6

Through Week 6, Cam Skattebo has been on the field for 54 percent of NYG snaps, taken 50 percent of the carries, drawn 6 percent of the targets and had 23 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 3 of the offence's 55 third down targets, had 3 of its 10 chances inside the five and seen 4 of its 27 two minute targets.

His 12 targets have averaged 2.4 air yards.

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.

In Week 6 against NO he carried 0 times for 0 yards and did not score.

Through Week 6, Michael Penix Jr. has been on the field for 99 percent of ATL snaps, dropped back 122 times and thrown 7.4 air yards an attempt.

He has been sacked or hit on 15 of 122 dropbacks and scrambled 3 times.

In Week 4 against NO he completed 15 of 20 passes for 223 yards and threw 1 touchdown and 0 interceptions.

In Week 5 against BAL he completed 19 of 32 passes for 240 yards, threw 1 touchdown and 0 interceptions and ran 2 times for 8 yards.

In Week 6 against CHI he completed 19 of 33 passes for 225 yards, threw 3 touchdowns and 0 interceptions and ran 1 time for 1 yards.

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 Michael Penix Jr. played 9 games and scored 123.3 PPR points, 13.7 a game, finishing QB33.

He threw for 1982 yards on 276 attempts with 9 touchdowns and 3 interceptions, and ran for 70 yards and 1 touchdown.

That came to 30.7 attempts a game at 7.2 yards an attempt.

He was on the field for 93 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Michael Penix Jr. was available for 1 game more.

Side by side

In 2025 Cam Skattebo scored 16.0 PPR points a game and Michael Penix Jr. 13.7, 2.3 a game between them.

Cam Skattebo finished RB37 and Michael Penix Jr. QB33, which are two different ladders.

Cam Skattebo is a running back and Michael Penix Jr. a quarterback, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Cam Skattebo is off in Week 8 and Michael Penix Jr. in Week 11, so either can cover the other's bye.

Michael Penix Jr. is listed as questionable on the injury report.

Drop or keep

Should I drop Cam Skattebo for Michael Penix Jr.?
Yes, on the rest of the season. Michael Penix Jr. projects 150 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (15.0 a game over 10 games), Cam Skattebo 130 (13.0 a game over 10 games). Michael Penix Jr. is listed questionable.
Should I drop Michael Penix Jr. for Cam Skattebo?
No. Keep Michael Penix Jr.: he projects 150 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (15.0 a game over 10 games), Cam Skattebo 130 (13.0 a game over 10 games). Michael Penix Jr. is listed questionable.