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Should I start Ollie Gordon II or Cam Skattebo in Week 7?

Updated Oct 21, 11:16 PM ET.

Week 7 verdict

Start

RB · MIA · at NYJ

Market projects
9.7
fantasy pts
NYJ D vs RB
21.9
14th most to RBs (2026)
Upside
High
89 of 100 at RB
Sit

RB · NYG · at HOU

Market projects
7.2
fantasy pts
HOU D vs RB
18.9
9th fewest to RBs (2026)
Upside
Limited
8 of 100 at RB
Snap share
54%
Through Week 6
Target share
6%
Through Week 6
Start Gordon or Skattebo? The full Week 7 breakdown

Start Ollie Gordon II: 71 percent of the snaps and 53 percent of the carries 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 Ollie Gordon II for Cam Skattebo?

Yes, on the rest of the season. Cam Skattebo projects 130 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (13.0 a game over 10 games), Ollie Gordon II 110 (10.0 a game over 11 games). For Week 7 the call starts Ollie Gordon II over Cam Skattebo, 9.7 to 7.2 projected PPR points. So make the move after his Week 7 game.

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Both players' season market-based projection, their usage this season and their last full season's numbers.

RB21 · MIA · bye 6

2026 vs anytime td line 3-2

Market-based projection
9.7 pts a game

RB25 · NYG · bye 8

2026 vs carries line 3-3

Overall rank
71

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The gap

  • Board size315 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 Ollie Gordon II, and the board ranks him 47th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Cam Skattebo, and the board ranks him 71st overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

Ollie Gordon II's market-based projection is 9.7 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 11 market sources. That is the 86th highest figure of the 214 players with a market-based projection.

The market-based projection for Cam Skattebo is 7.2 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.

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

This season so far

Through Week 5, Ollie Gordon II has been on the field for 48 percent of MIA snaps, taken 36 percent of the carries, drawn 4 percent of the targets and had 38 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 1 of the offence's 35 third down targets, had 5 of its 9 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 18 two minute targets.

His 5 targets have come 3.2 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 3 against KC he carried 17 times for 41 yards, caught 3 of 3 targets for 14 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 4 against MIN he carried 9 times for 100 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 0 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 5 against CIN he carried 18 times for 88 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

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.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Ollie Gordon II played 17 games and scored 54.1 PPR points, 3.2 a game, finishing RB68.

He carried 70 times for 199 yards and 3 touchdowns, and caught 7 of 9 targets for 32 more yards.

That came to 4.1 carries a game at 2.8 yards a carry and 0.4 catches a game.

He was on the field for 22 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.

Ollie Gordon II was available for 9 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Cam Skattebo scored 16.0 PPR points a game and Ollie Gordon II 3.2, 12.8 a game between them.

Ollie Gordon II finished RB68 that year and Cam Skattebo RB37.

Cam Skattebo had 31 more carries than Ollie Gordon II, 101 to 70.

Cam Skattebo had 17 more catches than Ollie Gordon II, 24 to 7.

This season Cam Skattebo holds the bigger snap share, 54 percent against 48 percent.

This season Cam Skattebo holds the bigger share of the carries, 50 percent against 36 percent.

Byes and availability

Ollie Gordon II is off in Week 6 and Cam Skattebo in Week 8, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

Cam Skattebo has only a partial projection, so the market half of this page is whole for only one of them.

Drop or keep

  • Should I drop Ollie Gordon II for Cam Skattebo?

    Yes, on the rest of the season. Cam Skattebo projects 130 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (13.0 a game over 10 games), Ollie Gordon II 110 (10.0 a game over 11 games). For Week 7 the call starts Ollie Gordon II over Cam Skattebo, 9.7 to 7.2 projected PPR points. So make the move after his Week 7 game.

  • Should I drop Cam Skattebo for Ollie Gordon II?

    No. Keep Cam Skattebo: he projects 130 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (13.0 a game over 10 games), Ollie Gordon II 110 (10.0 a game over 11 games). For Week 7 the call starts Ollie Gordon II over Cam Skattebo, 9.7 to 7.2 projected PPR points.

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