Should I start CeeDee Lamb or Christian McCaffrey in Week 10?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on CeeDee Lamb, and the board ranks him 5th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Christian McCaffrey, and the board ranks him 6th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 7.

The market-based projections

CeeDee Lamb's market-based projection is 21.1 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 7 market sources. That is the 4th highest figure of the 208 players with a market-based projection.

The market-based projection for Christian McCaffrey is 22.0 PPR points a game off 2 markets across 7 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.

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

This season through Week 9

Through Week 9, CeeDee Lamb has been on the field for 81 percent of DAL snaps, drawn 33 percent of the targets and had 16 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 32 of the offence's 82 third down targets, had 3 of its 32 chances inside the five and seen 18 of its 55 two minute targets.

His 108 targets have averaged 10.7 air yards.

In Week 7 against PHI he caught 5 of 12 targets for 74 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.

In Week 8 against ARI he caught 7 of 11 targets for 58 yards and did not score.

In Week 9 against IND he caught 10 of 16 targets for 195 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Through Week 9, Christian McCaffrey has been on the field for 69 percent of SF snaps, taken 46 percent of the carries, drawn 20 percent of the targets and had 37 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 11 of the offence's 57 third down targets, had 14 of its 28 chances inside the five and seen 5 of its 30 two minute targets.

His 45 targets have averaged 2.8 air yards.

In Week 6 against WAS he carried 16 times for 64 yards, caught 9 of 10 targets for 53 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.

In Week 7 against ATL he carried 7 times for 39 yards, caught 6 of 7 targets for 61 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 9 against LV he carried 18 times for 68 yards, caught 2 of 3 targets for 19 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 CeeDee Lamb played 14 games and scored 200.9 PPR points, 14.4 a game, finishing WR22.

He caught 75 of 117 targets for 1077 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 17 red zone targets.

That came to 8.4 targets a game, a 64 percent catch rate and 14.4 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 75 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 Christian McCaffrey played 17 games and scored 416.6 PPR points, 24.5 a game, finishing RB1.

He carried 311 times for 1202 yards and 10 touchdowns, and caught 102 of 129 targets for 924 more yards.

That came to 18.3 carries a game at 3.9 yards a carry and 6.0 catches a game.

He was on the field for 83 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Christian McCaffrey was available for 3 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Christian McCaffrey scored 24.5 PPR points a game and CeeDee Lamb 14.4, 10.2 a game between them.

CeeDee Lamb finished WR22 and Christian McCaffrey RB1, which are two different ladders.

CeeDee Lamb is a wide receiver and Christian McCaffrey a running back, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

CeeDee Lamb is off in Week 14 and Christian McCaffrey in Week 8, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

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