CeeDee Lamb or James Cook III: who should I start in Week 6?

What the player markets price

The player markets price CeeDee Lamb at 17.7 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 11 market sources. That is the 16th highest figure of the 143 players the market prices.

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.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on CeeDee Lamb: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 11th overall on the rest of his evidence.

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.

This season through Week 5

Through Week 5, CeeDee Lamb has been on the field for 77 percent of DAL snaps, drawn 27 percent of the targets and had 11 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 14 of the offence's 46 third down targets, had 3 of its 22 chances inside the five and seen 9 of its 31 two minute targets.

His 51 targets have averaged 10.3 air yards.

In Week 3 against BAL he caught 7 of 8 targets for 112 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against HOU he carried 1 time for -6 yards, caught 17 of 21 targets for 189 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 5 against TB he caught 2 of 5 targets for 9 yards and did not score.

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.

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 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.

James Cook III was available for 3 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 James Cook III scored 17.8 PPR points a game and CeeDee Lamb 14.4, 3.4 a game between them.

CeeDee Lamb finished WR22 and James Cook III RB6, which are two different ladders.

CeeDee Lamb is a wide receiver and James Cook III 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 James Cook III in Week 7, so either can cover the other's bye.

CeeDee Lamb is listed as questionable on the injury report.

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 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.