Christian McCaffrey or Jacory Croskey-Merritt: who should I start in Week 6?

What the player markets price

The player markets price Christian McCaffrey at 21.7 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 10 market sources. That is the 3rd highest figure of the 131 players the market prices.

The player markets price Jacory Croskey-Merritt at 8.1 PPR points a game, built from 4 markets across 10 market sources. That is the 50th highest figure of the 131 players the market prices.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Christian McCaffrey: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 3rd overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 7.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Jacory Croskey-Merritt: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 36th overall on the rest of his evidence.

This season through Week 5

Through Week 5, Christian McCaffrey has been on the field for 69 percent of SF snaps, taken 46 percent of the carries, drawn 18 percent of the targets and had 34 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 7 of the offence's 35 third down targets, had 8 of its 14 chances inside the five and seen 4 of its 21 two minute targets.

His 25 targets have averaged 2.0 air yards.

In Week 3 against ARI he carried 15 times for 75 yards, caught 4 of 5 targets for 41 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 4 against DEN he carried 15 times for 52 yards, caught 3 of 5 targets for 18 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 5 against SEA he carried 11 times for 68 yards, caught 3 of 3 targets for 15 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Through Week 5, Jacory Croskey-Merritt has been on the field for 45 percent of WAS snaps, taken 46 percent of the carries, drawn 5 percent of the targets and had 18 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 1 of the offence's 42 third down targets, had 1 of its 7 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 20 two minute targets.

His 7 targets have averaged 0.6 air yards.

In Week 3 against SEA he carried 19 times for 36 yards, caught 1 of 1 target for 7 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against IND he carried 9 times for 15 yards, caught 2 of 4 targets for 35 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against NYG he carried 11 times for 82 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Their 2025 seasons

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.

In 2025 Jacory Croskey-Merritt played 17 games and scored 140.3 PPR points, 8.3 a game, finishing RB33.

He carried 175 times for 805 yards and 8 touchdowns, and caught 9 of 13 targets for 68 more yards.

That came to 10.3 carries a game at 4.6 yards a carry and 0.5 catches a game.

He was on the field for 39 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Both were available for 17 games that season.

Head to head

In 2025 Christian McCaffrey scored 24.5 PPR points a game and Jacory Croskey-Merritt 8.3, 16.3 a game between them.

Christian McCaffrey finished RB1 that year and Jacory Croskey-Merritt RB33.

Christian McCaffrey had 136 more carries than Jacory Croskey-Merritt, 311 to 175.

Christian McCaffrey had 93 more catches than Jacory Croskey-Merritt, 102 to 9.

This season Christian McCaffrey holds the bigger snap share, 69 percent against 45 percent.

Their share of the carries this season is the same, 46 percent each.

Byes and availability

Christian McCaffrey is off in Week 8 and Jacory Croskey-Merritt in Week 7, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

13.6 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.