Should I start CJ Donaldson or Emanuel Wilson in Week 7?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on CJ Donaldson, and the board ranks him 154th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Emanuel Wilson, and the board ranks him 155th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for CJ Donaldson is 3.2 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.

The market-based projection for Emanuel Wilson is 3.2 PPR points a game off 1 market across 13 market sources. That is 30 percent of what a running back's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

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

This season through Week 6

Through Week 6, CJ Donaldson has been on the field for 28 percent of NO snaps, taken 11 percent of the carries, drawn 3 percent of the targets and had 4 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 59 third down targets, had 1 of its 19 chances inside the five and seen 2 of its 37 two minute targets.

His 6 targets have averaged 1.2 air yards.

In Week 4 against ATL he carried 3 times for 18 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 5 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against MIN he carried 4 times for 13 yards, caught 1 of 1 target for 7 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against NYG he carried 6 times for 39 yards, caught 0 of 1 target for 0 yards and did not score.

Through Week 6, Emanuel Wilson has been on the field for 39 percent of SEA snaps, taken 54 percent of the carries, drawn 4 percent of the targets and had 29 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 52 third down targets, had 7 of its 17 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 32 two minute targets.

His 8 targets have come 2.4 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 4 against LAC he carried 21 times for 81 yards, caught 3 of 4 targets for 39 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.

In Week 5 against SF he carried 20 times for 61 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 11 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 6 against DEN he carried 14 times for 52 yards, caught 0 of 1 target for 0 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

CJ Donaldson is a rookie, so there is no NFL season behind him to price him against.

In 2025 Emanuel Wilson played 17 games and scored 94.5 PPR points, 5.6 a game, finishing RB49.

He carried 125 times for 496 yards and 3 touchdowns, and caught 15 of 17 targets for 99 more yards.

That came to 7.4 carries a game at 4.0 yards a carry and 0.9 catches a game.

He was on the field for 30 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Head to head

This season Emanuel Wilson holds the bigger snap share, 39 percent against 28 percent.

This season Emanuel Wilson holds the bigger share of the carries, 54 percent against 11 percent.

Byes and availability

Emanuel Wilson is off in Week 11. No bye is listed for CJ Donaldson.