Should I start MarShawn Lloyd or CJ Donaldson in Week 7?
Updated Oct 24, 10:16 AM ET. Week 8 answers post Tuesday.
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Week 7 verdict
Start MarShawn Lloyd over CJ Donaldson
- Market projects
- 3.6
- fantasy pts
- DET D vs RB
- 18.7
- 8th fewest to RBs (2026)
- Snap share
- 39%
- Through Week 6
- Target share
- 6%
- Through Week 6
- Market projects
- 3.2
- fantasy pts
- PIT D vs RB
- 20.4
- 15th fewest to RBs (2026)
- Snap share
- 28%
- Through Week 6
- Target share
- 3%
- Through Week 6
Start MarShawn Lloyd: 46 percent of the snaps and 36 percent of the carries over their last 3 games, against CJ Donaldson's 37 percent of the snaps and 18 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 CJ Donaldson for MarShawn Lloyd?
Yes, on the rest of the season. MarShawn Lloyd projects 60 market-implied PPR points from Week 8 through Week 17 (6.7 a game over 9 games), CJ Donaldson 21 (2.3 a game over 9 games). For Week 7 the call starts MarShawn Lloyd over CJ Donaldson, 3.6 to 3.2 projected PPR points.
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Neither man carries a season projection right now, so this is their usage this season and their last full season's numbers, side by side.
RB48 · GB · bye 11
2026 vs carries line 3-3
- Overall rank
- 170
RB50 · NO · bye unlisted
2026 vs anytime td line 0-6
- Overall rank
- 179
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The gap
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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 MarShawn Lloyd, and the board ranks him 170th overall on the rest of his evidence.
In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 48.
Live drafts hold no current pick on CJ Donaldson, and the board ranks him 179th overall on the rest of his evidence.
The market-based projections
The market-based projection for MarShawn Lloyd is 3.7 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 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.
MarShawn Lloyd's projection is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.
This season through Week 6
Through Week 6, MarShawn Lloyd has been on the field for 39 percent of GB snaps, taken 41 percent of the carries, drawn 6 percent of the targets and had 23 percent of the red zone chances.
He has taken 1 of the offence's 64 third down targets, had 3 of its 15 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 32 two minute targets.
His 14 targets have come 1 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.
In Week 4 against TB he carried 7 times for 13 yards, caught 5 of 5 targets for 36 yards and did not score.
In Week 5 against CHI he carried 10 times for 31 yards, caught 1 of 2 targets for 6 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.
In Week 6 against DAL he carried 8 times for 10 yards, caught 0 of 1 target for 0 yards and did not score.
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.
Their last full seasons
The season feed carries no line for MarShawn Lloyd in the last completed season.
CJ Donaldson is a rookie, so there is no NFL season behind him to price him against.
Head to head
This season MarShawn Lloyd holds the bigger snap share, 39 percent against 28 percent.
This season MarShawn Lloyd holds the bigger share of the carries, 41 percent against 11 percent.
Byes and availability
MarShawn Lloyd is off in Week 11. No bye is listed for CJ Donaldson.
Drop or keep
Should I drop CJ Donaldson for MarShawn Lloyd?
Yes, on the rest of the season. MarShawn Lloyd projects 60 market-implied PPR points from Week 8 through Week 17 (6.7 a game over 9 games), CJ Donaldson 21 (2.3 a game over 9 games). For Week 7 the call starts MarShawn Lloyd over CJ Donaldson, 3.6 to 3.2 projected PPR points.
Should I drop MarShawn Lloyd for CJ Donaldson?
No. Keep MarShawn Lloyd: he projects 60 market-implied PPR points from Week 8 through Week 17 (6.7 a game over 9 games), CJ Donaldson 21 (2.3 a game over 9 games). For Week 7 the call starts MarShawn Lloyd over CJ Donaldson, 3.6 to 3.2 projected PPR points.
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