Should I start CJ Donaldson or Nicholas Singleton in Week 7?
Updated Oct 24, 4:16 PM ET. Week 8 answers post Tuesday.
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Week 7 verdict
Start CJ Donaldson over Nicholas Singleton
- 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
- Market projects
- 1.3
- fantasy pts
- CLE D vs RB
- 16.1
- 2nd fewest to RBs (2026)
- Snap share
- 12%
- Through Week 4
- Target share
- 0%
- Through Week 4
Start CJ Donaldson: 37 percent of the snaps and 18 percent of the carries over their last 3 games, against Nicholas Singleton's 12 percent of the snaps and 13 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 Nicholas Singleton for CJ Donaldson?
Yes, on the rest of the season. CJ Donaldson projects 21 market-implied PPR points from Week 8 through Week 17 (2.3 a game over 9 games), Nicholas Singleton 6 (0.7 a game over 9 games). For Week 7 the call starts CJ Donaldson over Nicholas Singleton, 3.2 to 1.3 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.
RB51 · NO · bye unlisted
2026 vs anytime td line 0-6
- Overall rank
- 175
RB57 · TEN · bye 9
- Overall rank
- 203
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The gap
- Board size333 draftable players
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 CJ Donaldson, and the board ranks him 175th overall on the rest of his evidence.
Live drafts hold no current pick on Nicholas Singleton, and the board ranks him 203rd 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 12 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 Nicholas Singleton is 1.3 PPR points a game off 3 markets across 11 market sources. That is 60 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 so far
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 4, Nicholas Singleton has been on the field for 12 percent of TEN snaps, taken 13 percent of the carries, drawn 0 percent of the targets and had 7 percent of the red zone chances.
He has taken 0 of the offence's 11 third down targets, had 0 of its 10 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 9 two minute targets.
In Week 2 against PHI he carried 4 times for 10 yards and did not score.
In Week 4 against BAL he carried 3 times for 2 yards and did not score.
Their last full seasons
CJ Donaldson is a rookie, so there is no NFL season behind him to price him against.
Nicholas Singleton is a rookie, so there is no NFL season behind him to price him against.
Head to head
This season CJ Donaldson holds the bigger snap share, 28 percent against 12 percent.
This season Nicholas Singleton holds the bigger share of the carries, 13 percent against 11 percent.
Byes and availability
Nicholas Singleton is off in Week 9. No bye is listed for CJ Donaldson.
Drop or keep
Should I drop Nicholas Singleton for CJ Donaldson?
Yes, on the rest of the season. CJ Donaldson projects 21 market-implied PPR points from Week 8 through Week 17 (2.3 a game over 9 games), Nicholas Singleton 6 (0.7 a game over 9 games). For Week 7 the call starts CJ Donaldson over Nicholas Singleton, 3.2 to 1.3 projected PPR points.
Should I drop CJ Donaldson for Nicholas Singleton?
No. Keep CJ Donaldson: he projects 21 market-implied PPR points from Week 8 through Week 17 (2.3 a game over 9 games), Nicholas Singleton 6 (0.7 a game over 9 games). For Week 7 the call starts CJ Donaldson over Nicholas Singleton, 3.2 to 1.3 projected PPR points.
Both players in full
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