Should I start CJ Donaldson or Sean Tucker in Week 7?
Updated Oct 23, 11:11 AM ET. Week 8 answers post Tuesday.
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Week 7 verdict
Start CJ Donaldson over Sean Tucker
- 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
- 2.5
- fantasy pts
- CAR D vs RB
- 25.7
- 5th most to RBs (2026)
- Snap share
- 5%
- Through Week 5
- Target share
- 0%
- Through Week 5
Start CJ Donaldson: 37 percent of the snaps and 18 percent of the carries over their last 3 games, against Sean Tucker's 5 percent of the snaps and 9 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 Sean Tucker for CJ Donaldson?
Not on these numbers alone. Sean Tucker projects 19 market-implied PPR points from Week 8 through Week 17 (2.1 a game over 9 games) and CJ Donaldson 21 (2.3 a game over 9 games), too close to separate, so the roster spot decides it. For Week 7 the call starts CJ Donaldson over Sean Tucker, 3.2 to 2.6 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.
RB49 · NO · bye unlisted
2026 vs anytime td line 0-6
- Overall rank
- 155
RB52 · TB · bye unlisted
2026 vs anytime td line 1-3
- Overall rank
- 163
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The gap
- Board size324 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 155th overall on the rest of his evidence.
Live drafts hold no current pick on Sean Tucker, and the board ranks him 163rd 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 Sean Tucker is 2.7 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.
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 5, Sean Tucker has been on the field for 5 percent of TB snaps, taken 9 percent of the carries, drawn 0 percent of the targets and had 16 percent of the red zone chances.
He has taken 0 of the offence's 26 third down targets, had 2 of its 5 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 21 two minute targets.
In Week 3 against MIN he carried 0 times for 0 yards and did not score.
In Week 4 against GB he carried 3 times for 10 yards and scored 1 touchdown.
In Week 5 against DAL he carried 5 times for 18 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 Sean Tucker played 17 games and scored 91.4 PPR points, 5.4 a game, finishing RB52.
He carried 86 times for 320 yards and 7 touchdowns, and caught 8 of 11 targets for 34 more yards.
That came to 5.1 carries a game at 3.7 yards a carry and 0-1 catches a game.
He was on the field for 16 percent of the snaps in the games he played.
Head to head
This season CJ Donaldson holds the bigger snap share, 28 percent against 5 percent.
This season CJ Donaldson holds the bigger share of the carries, 11 percent against 9 percent.
Drop or keep
Should I drop Sean Tucker for CJ Donaldson?
Not on these numbers alone. Sean Tucker projects 19 market-implied PPR points from Week 8 through Week 17 (2.1 a game over 9 games) and CJ Donaldson 21 (2.3 a game over 9 games), too close to separate, so the roster spot decides it. For Week 7 the call starts CJ Donaldson over Sean Tucker, 3.2 to 2.6 projected PPR points.
Should I drop CJ Donaldson for Sean Tucker?
Not on these numbers alone. CJ Donaldson projects 21 market-implied PPR points from Week 8 through Week 17 (2.3 a game over 9 games) and Sean Tucker 19 (2.1 a game over 9 games), too close to separate, so the roster spot decides it. For Week 7 the call starts CJ Donaldson over Sean Tucker, 3.2 to 2.6 projected PPR points.
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