Should I start Dameon Pierce or Colston Loveland in Week 6?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Dameon Pierce, and the board ranks him 71st overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Colston Loveland, and the board ranks him 72nd overall on the rest of his evidence.

By format he goes standard: ADP 20; 2QB: ADP 42.

The market-based projections

No season market is posted for Dameon Pierce, so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.

No season market is posted for Colston Loveland, so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.

Neither carries a posted market, so this page rests on the draft room and on what the two have already done.

This season through Week 5

Through Week 5, Dameon Pierce has been on the field for 77 percent of PHI snaps, taken 61 percent of the carries, drawn 14 percent of the targets and had 25 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 1 of the offence's 12 third down targets, had 0 of its 2 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 5 two minute targets.

His 5 targets have come 1.2 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 5 against JAX he carried 11 times for 14 yards, caught 2 of 5 targets for -2 yards and did not score.

Through Week 5, Colston Loveland has been on the field for 85 percent of CHI snaps, drawn 14 percent of the targets and had 8 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 7 of the offence's 43 third down targets, had 1 of its 26 chances inside the five and seen 4 of its 28 two minute targets.

His 23 targets have averaged 6.3 air yards.

In Week 3 against PHI he caught 4 of 4 targets for 31 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against NYJ he caught 6 of 9 targets for 57 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against GB he caught 2 of 5 targets for 19 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Dameon Pierce played 5 games and scored 3.6 PPR points, 0.7 a game, finishing RB128.

He carried 14 times for 36 yards and 0 touchdowns, and caught 0 of 1 target for 0 more yards.

That came to 2.8 carries a game at 2.6 yards a carry.

He was on the field for 8 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 Colston Loveland played 16 games and scored 165.1 PPR points, 10.3 a game, finishing TE12.

He caught 58 of 82 targets for 713 yards and 6 touchdowns, with 14 red zone targets.

That came to 5.1 targets a game, a 71 percent catch rate and 12.3 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 63 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Colston Loveland was available for 11 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Colston Loveland scored 10.3 PPR points a game and Dameon Pierce 0.7, 9.6 a game between them.

Dameon Pierce finished RB128 and Colston Loveland TE12, which are two different ladders.

Dameon Pierce is a running back and Colston Loveland a tight end, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Colston Loveland is off in Week 10. No bye is listed for Dameon Pierce.