Should I start Courtland Sutton or Najee Harris in Week 6?

Updated Oct 19, 7:51 PM ET. Week 7 answers post Tuesday.

Start Courtland Sutton: 77 percent of the snaps and 14 percent of the targets over their last 3 games, against Najee Harris's 19 percent of the snaps and 26 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 Najee Harris for Courtland Sutton?

Yes, on the rest of the season. Courtland Sutton projects 92 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (9.2 a game over 10 games), Najee Harris 46 (4.6 a game over 10 games).

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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.

Courtland Sutton

WR46 · DEN · bye 10

2026 vs anytime td line 1-5

Market-based projection: 8.5 pts a game Wk 6 price
Overall rank: 115

Najee Harris

RB34 · NYG · bye 8

2026 vs anytime td line 0-5

Market-based projection: 8.2 pts a game Wk 6 price
Overall rank: 116

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The gap

Board size332 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 Courtland Sutton, and the board ranks him 115th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Najee Harris, and the board ranks him 116th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

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

No season market is posted for Najee Harris, 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 6

Through Week 6, Courtland Sutton has been on the field for 78 percent of DEN snaps, drawn 16 percent of the targets and had 14 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 10 of the offence's 50 third down targets, had 2 of its 17 chances inside the five and seen 7 of its 22 two minute targets.

His 28 targets have averaged 10.9 air yards.

In Week 4 against SF he caught 1 of 6 targets for 4 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against LAC he caught 2 of 3 targets for 18 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 6 against SEA he caught 2 of 3 targets for 19 yards and did not score.

Through Week 6, Najee Harris has been on the field for 18 percent of NYG snaps, taken 24 percent of the carries, drawn 1 percent of the targets and had 19 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 48 third down targets, had 2 of its 7 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 21 two minute targets.

His 1 target have averaged 2.0 air yards.

In Week 4 against ARI he carried 9 times for 30 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against WAS he carried 5 times for 9 yards, caught 1 of 1 target for 5 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against NO he carried 4 times for 2 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Courtland Sutton played 17 games and scored 219.7 PPR points, 12.9 a game, finishing WR13.

He caught 74 of 124 targets for 1017 yards and 7 touchdowns, with 17 red zone targets.

That came to 7.3 targets a game, a 60 percent catch rate and 13.7 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 86 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 Najee Harris played 3 games and scored 11.6 PPR points, 3.9 a game, finishing RB105.

He carried 15 times for 61 yards and 0 touchdowns, and caught 3 of 3 targets for 25 more yards.

That came to 5.0 carries a game at 4.1 yards a carry and 1.0 catches a game.

He was on the field for 21 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Courtland Sutton was available for 14 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Courtland Sutton scored 12.9 PPR points a game and Najee Harris 3.9, 9.1 a game between them.

Courtland Sutton finished WR13 and Najee Harris RB105, which are two different ladders.

Courtland Sutton is a wide receiver and Najee Harris a running back, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Courtland Sutton is off in Week 10 and Najee Harris in Week 8, so either can cover the other's bye.

Drop or keep

Should I drop Najee Harris for Courtland Sutton?
Yes, on the rest of the season. Courtland Sutton projects 92 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (9.2 a game over 10 games), Najee Harris 46 (4.6 a game over 10 games).
Should I drop Courtland Sutton for Najee Harris?
No. Keep Courtland Sutton: he projects 92 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (9.2 a game over 10 games), Najee Harris 46 (4.6 a game over 10 games).