Should I start Jacory Croskey-Merritt or Dameon Pierce in Week 6?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Jacory Croskey-Merritt, and the board ranks him 63rd overall on the rest of his evidence.

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

The market-based projections

No season market is posted for Jacory Croskey-Merritt, so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.

No season market is posted for Dameon Pierce, 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, Jacory Croskey-Merritt has been on the field for 45 percent of WAS snaps, taken 46 percent of the carries, drawn 5 percent of the targets and had 18 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 1 of the offence's 42 third down targets, had 1 of its 7 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 20 two minute targets.

His 7 targets have averaged 0.6 air yards.

In Week 3 against SEA he carried 19 times for 36 yards, caught 1 of 1 target for 7 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against IND he carried 9 times for 15 yards, caught 2 of 4 targets for 35 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against NYG he carried 11 times for 82 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

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.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Jacory Croskey-Merritt played 17 games and scored 140.3 PPR points, 8.3 a game, finishing RB33.

He carried 175 times for 805 yards and 8 touchdowns, and caught 9 of 13 targets for 68 more yards.

That came to 10.3 carries a game at 4.6 yards a carry and 0-1 catches a game.

He was on the field for 39 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

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.

Jacory Croskey-Merritt was available for 12 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Jacory Croskey-Merritt scored 8.3 PPR points a game and Dameon Pierce 0.7, 7.5 a game between them.

Jacory Croskey-Merritt finished RB33 that year and Dameon Pierce RB128.

Jacory Croskey-Merritt had 161 more carries than Dameon Pierce, 175 to 14.

Jacory Croskey-Merritt had 9 more catches than Dameon Pierce, 9 to 0.

This season Dameon Pierce holds the bigger snap share, 77 percent against 45 percent.

This season Dameon Pierce holds the bigger share of the carries, 61 percent against 46 percent.

Byes and availability

Jacory Croskey-Merritt is off in Week 7. No bye is listed for Dameon Pierce.

Jacory Croskey-Merritt is listed as out on the injury report.