Should I start Dameon Pierce or Jahmyr Gibbs in Week 7?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Dameon Pierce, and the board ranks him 26th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Jahmyr Gibbs, and the board ranks him 33rd overall on the rest of his evidence.

By format he goes standard: ADP 1; 2QB: ADP 1.

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.

The market-based projection for Jahmyr Gibbs is 8.3 PPR points a game off 1 market across 7 market sources. That is 30 percent of what a running back's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

This season so far

Through Week 6, Dameon Pierce has been on the field for 77 percent of PHI snaps, taken 74 percent of the carries, drawn 12 percent of the targets and had 43 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 2 of the offence's 25 third down targets, had 2 of its 4 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 5 two minute targets.

His 10 targets have come 0.4 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.

In Week 6 against CAR he carried 12 times for 35 yards, caught 4 of 5 targets for 15 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Through Week 5, Jahmyr Gibbs has been on the field for 77 percent of DET snaps, taken 82 percent of the carries, drawn 18 percent of the targets and had 50 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 6 of the offence's 45 third down targets, had 13 of its 21 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 21 two minute targets.

His 34 targets have averaged 1.4 air yards.

In Week 3 against NYJ he carried 20 times for 99 yards, caught 7 of 8 targets for 65 yards and scored 3 touchdowns.

In Week 4 against CAR he carried 15 times for 46 yards, caught 4 of 7 targets for 22 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 5 against ARI he carried 25 times for 151 yards, caught 5 of 6 targets for 56 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.

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 Jahmyr Gibbs played 17 games and scored 366.9 PPR points, 21.6 a game, finishing RB3.

He carried 243 times for 1223 yards and 13 touchdowns, and caught 77 of 94 targets for 616 more yards.

That came to 14.3 carries a game at 5.0 yards a carry and 4-5 catches a game.

He was on the field for 67 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Jahmyr Gibbs was available for 12 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Jahmyr Gibbs scored 21.6 PPR points a game and Dameon Pierce 0.7, 20.9 a game between them.

Dameon Pierce finished RB128 that year and Jahmyr Gibbs RB3.

Jahmyr Gibbs had 229 more carries than Dameon Pierce, 243 to 14.

Jahmyr Gibbs had 77 more catches than Dameon Pierce, 77 to 0.

Their snap share this season is the same, 77 percent each.

This season Jahmyr Gibbs holds the bigger share of the carries, 82 percent against 74 percent.

Byes and availability

Dameon Pierce is off in Week 10 and Jahmyr Gibbs in Week 6, so either can cover the other's bye.