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Should I start Quinshon Judkins or Dameon Pierce in Week 6?

Updated Oct 18, 8:51 PM ET.

Week 6 verdict

Start Dameon Pierce over Quinshon Judkins

Quinshon Judkins is listed out, so Dameon Pierce starts despite the lower projection.

Market projects
10.5
fantasy pts
Upside
High
98 of 100 at RB
Snap share
77%
Through Week 5
Target share
14%
Through Week 5
Sit

Quinshon Judkins

RB · CLE · vs BAL · final

Market projected
11.2
pre-game
BAL D vs RB
18.8
10th fewest to RBs (2026)
Snap share
60%
Through Week 5
Target share
14%
Through Week 5
Start Pierce or Judkins? The full Week 6 breakdown

Start Dameon Pierce: 77 percent of the snaps and 61 percent of the carries over their last 3 games, against Quinshon Judkins's 56 percent of the snaps and 64 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.

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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.

RB26 · CLE · bye 11

2026 vs carries line 2-3

Market-based projection
10.8 pts a game Wk 6 price
Overall rank
65

RB27 · PHI · bye unlisted

2025 vs anytime td line 0-4

Market-based projection
10.4 pts a game Wk 6 price
Overall rank
71

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The gap

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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 Quinshon Judkins, and the board ranks him 65th 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 Quinshon Judkins, 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, Quinshon Judkins has been on the field for 60 percent of CLE snaps, taken 61 percent of the carries, drawn 14 percent of the targets and had 43 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 1 of the offence's 35 third down targets, had 4 of its 7 chances inside the five and seen 2 of its 22 two minute targets.

His 20 targets have come 2 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 3 against CAR he carried 18 times for 70 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 9 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against PIT he carried 17 times for 53 yards, caught 6 of 7 targets for 43 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 5 against NYJ he carried 14 times for 44 yards, caught 3 of 4 targets for 6 yards and did not score.

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 Quinshon Judkins played 15 games and scored 169.8 PPR points, 11.3 a game, finishing RB26.

He carried 230 times for 827 yards and 7 touchdowns, and caught 26 of 36 targets for 171 more yards.

That came to 15.3 carries a game at 3.6 yards a carry and 1.7 catches a game.

He was on the field for 50 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.

Quinshon Judkins was available for 10 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Quinshon Judkins scored 11.3 PPR points a game and Dameon Pierce 0.7, 10.6 a game between them.

Quinshon Judkins finished RB26 that year and Dameon Pierce RB128.

Quinshon Judkins had 216 more carries than Dameon Pierce, 230 to 14.

Quinshon Judkins had 26 more catches than Dameon Pierce, 26 to 0.

This season Dameon Pierce holds the bigger snap share, 77 percent against 60 percent.

Their share of the carries this season is the same, 61 percent each.

Byes and availability

Quinshon Judkins is off in Week 11. No bye is listed for Dameon Pierce.

Quinshon Judkins is listed as out on the injury report.

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