Should I start Keaton Mitchell or Darnell Washington in Week 6?

The market-based projections

Keaton Mitchell's market-based projection is 7.0 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 14 market sources. That is the 116th highest figure of the 193 players with a market-based projection.

Darnell Washington's market-based projection is 6.4 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 13 market sources. That is the 125th highest figure of the 193 players with a market-based projection.

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Keaton Mitchell, and the board ranks him 140th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Darnell Washington, and the board ranks him 138th overall on the rest of his evidence.

This season through Week 5

Through Week 5, Keaton Mitchell has been on the field for 33 percent of LAC snaps, taken 22 percent of the carries, drawn 10 percent of the targets and had 11 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 4 of the offence's 44 third down targets, had 1 of its 7 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 19 two minute targets.

His 14 targets have come 2 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 3 against BUF he carried 8 times for 52 yards, caught 3 of 3 targets for -5 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 4 against SEA he carried 10 times for 39 yards, caught 5 of 6 targets for 24 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against DEN he carried 6 times for 11 yards, caught 3 of 4 targets for 18 yards and did not score.

Through Week 5, Darnell Washington has been on the field for 65 percent of PIT snaps, drawn 9 percent of the targets and had 11 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 2 of the offence's 40 third down targets, had 0 of its 2 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 26 two minute targets.

His 16 targets have averaged 5.2 air yards.

In Week 3 against CIN he caught 3 of 4 targets for 67 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against CLE he caught 3 of 5 targets for 27 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 5 against IND he caught 2 of 3 targets for 12 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Keaton Mitchell played 13 games and scored 55.4 PPR points, 4.3 a game, finishing RB67.

He carried 59 times for 341 yards and 1 touchdown, and caught 9 of 12 targets for 63 more yards.

That came to 4-5 carries a game at 5.8 yards a carry and 0.7 catches a game.

He was on the field for 17 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 Darnell Washington played 16 games and scored 73.4 PPR points, 4.6 a game, finishing TE39.

He caught 31 of 43 targets for 364 yards and 1 touchdown, with 8 red zone targets.

That came to 2.7 targets a game, a 72 percent catch rate and 11.7 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 57 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Darnell Washington was available for 3 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Darnell Washington scored 4.6 PPR points a game and Keaton Mitchell 4.3, 0.3 a game between them.

Keaton Mitchell finished RB67 and Darnell Washington TE39, which are two different ladders.

Keaton Mitchell is a running back and Darnell Washington a tight end, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Keaton Mitchell is off in Week 7 and Darnell Washington in Week 9, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

0.6 points a game is the entire case. The market restates it every week, and a line that moves moves the order with it.

The draft market is the half that is missing: when live drafts hold these two again they can order them differently from the projection, and this page will follow the drafts rather than the market-based projection when they do.