Drake London or James Cook III: who should I start in Week 6?

The market-based projections

Drake London's market-based projection is 18.9 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 13 market sources. That is the 10th highest figure of the 157 players with a market-based projection.

James Cook III's market-based projection is 17.0 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 13 market sources. That is the 21st highest figure of the 157 players with a market-based projection.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Drake London: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 13th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on James Cook III: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 11th overall on the rest of his evidence.

By format he goes standard: ADP 2; 2QB: ADP 10.

This season through Week 5

Through Week 5, Drake London has been on the field for 88 percent of ATL snaps, drawn 28 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 15 of the offence's 40 third down targets, had 0 of its 12 chances inside the five and seen 2 of its 16 two minute targets.

His 36 targets have averaged 9.1 air yards.

In Week 3 against GB he caught 9 of 10 targets for 194 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against NO he caught 5 of 6 targets for 96 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against BAL he caught 7 of 11 targets for 118 yards and did not score.

Through Week 5, James Cook III has been on the field for 67 percent of BUF snaps, taken 67 percent of the carries, drawn 8 percent of the targets and had 40 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 35 third down targets, had 7 of its 18 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 24 two minute targets.

His 11 targets have come 1 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 3 against LAC he carried 24 times for 154 yards, caught 0 of 1 target for 0 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 4 against NE he carried 12 times for 75 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 8 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 5 against LAR he carried 25 times for 111 yards, caught 1 of 1 target for 7 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Drake London played 12 games and scored 201.9 PPR points, 16.8 a game, finishing WR19.

He caught 68 of 112 targets for 919 yards and 7 touchdowns, with 13 red zone targets.

That came to 9.3 targets a game, a 61 percent catch rate and 14 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 90 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 James Cook III played 17 games and scored 302.2 PPR points, 17.8 a game, finishing RB6.

He carried 309 times for 1621 yards and 12 touchdowns, and caught 33 of 40 targets for 291 more yards.

That came to 18.2 carries a game at 5.2 yards a carry and 1.9 catches a game.

He was on the field for 60 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

James Cook III was available for 5 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 James Cook III scored 17.8 PPR points a game and Drake London 16.8, 1.0 a game between them.

Drake London finished WR19 and James Cook III RB6, which are two different ladders.

Drake London is a wide receiver and James Cook III a running back, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

James Cook III is off in Week 7. No bye is listed for Drake London.

What would change the answer

1.9 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 the consensus sample holds these two again it can order them differently from the projection, and this page will follow the sample rather than the market-based projection when it does.