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Should I start MarShawn Lloyd or Emanuel Wilson in Week 7?

Updated Oct 20, 3:51 PM ET.

Week 7 verdict

Start

RB · SEA · vs KC

Market projects
12.3
recent weeks avg
KC D vs RB
19.0
11th fewest to RBs (2026)
Upside
Moderate
44 of 100 at RB
Snap share
39%
Through Week 6
Target share
4%
Through Week 6
Sit

RB · GB · at DET

Market projects
9.0
recent weeks avg
DET D vs RB
18.7
8th fewest to RBs (2026)
Upside
Moderate
48 of 100 at RB
Snap share
39%
Through Week 6
Target share
6%
Through Week 6
Start Wilson or Lloyd? The full Week 7 breakdown

Start Emanuel Wilson: 48 percent of the snaps and 66 percent of the carries over their last 3 games, against MarShawn Lloyd's 46 percent of the snaps and 36 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.

Should I drop MarShawn Lloyd for Emanuel Wilson?

Yes, on the rest of the season. Emanuel Wilson projects 130 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (13.0 a game over 10 games), MarShawn Lloyd 84 (8.4 a game over 10 games). For Week 7 the call starts Emanuel Wilson over MarShawn Lloyd.

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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.

RB34 · GB · bye 11

2026 vs carries line 3-3

Market-based projection
11.8 pts a game Wk 6 price
Overall rank
98

RB36 · SEA · bye 11

2026 vs anytime td line 2-4

Market-based projection
12.8 pts a game Wk 6 price
Overall rank
103

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The gap

  • Board size299 draftable players

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 MarShawn Lloyd, and the board ranks him 98th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 48.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Emanuel Wilson, and the board ranks him 103rd overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for MarShawn Lloyd is 3.3 PPR points a game off 1 market across 11 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.

The market-based projection for Emanuel Wilson is 3.0 PPR points a game off 1 market across 4 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.

MarShawn Lloyd's projection is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season through Week 6

Through Week 6, MarShawn Lloyd has been on the field for 39 percent of GB snaps, taken 41 percent of the carries, drawn 6 percent of the targets and had 23 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 1 of the offence's 64 third down targets, had 3 of its 15 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 32 two minute targets.

His 14 targets have come 1 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 4 against TB he carried 7 times for 13 yards, caught 5 of 5 targets for 36 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against CHI he carried 10 times for 31 yards, caught 1 of 2 targets for 6 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.

In Week 6 against DAL he carried 8 times for 10 yards, caught 0 of 1 target for 0 yards and did not score.

Through Week 6, Emanuel Wilson has been on the field for 39 percent of SEA snaps, taken 54 percent of the carries, drawn 4 percent of the targets and had 29 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 52 third down targets, had 7 of its 17 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 32 two minute targets.

His 8 targets have come 2.4 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 4 against LAC he carried 21 times for 81 yards, caught 3 of 4 targets for 39 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.

In Week 5 against SF he carried 20 times for 61 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 11 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 6 against DEN he carried 14 times for 52 yards, caught 0 of 1 target for 0 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

The season feed carries no line for MarShawn Lloyd in the last completed season.

In 2025 Emanuel Wilson played 17 games and scored 94.5 PPR points, 5.6 a game, finishing RB49.

He carried 125 times for 496 yards and 3 touchdowns, and caught 15 of 17 targets for 99 more yards.

That came to 7.4 carries a game at 4.0 yards a carry and 0.9 catches a game.

He was on the field for 30 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Head to head

Their snap share this season is the same, 39 percent each.

This season Emanuel Wilson holds the bigger share of the carries, 54 percent against 41 percent.

Byes and availability

Both are off in Week 11, so a roster holding the pair has that one week to cover twice.

Drop or keep

  • Should I drop MarShawn Lloyd for Emanuel Wilson?

    Yes, on the rest of the season. Emanuel Wilson projects 130 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (13.0 a game over 10 games), MarShawn Lloyd 84 (8.4 a game over 10 games). For Week 7 the call starts Emanuel Wilson over MarShawn Lloyd.

  • Should I drop Emanuel Wilson for MarShawn Lloyd?

    No. Keep Emanuel Wilson: he projects 130 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (13.0 a game over 10 games), MarShawn Lloyd 84 (8.4 a game over 10 games). For Week 7 the call starts Emanuel Wilson over MarShawn Lloyd.

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