Should I start Emanuel Wilson or Ollie Gordon in Week 7?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Emanuel Wilson, and the board ranks him 105th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Ollie Gordon, and the board ranks him 108th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Emanuel Wilson is 3.1 PPR points a game off 1 market across 12 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 Ollie Gordon is 2.7 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.

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

This season so far

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.

Through Week 5, Ollie Gordon has been on the field for 48 percent of MIA snaps, taken 36 percent of the carries, drawn 4 percent of the targets and had 38 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 1 of the offence's 35 third down targets, had 5 of its 9 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 18 two minute targets.

His 5 targets have come 3.2 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 3 against KC he carried 17 times for 41 yards, caught 3 of 3 targets for 14 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 4 against MIN he carried 9 times for 100 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 0 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 5 against CIN he carried 18 times for 88 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Their 2025 seasons

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.

In 2025 Ollie Gordon played 17 games and scored 54.1 PPR points, 3.2 a game, finishing RB68.

He carried 70 times for 199 yards and 3 touchdowns, and caught 7 of 9 targets for 32 more yards.

That came to 4.1 carries a game at 2.8 yards a carry and 0.4 catches a game.

He was on the field for 22 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Both were available for 17 games that season.

Head to head

In 2025 Emanuel Wilson scored 5.6 PPR points a game and Ollie Gordon 3.2, 2.4 a game between them.

Emanuel Wilson finished RB49 that year and Ollie Gordon RB68.

Emanuel Wilson had 55 more carries than Ollie Gordon, 125 to 70.

Emanuel Wilson had 8 more catches than Ollie Gordon, 15 to 7.

This season Ollie Gordon holds the bigger snap share, 48 percent against 39 percent.

This season Emanuel Wilson holds the bigger share of the carries, 54 percent against 36 percent.

Byes and availability

Emanuel Wilson is off in Week 11 and Ollie Gordon in Week 6, so either can cover the other's bye.