Should I start Emanuel Wilson or Saquon Barkley in Week 7?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Emanuel Wilson, and the board ranks him 79th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Saquon Barkley, and the board ranks him 87th overall on the rest of his evidence.

By format he goes standard: ADP 3; 2QB: ADP 14.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Emanuel Wilson is 3.9 PPR points a game off 1 market across 1 market source. 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 Saquon Barkley is 3.7 PPR points a game off 1 market across 1 market source. 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 4, Saquon Barkley has been on the field for 38 percent of PHI snaps, taken 36 percent of the carries, drawn 7 percent of the targets and had 14 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 1 of the offence's 33 third down targets, had 2 of its 8 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 24 two minute targets.

His 7 targets have come 0.3 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 2 against TEN he carried 4 times for 9 yards, caught 1 of 2 targets for 11 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against CHI he carried 15 times for 82 yards, caught 1 of 2 targets for -2 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against LAR he carried 2 times for 8 yards, caught 1 of 1 target for 2 yards and did not score.

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 Saquon Barkley played 16 games and scored 232.3 PPR points, 14.5 a game, finishing RB14.

He carried 280 times for 1140 yards and 7 touchdowns, and caught 37 of 50 targets for 273 more yards.

That came to 17-18 carries a game at 4.1 yards a carry and 2.3 catches a game.

He was on the field for 78 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Emanuel Wilson was available for 1 game more.

Head to head

In 2025 Saquon Barkley scored 14.5 PPR points a game and Emanuel Wilson 5.6, 9.0 a game between them.

Emanuel Wilson finished RB49 that year and Saquon Barkley RB14.

Saquon Barkley had 155 more carries than Emanuel Wilson, 280 to 125.

Saquon Barkley had 22 more catches than Emanuel Wilson, 37 to 15.

This season Emanuel Wilson holds the bigger snap share, 39 percent against 38 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 Saquon Barkley in Week 10, so either can cover the other's bye.

Saquon Barkley is listed as out on the injury report.