Should I start Jacory Croskey-Merritt or Jonah Coleman in Week 7?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Jacory Croskey-Merritt, and the board ranks him 234th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Jonah Coleman, and the board ranks him 244th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Jacory Croskey-Merritt is 0.3 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.

No season market is posted for Jonah Coleman, so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.

This season so far

Through Week 5, Jacory Croskey-Merritt has been on the field for 45 percent of WAS snaps, taken 46 percent of the carries, drawn 5 percent of the targets and had 18 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 1 of the offence's 42 third down targets, had 1 of its 7 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 20 two minute targets.

His 7 targets have averaged 0.6 air yards.

In Week 3 against SEA he carried 19 times for 36 yards, caught 1 of 1 target for 7 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against IND he carried 9 times for 15 yards, caught 2 of 4 targets for 35 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against NYG he carried 11 times for 82 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Through Week 2, Jonah Coleman has been on the field for 25 percent of DEN snaps, taken 26 percent of the carries, drawn 5 percent of the targets and had 21 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 15 third down targets, had 1 of its 4 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 2 two minute targets.

His 3 targets have averaged 0.0 air yards.

In Week 1 against KC he carried 0 times for 0 yards and did not score.

In Week 2 against JAX he carried 10 times for 39 yards, caught 3 of 3 targets for 19 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Jacory Croskey-Merritt played 17 games and scored 140.3 PPR points, 8.3 a game, finishing RB33.

He carried 175 times for 805 yards and 8 touchdowns, and caught 9 of 13 targets for 68 more yards.

That came to 10.3 carries a game at 4.6 yards a carry and 0-1 catches a game.

He was on the field for 39 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Jonah Coleman is a rookie, so there is no NFL season behind him to price him against.

Head to head

This season Jacory Croskey-Merritt holds the bigger snap share, 45 percent against 25 percent.

This season Jacory Croskey-Merritt holds the bigger share of the carries, 46 percent against 26 percent.

Byes and availability

Jacory Croskey-Merritt is off in Week 7 and Jonah Coleman in Week 10, so either can cover the other's bye.

Jacory Croskey-Merritt is listed as ir on the injury report.

Jonah Coleman is listed as ir on the injury report.