Should I start James Conner or Raheim Sanders in Week 7?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on James Conner, and the board ranks him 281st overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Raheim Sanders, and the board ranks him 295th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

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

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

Neither carries a posted market, so this page rests on the draft room and on what the two have already done.

This season through Week 5

The usage feed holds no snap or target counts for James Conner this season.

Through Week 5, Raheim Sanders has been on the field for 32 percent of CLE snaps, taken 8 percent of the carries, drawn 8 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 6 of the offence's 35 third down targets, had 0 of its 7 chances inside the five and seen 2 of its 22 two minute targets.

His 12 targets have come 1.8 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 3 against CAR he carried 1 time for 17 yards, caught 4 of 5 targets for 34 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against PIT he carried 2 times for 9 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 7 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against NYJ he carried 3 times for 12 yards, caught 1 of 1 target for 1 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 James Conner played 3 games and scored 33.3 PPR points, 11.1 a game, finishing RB80.

He carried 32 times for 95 yards and 1 touchdown, and caught 8 of 9 targets for 38 more yards.

That came to 10.7 carries a game at 3.0 yards a carry and 2.7 catches a game.

He was on the field for 50 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 Raheim Sanders played 4 games and scored 20.3 PPR points, 5.1 a game, finishing RB95.

He carried 27 times for 92 yards and 1 touchdown, and caught 3 of 4 targets for 21 more yards.

That came to 6.8 carries a game at 3.4 yards a carry and 0.8 catches a game.

He was on the field for 12 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Raheim Sanders was available for 1 game more.

Head to head

In 2025 James Conner scored 11.1 PPR points a game and Raheim Sanders 5.1, 6.0 a game between them.

James Conner finished RB80 that year and Raheim Sanders RB95.

James Conner had 5 more carries than Raheim Sanders, 32 to 27.

James Conner had 5 more catches than Raheim Sanders, 8 to 3.

Byes and availability

James Conner is off in Week 14 and Raheim Sanders in Week 11, so either can cover the other's bye.

James Conner is listed as ir on the injury report.

Raheim Sanders is listed as ir on the injury report.