Rachaad White or James Cook III: who should I start in Week 6?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Rachaad White: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 46th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on James Cook III: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 47th overall on the rest of his evidence.

By format he goes standard: ADP 2; 2QB: ADP 10.

What the player markets price

The market has Rachaad White at 6.2 PPR points a game off 2 markets across 8 market sources. That is 70 percent of what a running back's price needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

The market has James Cook III at 6.1 PPR points a game off 1 market across 1 market source. That is 30 percent of what a running back's price needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

Rachaad White's price is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season through Week 5

Through Week 5, Rachaad White has been on the field for 49 percent of WAS snaps, taken 24 percent of the carries, drawn 9 percent of the targets and had 17 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 5 of the offence's 31 third down targets, had 1 of its 7 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 15 two minute targets.

His 10 targets have averaged 0.4 air yards.

In Week 2 against DAL he carried 7 times for 43 yards, caught 6 of 6 targets for 40 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against SEA he carried 8 times for 35 yards, caught 1 of 1 target for 6 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 5 against NYG he carried 7 times for 18 yards, caught 1 of 1 target for 2 yards and did not score.

Through Week 5, James Cook III has been on the field for 68 percent of BUF snaps, taken 67 percent of the carries, drawn 8 percent of the targets and had 40 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 35 third down targets, had 7 of its 18 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 24 two minute targets.

His 11 targets have come 0.5 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 3 against LAC he carried 24 times for 154 yards, caught 0 of 1 target for 0 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 4 against NE he carried 12 times for 75 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 8 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 5 against LAR he carried 25 times for 111 yards, caught 1 of 1 target for 7 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Rachaad White played 17 games and scored 143.0 PPR points, 8.4 a game, finishing RB32.

He carried 132 times for 572 yards and 4 touchdowns, and caught 40 of 45 targets for 218 more yards.

That came to 7.8 carries a game at 4.3 yards a carry and 2.4 catches a game.

He was on the field for 51 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 James Cook III played 17 games and scored 302.2 PPR points, 17.8 a game, finishing RB6.

He carried 309 times for 1621 yards and 12 touchdowns, and caught 33 of 40 targets for 291 more yards.

That came to 18.2 carries a game at 5.2 yards a carry and 1.9 catches a game.

He was on the field for 60 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Both were available for 17 games that season.

Head to head

In 2025 James Cook III scored 17.8 PPR points a game and Rachaad White 8.4, 9.4 a game between them.

Rachaad White finished RB32 that year and James Cook III RB6.

James Cook III had 177 more carries than Rachaad White, 309 to 132.

Rachaad White had 7 more catches than James Cook III, 40 to 33.

This season James Cook III holds the bigger snap share, 68 percent against 49 percent.

This season James Cook III holds the bigger share of the carries, 67 percent against 24 percent.

Byes and availability

Both are off in Week 7, so a roster holding the pair has that one week to cover twice.