James Cook III or Ray Davis: who should I start in Week 6?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on James Cook III: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 11th overall on the rest of his evidence.

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

Our board does not carry Ray Davis at all right now: the consensus draft sample has dropped him and there is no player market on him this week, so he has no rank, no tier and no ADP here.

The market-based projections

James Cook III's market-based projection is 17.0 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 13 market sources. That is the 21st highest figure of the 157 players with a market-based projection.

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

This season through Week 5

Through Week 5, James Cook III has been on the field for 67 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 1 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.

Through Week 5, Ray Davis has been on the field for 11 percent of BUF snaps, taken 3 percent of the carries, drawn 2 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

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

His 2 targets have come 7.0 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 3 against LAC he carried 0 times for 0 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against NE he carried 1 time for 3 yards, caught 1 of 1 target for 4 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against LAR he carried 2 times for 2 yards, caught 1 of 1 target for 31 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

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.

In 2025 Ray Davis played 17 games and scored 64.1 PPR points, 3.8 a game, finishing RB61.

He carried 58 times for 275 yards and 0 touchdowns, and caught 10 of 13 targets for 86 more yards.

That came to 3.4 carries a game at 4.7 yards a carry and 0.6 catches a game.

He was on the field for 11 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 Ray Davis 3.8, 14.0 a game between them.

James Cook III finished RB6 that year and Ray Davis RB61.

James Cook III had 251 more carries than Ray Davis, 309 to 58.

James Cook III had 23 more catches than Ray Davis, 33 to 10.

This season James Cook III holds the bigger snap share, 67 percent against 11 percent.

This season James Cook III holds the bigger share of the carries, 67 percent against 3 percent.

Byes and availability

James Cook III is off in Week 7. No bye is listed for Ray Davis.

What would change the answer

Ray Davis has no posted market, so one half of the evidence on this page exists for only one of them.