Should I start Pierre Strong Jr. or Keaton Mitchell in Week 7?

Updated Oct 21, 11:16 PM ET. Week 8 answers post Tuesday.

Start Pierre Strong Jr.: 49 percent of the snaps and 33 percent of the carries over their last 3 games, against Keaton Mitchell's 32 percent of the snaps and 20 percent of the carries. No market projection is posted on either of them this week, so this is a usage call, and a lower confidence one than a call made on a projection. What follows is what each of them has done.

Should I drop Keaton Mitchell for Pierre Strong Jr.?

Yes, on the rest of the season. Pierre Strong Jr. projects 63 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (6.3 a game over 10 games), Keaton Mitchell 30 (3.0 a game over 10 games).

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Neither man carries a season projection right now, so this is their usage this season and their last full season's numbers, side by side.

Pierre Strong Jr.

RB40 · GB · bye 11

Overall rank: 122

Keaton Mitchell

RB62 · LAC · on bye this week

2026 vs carries line 2-4

Market-based projection: 7.1 pts a game Wk 6 price
Overall rank: 227

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The gap

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Draft data is not current for these two, so the figures that depend on it are left out. The call above comes from each player's usage.

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Pierre Strong Jr., and the board ranks him 122nd overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Keaton Mitchell, and the board ranks him 227th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market has Pierre Strong Jr. at 4.0 PPR points a game off 2 markets across 13 market sources. That is 70 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 Keaton Mitchell, so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.

This season through Week 6

Through Week 6, Pierre Strong Jr. has been on the field for 49 percent of GB snaps, taken 33 percent of the carries, drawn 14 percent of the targets and had 30 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 4 of the offence's 23 third down targets, had 1 of its 4 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 9 two minute targets.

His 10 targets have come 0.7 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 5 against CHI he carried 5 times for 7 yards, caught 3 of 4 targets for 11 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against DAL he carried 11 times for 28 yards, caught 5 of 6 targets for 39 yards and did not score.

Through Week 6, Keaton Mitchell has been on the field for 32 percent of LAC snaps, taken 21 percent of the carries, drawn 9 percent of the targets and had 9 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 4 of the offence's 56 third down targets, had 1 of its 7 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 26 two minute targets.

His 15 targets have come 1.8 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 4 against SEA he carried 10 times for 39 yards, caught 5 of 6 targets for 24 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against DEN he carried 6 times for 11 yards, caught 3 of 4 targets for 18 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against KC he carried 2 times for 4 yards, caught 0 of 1 target for 0 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

The season feed carries no line for Pierre Strong Jr. in the last completed season.

In 2025 Keaton Mitchell played 13 games and scored 55.4 PPR points, 4.3 a game, finishing RB67.

He carried 59 times for 341 yards and 1 touchdown, and caught 9 of 12 targets for 63 more yards.

That came to 4-5 carries a game at 5.8 yards a carry and 0.7 catches a game.

He was on the field for 17 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Head to head

This season Pierre Strong Jr. holds the bigger snap share, 49 percent against 32 percent.

This season Pierre Strong Jr. holds the bigger share of the carries, 33 percent against 21 percent.

Byes and availability

Pierre Strong Jr. is off in Week 11 and Keaton Mitchell in Week 7, so either can cover the other's bye.

Drop or keep

Should I drop Keaton Mitchell for Pierre Strong Jr.?
Yes, on the rest of the season. Pierre Strong Jr. projects 63 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (6.3 a game over 10 games), Keaton Mitchell 30 (3.0 a game over 10 games).
Should I drop Pierre Strong Jr. for Keaton Mitchell?
No. Keep Pierre Strong Jr.: he projects 63 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (6.3 a game over 10 games), Keaton Mitchell 30 (3.0 a game over 10 games).