Should I start Rhamondre Stevenson or Matthew Stafford in Week 6?

Updated Oct 19, 4:56 PM ET. Week 7 answers post Tuesday.

Start Matthew Stafford: 100 percent of the snaps and 0 percent of the targets over their last 3 games, against Rhamondre Stevenson's 64 percent of the snaps and 38 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 Rhamondre Stevenson for Matthew Stafford?

Yes, on the rest of the season. Matthew Stafford projects 180 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (18.0 a game over 10 games), Rhamondre Stevenson 107 (10.7 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.

Rhamondre Stevenson

RB13 · NE · bye 11

2026 vs carries line 3-3

Market-based projection: 14.4 pts a game Wk 6 price
Overall rank: 30

Matthew Stafford

QB3 · LAR · bye 11

2026 vs pass yds line 4-2

Market-based projection: 21.2 pts a game Wk 6 price
Overall rank: 31

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The gap

Board size328 draftable players

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 Rhamondre Stevenson, and the board ranks him 30th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Matthew Stafford, and the board ranks him 31st overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

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

No season market is posted for Matthew Stafford, 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 6

Through Week 6, Rhamondre Stevenson has been on the field for 64 percent of NE snaps, taken 40 percent of the carries, drawn 11 percent of the targets and had 16 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 4 of the offence's 51 third down targets, had 3 of its 10 chances inside the five and seen 2 of its 25 two minute targets.

His 19 targets have come 0.4 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 4 against BUF he carried 13 times for 47 yards, caught 3 of 5 targets for 27 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 5 against LV he carried 13 times for 64 yards, caught 3 of 3 targets for 21 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 6 against NYJ he carried 14 times for 36 yards and did not score.

Through Week 6, Matthew Stafford has been on the field for 97 percent of LAR snaps, dropped back 260 times and thrown 8.3 air yards an attempt.

He has been sacked or hit on 40 of 260 dropbacks and scrambled 4 times.

In Week 4 against PHI he completed 32 of 51 passes for 317 yards, threw 0 touchdowns and 2 interceptions and ran 2 times for 11 yards.

In Week 5 against BUF he completed 40 of 54 passes for 383 yards and threw 3 touchdowns and 0 interceptions.

In Week 6 against ARI he completed 25 of 33 passes for 222 yards and threw 2 touchdowns and 0 interceptions.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Rhamondre Stevenson played 14 games and scored 178.8 PPR points, 12.8 a game, finishing RB25.

He carried 130 times for 603 yards and 7 touchdowns, and caught 32 of 37 targets for 345 more yards.

That came to 9.3 carries a game at 4.6 yards a carry and 2.3 catches a game.

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

In 2025 Matthew Stafford played 17 games and scored 358.4 PPR points, 21.1 a game, finishing QB3.

He threw for 4707 yards on 597 attempts with 46 touchdowns and 8 interceptions, and ran for 1 yards and 0 touchdowns.

That came to 35.1 attempts a game at 7.9 yards an attempt.

He was on the field for 99 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Matthew Stafford was available for 3 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Matthew Stafford scored 21.1 PPR points a game and Rhamondre Stevenson 12.8, 8.3 a game between them.

Rhamondre Stevenson finished RB25 and Matthew Stafford QB3, which are two different ladders.

Rhamondre Stevenson is a running back and Matthew Stafford a quarterback, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Both are off in Week 11, so a roster holding the pair has that one week to cover twice.

Drop or keep

Should I drop Rhamondre Stevenson for Matthew Stafford?
Yes, on the rest of the season. Matthew Stafford projects 180 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (18.0 a game over 10 games), Rhamondre Stevenson 107 (10.7 a game over 10 games).
Should I drop Matthew Stafford for Rhamondre Stevenson?
No. Keep Matthew Stafford: he projects 180 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (18.0 a game over 10 games), Rhamondre Stevenson 107 (10.7 a game over 10 games).