Start CJ Donaldson or AJ Dillon? Week 6

Our Week 6 call

Start CJ Donaldson over AJ Dillon in Week 6.

Market-based projections have CJ Donaldson at 4.0 points and AJ Dillon at 2.1, a gap of 2.0. CJ Donaldson's number is scaled up from a partial market: not every stat the position needs is posted yet, so the rest is estimated from what is. No player market is posted for AJ Dillon this week yet, so his 2.1 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 3 and 4 (1.6 and 2.5); the call is rebuilt when his market posts. Market coverage on CJ Donaldson is 70 percent of what his position needs, so the market side of this carries proportionally less weight.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 4.1 fantasy points for CJ Donaldson, with 70 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.

The market-based projection for CJ Donaldson is 14 rushing yards, with a 19% chance to score a touchdown (11 and 13 market sources).

No Week 6 player market is posted for AJ Dillon yet. His market-based projections were 1.6 and 2.5 points in Weeks 3 and 4, an average of 2.1, which stands in until his Week 6 market posts.

The market gives AJ Dillon a 12% chance to score a touchdown (12 market sources).

That puts CJ Donaldson 2.0 points ahead of AJ Dillon on these projections.

Injury status

CJ Donaldson is not on the injury report.

AJ Dillon is listed as questionable with a ankle injury.

Usage before Week 6

Through Week 5, CJ Donaldson played 27 percent of NO snaps, took 10 percent of the carries, drew 3 percent of the targets and had 2 percent of the red zone chances.

CJ Donaldson, Week 2 against BAL: 20 of 68 snaps, 1 carry for 2 yards, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

CJ Donaldson, Week 3 against LV: 12 of 74 snaps, 1 carry for 5 yards, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

CJ Donaldson, Week 4 against ATL: 28 of 74 snaps, 3 carries for 18 yards, 2 targets and 2 catches for 5 yards.

CJ Donaldson, Week 5 against MIN: 19 of 45 snaps, 4 carries for 13 yards, 1 target and 1 catch for 7 yards.

Through Week 4, AJ Dillon played 12 percent of CAR snaps, took 18 percent of the carries, drew 1 percent of the targets and had 3 percent of the red zone chances.

AJ Dillon, Week 1 against CHI: 7 of 68 snaps, 5 carries for 28 yards, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

AJ Dillon, Week 2 against ATL: 4 of 66 snaps, 3 carries for -3 yards, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

AJ Dillon, Week 3 against CLE: 12 of 77 snaps, 4 carries for 16 yards, 1 target and 1 catch for -2 yards.

AJ Dillon, Week 4 against DET: 11 of 75 snaps, 5 carries for 2 yards, 1 target and 1 catch for 5 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, AJ Dillon played 7 games for PHI and scored 9.1 PPR points, 1.3 a game, finishing RB113.

He ran 12 times for 60 yards and 0 touchdowns, and caught 3 of 3 targets for 21 yards.

He was on the field for 11 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 6 calls

• Start Chris Rodriguez Jr. over CJ Donaldson.
• Start Corey Kiner over CJ Donaldson.
• Start CJ Donaldson over Devin Singletary.
• Start Chris Rodriguez Jr. over AJ Dillon.
• Start Corey Kiner over AJ Dillon.
• Start Devin Singletary over AJ Dillon.