Start Kimani Vidal or AJ Dillon? Week 6

Our Week 6 call

Start Kimani Vidal over AJ Dillon in Week 6.

Market-based projections have Kimani Vidal at 4.3 points and AJ Dillon at 2.1, a gap of 2.3. Kimani Vidal'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 Kimani Vidal 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 4.4 fantasy points for Kimani Vidal, with 70 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.

The market-based projection for Kimani Vidal is 17 rushing yards, with a 18% chance to score a touchdown (10 and 12 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 Kimani Vidal 2.3 points ahead of AJ Dillon on these projections.

Injury status

Kimani Vidal is not on the injury report.

AJ Dillon is listed as questionable with a ankle injury.

Usage before Week 6

Through Week 5, Kimani Vidal played 25 percent of LAC snaps, took 10 percent of the carries, drew 6 percent of the targets and had 5 percent of the red zone chances.

Kimani Vidal, Week 2 against LV: 7 of 68 snaps, 0 carries for 0 yards, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Kimani Vidal, Week 3 against BUF: 17 of 69 snaps, 1 carry for 6 yards, 3 targets and 1 catch for 14 yards.

Kimani Vidal, Week 4 against SEA: 25 of 71 snaps, 5 carries for 25 yards, 3 targets and 2 catches for 11 yards, 1 touchdown.

Kimani Vidal, Week 5 against DEN: 28 of 67 snaps, 8 carries for 57 yards, 2 targets and 1 catch for -1 yards, 1 touchdown.

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, Kimani Vidal played 13 games for LAC and scored 117.9 PPR points, 9.1 a game, finishing RB42.

He ran 155 times for 643 yards and 3 touchdowns, and caught 16 of 22 targets for 136 yards.

He was on the field for 58 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

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 Brian Robinson over Kimani Vidal.
• Start Chris Rodriguez Jr. over Kimani Vidal.
• Start Kimani Vidal over CJ Donaldson.
• Start Chris Rodriguez Jr. over AJ Dillon.
• Start CJ Donaldson over AJ Dillon.
• Start Corey Kiner over AJ Dillon.