Start Ashton Jeanty or Jaylen Warren? Week 6

Our Week 6 call

Start Jaylen Warren over Ashton Jeanty in Week 6.

Market-based projections have Jaylen Warren at 17.9 points and Ashton Jeanty at 16.0, a gap of 1.9. No player market is posted for Jaylen Warren this week yet, so his 17.9 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 3, 4 and 5 (15.9, 19.9 and 17.8); the call is rebuilt when his market posts.

What the market projects

No Week 6 player market is posted for Jaylen Warren yet. His market-based projections were 15.9, 19.9 and 17.8 points in Weeks 3, 4 and 5, an average of 17.9, which stands in until his Week 6 market posts.

The market gives Jaylen Warren a 49% chance to score a touchdown (13 market sources).

Player markets imply 16.0 fantasy points for Ashton Jeanty, with 100 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.

The market-based projection for Ashton Jeanty is 55 rushing yards, 25 receiving yards and 3-4 receptions, with a 54% chance to score a touchdown (12, 10, 8 and 10 market sources).

That puts Jaylen Warren 1.9 points ahead of Ashton Jeanty on these projections.

Week 6 matchups

Ashton Jeanty and LV host BUF on Sunday at 4:25 PM ET.

BUF allowed 28.2 fantasy points a game to RBs this season over 5 games, the 3rd most in the league.

Running backs ran for 86 yards and a touchdown a game against BUF and caught passes for 48 more yards.

Injury status

Jaylen Warren is not on the injury report.

Ashton Jeanty is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 6

Through Week 5, Jaylen Warren played 76 percent of PIT snaps, took 69 percent of the carries, drew 15 percent of the targets and had 25 percent of the red zone chances.

Jaylen Warren, Week 2 against NE: 50 of 70 snaps, 11 carries for 43 yards, 4 targets and 2 catches for 34 yards.

Jaylen Warren, Week 3 against CIN: 56 of 62 snaps, 17 carries for 127 yards, 4 targets and 3 catches for 49 yards.

Jaylen Warren, Week 4 against CLE: 70 of 72 snaps, 17 carries for 93 yards, 6 targets and 3 catches for 33 yards.

Jaylen Warren, Week 5 against IND: 52 of 60 snaps, 15 carries for 101 yards, 6 targets and 6 catches for 87 yards, 2 touchdowns.

Through Week 5, Ashton Jeanty played 72 percent of LV snaps, took 68 percent of the carries, drew 17 percent of the targets and had 47 percent of the red zone chances.

Ashton Jeanty, Week 2 against LAC: 51 of 63 snaps, 21 carries for 48 yards, 7 targets and 4 catches for 15 yards.

Ashton Jeanty, Week 3 against NO: 59 of 70 snaps, 19 carries for 56 yards, 3 targets and 3 catches for 37 yards.

Ashton Jeanty, Week 4 against KC: 56 of 84 snaps, 15 carries for 58 yards, 8 targets and 6 catches for 68 yards.

Ashton Jeanty, Week 5 against NE: 32 of 60 snaps, 10 carries for 27 yards, 6 targets and 3 catches for 50 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Jaylen Warren played 16 games for PIT and scored 217.1 PPR points, 13.6 a game, finishing RB17.

He ran 211 times for 958 yards and 6 touchdowns, and caught 40 of 45 targets for 333 yards.

He was on the field for 51 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

In 2025, Ashton Jeanty played 17 games for LV and scored 245.1 PPR points, 14.4 a game, finishing RB11.

He ran 266 times for 975 yards and 5 touchdowns, and caught 55 of 73 targets for 346 yards.

He was on the field for 76 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 6 calls

• Start Bijan Robinson over Jaylen Warren.
• Start Jaylen Warren over Bucky Irving.
• Start Jaylen Warren over Cam Skattebo.
• Start Bhayshul Tuten over Ashton Jeanty.
• Start Bijan Robinson over Ashton Jeanty.
• Start Ashton Jeanty over Blake Corum.