Start Ashton Jeanty or Quinshon Judkins? Week 6

Our Week 6 call

Start Quinshon Judkins over Ashton Jeanty in Week 6.

Market-based projections have Quinshon Judkins at 12.3 points and Ashton Jeanty at 16.0, a gap of 3.7. No player market is posted for Quinshon Judkins this week yet, so his 12.3 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 3, 4 and 5 (14.0, 10.1 and 12.8); the call is rebuilt when his market posts.

What the market projects

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).

No Week 6 player market is posted for Quinshon Judkins yet. His market-based projections were 14.0, 10.1 and 12.8 points in Weeks 3, 4 and 5, an average of 12.3, which stands in until his Week 6 market posts.

That puts Ashton Jeanty 3.7 points ahead of Quinshon Judkins 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

Ashton Jeanty is not on the injury report.

Quinshon Judkins is listed as questionable with a lower leg injury.

Usage before Week 6

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.

Through Week 5, Quinshon Judkins played 60 percent of CLE snaps, took 61 percent of the carries, drew 14 percent of the targets and had 43 percent of the red zone chances.

Quinshon Judkins, Week 2 against TB: 39 of 58 snaps, 12 carries for 21 yards, 5 targets and 5 catches for 27 yards.

Quinshon Judkins, Week 3 against CAR: 36 of 70 snaps, 18 carries for 70 yards, 2 targets and 2 catches for 9 yards.

Quinshon Judkins, Week 4 against PIT: 42 of 64 snaps, 17 carries for 53 yards, 7 targets and 6 catches for 43 yards, 1 touchdown.

Quinshon Judkins, Week 5 against NYJ: 36 of 68 snaps, 14 carries for 44 yards, 4 targets and 3 catches for 6 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

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.

In 2025, Quinshon Judkins played 15 games for CLE and scored 169.8 PPR points, 11.3 a game, finishing RB26.

He ran 230 times for 827 yards and 7 touchdowns, and caught 26 of 36 targets for 171 yards.

He was on the field for 50 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 6 calls

• Start Bhayshul Tuten over Ashton Jeanty.
• Start Bijan Robinson over Ashton Jeanty.
• Start Ashton Jeanty over Blake Corum.
• Start Quinshon Judkins over Alvin Kamara.
• Start Quinshon Judkins over Bhayshul Tuten.
• Start Quinshon Judkins over Blake Corum.