Start Bhayshul Tuten or Kyle Monangai? Week 6

Our Week 6 call

Start Bhayshul Tuten over Kyle Monangai in Week 6.

Market-based projections have Bhayshul Tuten at 12.0 points and Kyle Monangai at 9.8, a gap of 2.1. No player market is posted for Kyle Monangai this week yet, so his 9.8 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 3, 4 and 5 (9.3, 7.3 and 12.9); the call is rebuilt when his market posts.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 12.0 fantasy points for Bhayshul Tuten, with 100 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.

The market-based projection for Bhayshul Tuten is 64 rushing yards, 8 receiving yards and 1-2 receptions, with a 43% chance to score a touchdown (9, 10, 12 and 13 market sources).

No Week 6 player market is posted for Kyle Monangai yet. His market-based projections were 9.3, 7.3 and 12.9 points in Weeks 3, 4 and 5, an average of 9.8, which stands in until his Week 6 market posts.

That puts Bhayshul Tuten 2.1 points ahead of Kyle Monangai on these projections.

Week 6 matchups

Kyle Monangai and CHI visit ATL on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

ATL allowed 19.6 fantasy points a game to RBs this season over 5 games, the 12th fewest in the league.

Running backs ran for 74 yards and 0.4 touchdowns a game against ATL and caught passes for 27 more yards.

Injury status

Bhayshul Tuten is not on the injury report.

Kyle Monangai is listed as questionable with a toe injury.

Usage before Week 6

Through Week 5, Bhayshul Tuten played 56 percent of JAX snaps, took 61 percent of the carries, drew 7 percent of the targets and had 30 percent of the red zone chances.

Bhayshul Tuten, Week 2 against DEN: 30 of 59 snaps, 13 carries for 65 yards, 2 targets and 2 catches for -3 yards, 1 touchdown.

Bhayshul Tuten, Week 3 against NE: 30 of 62 snaps, 15 carries for 73 yards, 2 targets and 2 catches for 17 yards, 1 touchdown.

Bhayshul Tuten, Week 4 against CIN: 36 of 61 snaps, 17 carries for 73 yards, 2 targets and 2 catches for 18 yards.

Bhayshul Tuten, Week 5 against PHI: 49 of 72 snaps, 22 carries for 72 yards, 3 targets and 2 catches for 24 yards.

Through Week 4, Kyle Monangai played 41 percent of CHI snaps, took 39 percent of the carries, drew 4 percent of the targets and had 23 percent of the red zone chances.

Kyle Monangai, Week 1 against CAR: 32 of 75 snaps, 10 carries for 100 yards, 2 targets and 2 catches for 24 yards, 1 touchdown.

Kyle Monangai, Week 2 against MIN: 25 of 74 snaps, 10 carries for 47 yards, 2 targets and 2 catches for 11 yards.

Kyle Monangai, Week 3 against PHI: 22 of 72 snaps, 10 carries for 31 yards, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Kyle Monangai, Week 4 against NYJ: 50 of 93 snaps, 30 carries for 146 yards, 1 target and 1 catch for 4 yards, 2 touchdowns.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Bhayshul Tuten played 15 games for JAX and scored 88.6 PPR points, 5.9 a game, finishing RB53.

He ran 83 times for 307 yards and 5 touchdowns, and caught 10 of 14 targets for 79 yards.

He was on the field for 21 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

In 2025, Kyle Monangai played 17 games for CHI and scored 146.7 PPR points, 8.6 a game, finishing RB30.

He ran 169 times for 783 yards and 5 touchdowns, and caught 18 of 30 targets for 164 yards.

He was on the field for 41 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 6 calls

• Start Bhayshul Tuten over Alvin Kamara.
• Start Bhayshul Tuten over Ashton Jeanty.
• Start Bijan Robinson over Bhayshul Tuten.
• Start Kyle Monangai over Alvin Kamara.
• Start Kyle Monangai over Blake Corum.
• Start Kyle Monangai over Braelon Allen.