Start Dameon Pierce or Blake Corum? Week 6

Our Week 6 call

Start Dameon Pierce over Blake Corum in Week 6.

Market-based projections have Dameon Pierce at 11.3 points and Blake Corum at 9.4, a gap of 1.9.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 11.3 fantasy points for Dameon Pierce, with 100 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.

The market-based projection for Dameon Pierce is 59 rushing yards, 12 receiving yards, 1-2 receptions and 0-1 touchdowns (13, 11, 13 and 12 market sources).

Player markets imply 9.4 fantasy points for Blake Corum, with 100 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.

The market-based projection for Blake Corum is 43 rushing yards, 7 receiving yards, 1-2 receptions and 0-1 touchdowns (11, 13, 13 and 13 market sources).

That puts Dameon Pierce 1.9 points ahead of Blake Corum on the market projections.

Week 6 matchups

Blake Corum and LAR host ARI on Sunday at 4:05 PM ET.

ARI allowed 19.7 fantasy points a game to RBs this season over 5 games, the 13th fewest in the league.

Running backs ran for 110 yards and 0.8 touchdowns a game against ARI and caught passes for 23 more yards.

Injury status

Dameon Pierce is not on the injury report.

Blake Corum is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 6

Through Week 5, Dameon Pierce played 77 percent of PHI snaps, took 61 percent of the carries, drew 14 percent of the targets and had 25 percent of the red zone chances.

Dameon Pierce, Week 5 against JAX: 48 of 62 snaps, 11 carries for 14 yards, 5 targets and 2 catches for -2 yards.

Through Week 5, Blake Corum played 27 percent of LAR snaps, took 31 percent of the carries, drew 5 percent of the targets and had 6 percent of the red zone chances.

Blake Corum, Week 2 against NYG: 28 of 62 snaps, 12 carries for 79 yards, 1 target and 1 catch for 13 yards.

Blake Corum, Week 3 against DEN: 25 of 86 snaps, 6 carries for 15 yards, 4 targets and 2 catches for 0 yards.

Blake Corum, Week 4 against PHI: 13 of 84 snaps, 5 carries for 14 yards, 2 targets and 1 catch for 7 yards.

Blake Corum, Week 5 against BUF: 22 of 82 snaps, 5 carries for 19 yards, 4 targets and 3 catches for 53 yards, 1 touchdown.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Dameon Pierce played 5 games for KC and scored 3.6 PPR points, 0.7 a game, finishing RB128.

He ran 14 times for 36 yards and 0 touchdowns, and caught 0 of 1 target for 0 yards.

He was on the field for 8 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Dameon Pierce, Week 18 of 2025 against LV: 4 carries for 10 yards, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards, 1.0 PPR points.

In 2025, Blake Corum played 17 games for LAR and scored 122.2 PPR points, 7.2 a game, finishing RB40.

He ran 145 times for 746 yards and 6 touchdowns, and caught 8 of 14 targets for 36 yards.

He was on the field for 29 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 6 calls

• Start Bhayshul Tuten over Dameon Pierce.
• Start Dameon Pierce over Braelon Allen.
• Start Dameon Pierce over Brian Robinson.
• Start Blake Corum over Alvin Kamara.
• Start Ashton Jeanty over Blake Corum.
• Start Bhayshul Tuten over Blake Corum.