Start Blake Corum or Jacory Croskey-Merritt? Week 6

Our Week 6 call

Start Blake Corum over Jacory Croskey-Merritt in Week 6.

Market-based projections have Blake Corum at 9.4 points and Jacory Croskey-Merritt at 7.4, a gap of 1.9.

What the market projects

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 44 rushing yards, 8 receiving yards and 1-2 receptions, with a 36% chance to score a touchdown (10, 3, 3 and 12 market sources).

Player markets imply 7.4 fantasy points for Jacory Croskey-Merritt, with 100 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.

The market-based projection for Jacory Croskey-Merritt is 40 rushing yards, with a 35% chance to score a touchdown (10 and 12 market sources).

That puts Blake Corum 1.9 points ahead of Jacory Croskey-Merritt on the market projections.

Injury status

Blake Corum is not on the injury report.

Jacory Croskey-Merritt is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 6

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.

Through Week 5, Jacory Croskey-Merritt played 45 percent of WAS snaps, took 46 percent of the carries, drew 5 percent of the targets and had 18 percent of the red zone chances.

Jacory Croskey-Merritt, Week 2 against DAL: 26 of 71 snaps, 12 carries for 43 yards, 1 target and 1 catch for 5 yards.

Jacory Croskey-Merritt, Week 3 against SEA: 39 of 69 snaps, 19 carries for 36 yards, 1 target and 1 catch for 7 yards.

Jacory Croskey-Merritt, Week 4 against IND: 29 of 64 snaps, 9 carries for 15 yards, 4 targets and 2 catches for 35 yards.

Jacory Croskey-Merritt, Week 5 against NYG: 22 of 62 snaps, 11 carries for 82 yards, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards, 1 touchdown.

Their 2025 seasons

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.

In 2025, Jacory Croskey-Merritt played 17 games for WAS and scored 140.3 PPR points, 8.3 a game, finishing RB33.

He ran 175 times for 805 yards and 8 touchdowns, and caught 9 of 13 targets for 68 yards.

He was on the field for 39 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 6 calls

• Start Alvin Kamara over Blake Corum.
• Start Ashton Jeanty over Blake Corum.
• Start Bhayshul Tuten over Blake Corum.
• Start Alvin Kamara over Jacory Croskey-Merritt.
• Start Bhayshul Tuten over Jacory Croskey-Merritt.
• Start Bijan Robinson over Jacory Croskey-Merritt.