Jaleel McLaughlin or Blake Corum: Week 6 result

Our Week 6 call

Start Blake Corum over Jaleel McLaughlin in Week 6.

Market-based projections have Blake Corum at 9.5 points and Jaleel McLaughlin at 9.3, a gap of 0.2. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 9.5 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, 7 receiving yards, 1-2 receptions and 0-1 touchdowns (13, 13, 13 and 14 market sources).

Player markets imply 9.3 fantasy points for Jaleel McLaughlin, with 100 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.

The market-based projection for Jaleel McLaughlin is 35 rushing yards, 13 receiving yards, 2-3 receptions and 0.3 touchdowns (6, 3, 3 and 13 market sources).

That puts Blake Corum 0.2 points ahead of Jaleel McLaughlin 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

Blake Corum is not on the injury report.

Jaleel McLaughlin 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, Jaleel McLaughlin played 10 percent of CLE snaps, took 2 percent of the carries, drew 2 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

Jaleel McLaughlin, Week 2 against TB: 8 of 58 snaps, 1 carry for 3 yards, 1 target and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Jaleel McLaughlin, Week 3 against CAR: 4 of 70 snaps, 0 carries for 0 yards, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Jaleel McLaughlin, Week 4 against PIT: 1 of 64 snaps, 1 carry for 28 yards, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards, 1 touchdown.

Jaleel McLaughlin, Week 5 against NYJ: 14 of 68 snaps, 0 carries for 0 yards, 1 target and 0 catches for 0 yards.

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, Jaleel McLaughlin played 8 games for DEN and scored 31.4 PPR points, 3.9 a game, finishing RB82.

He ran 37 times for 187 yards and 1 touchdown, and caught 4 of 6 targets for 27 yards.

He was on the field for 15 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

How Week 6 went

Blake Corum scored 14.0 PPR points and Jaleel McLaughlin scored 9.5.

The call was right: Blake Corum outscored Jaleel McLaughlin by 4.5.

Blake Corum finished 4.5 points above the 9.5 the market projected.

Blake Corum, Week 6 against ARI: 9 carries for 42 yards, 2 targets and 2 catches for 18 yards, 1 touchdown, 14.0 PPR points.

Blake Corum finished as the week's RB13 in PPR scoring.

Jaleel McLaughlin finished 0.2 points above the 9.3 the market projected.

Jaleel McLaughlin, Week 6 against BAL: 9 carries for 41 yards, 4 targets and 4 catches for 14 yards, 9.5 PPR points.

Jaleel McLaughlin finished as the week's RB21 in PPR scoring.

Their other Week 6 calls

• Start Blake Corum over Alvin Kamara.
• Start Ashton Jeanty over Blake Corum.
• Start Bhayshul Tuten over Blake Corum.
• Start Jaleel McLaughlin over Alvin Kamara.
• Start Jaleel McLaughlin over Brian Robinson.
• Start Cam Skattebo over Jaleel McLaughlin.