Start Blake Corum or Kyle Monangai? Week 6

Our Week 6 call

Start Kyle Monangai over Blake Corum in Week 6.

Market-based projections have Kyle Monangai at 9.8 points and Blake Corum at 9.3, a gap of 0.6. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. 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

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.

Player markets imply 9.3 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, 8 receiving yards and 1-2 receptions, with a 37% chance to score a touchdown (13, 7, 8 and 13 market sources).

That puts Kyle Monangai 0.6 points ahead of Blake Corum 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

Kyle Monangai is listed as questionable with a toe injury.

Blake Corum is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 6

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.

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, 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.

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