Start Christian McCaffrey or Cam Skattebo? Week 6

Our Week 6 call

Start Christian McCaffrey over Cam Skattebo in Week 6.

Market-based projections have Christian McCaffrey at 21.7 points and Cam Skattebo at 13.0, a gap of 8.7.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 21.7 fantasy points for Christian McCaffrey, with 100 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.

The market has Christian McCaffrey at 58.5 rushing yards, 39.5 receiving yards and 4.5 receptions, with a 71% chance to score a touchdown (10, 10, 8 and 10 market sources).

Player markets imply 13.0 fantasy points for Cam Skattebo, with 100 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.

The market has Cam Skattebo at 57.5 rushing yards, 12.5 receiving yards and 1.5 receptions, with a 52% chance to score a touchdown (7, 7, 7 and 10 market sources).

That puts Christian McCaffrey 8.7 points ahead of Cam Skattebo on the market projections.

Injury status

Christian McCaffrey is not on the injury report.

Cam Skattebo is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 6

Through Week 5, Christian McCaffrey played 69 percent of SF snaps, took 46 percent of the carries, drew 18 percent of the targets and had 34 percent of the red zone chances.

Christian McCaffrey, Week 2 against MIA: 27 of 52 snaps, 10 carries for 23 yards, 4 targets and 4 catches for 43 yards, 2 touchdowns.

Christian McCaffrey, Week 3 against ARI: 45 of 54 snaps, 15 carries for 75 yards, 5 targets and 4 catches for 41 yards, 1 touchdown.

Christian McCaffrey, Week 4 against DEN: 49 of 66 snaps, 15 carries for 52 yards, 5 targets and 3 catches for 18 yards, 1 touchdown.

Christian McCaffrey, Week 5 against SEA: 49 of 60 snaps, 11 carries for 68 yards, 3 targets and 3 catches for 15 yards, 1 touchdown.

Through Week 5, Cam Skattebo played 65 percent of NYG snaps, took 57 percent of the carries, drew 7 percent of the targets and had 28 percent of the red zone chances.

Cam Skattebo, Week 2 against LAR: 34 of 58 snaps, 12 carries for 36 yards, 4 targets and 4 catches for 19 yards.

Cam Skattebo, Week 3 against TEN: 49 of 64 snaps, 20 carries for 60 yards, 4 targets and 3 catches for 40 yards.

Cam Skattebo, Week 4 against ARI: 43 of 67 snaps, 18 carries for 58 yards, 1 target and 1 catch for 8 yards.

Cam Skattebo, Week 5 against WAS: 56 of 89 snaps, 13 carries for 59 yards, 3 targets and 2 catches for 12 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Christian McCaffrey played 17 games for SF and scored 416.6 PPR points, 24.5 a game, finishing RB1.

He ran 311 times for 1202 yards and 10 touchdowns, and caught 102 of 129 targets for 924 yards.

He was on the field for 83 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

In 2025, Cam Skattebo played 8 games for NYG and scored 127.7 PPR points, 16.0 a game, finishing RB37.

He ran 101 times for 410 yards and 5 touchdowns, and caught 24 of 32 targets for 207 yards.

He was on the field for 54 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 6 calls

• Start Christian McCaffrey over Bhayshul Tuten.
• Start Bijan Robinson over Christian McCaffrey.
• Start Christian McCaffrey over Emanuel Wilson.
• Start Cam Skattebo over Bhayshul Tuten.
• Start Bijan Robinson over Cam Skattebo.
• Start Cam Skattebo over Emanuel Wilson.