Dameon Pierce or Cam Skattebo: Week 6 result

Our Week 6 call

Start Dameon Pierce over Cam Skattebo in Week 6.

Market-based projections have Dameon Pierce at 10.5 points and Cam Skattebo at 10.3, a gap of 0.3. 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 10.5 fantasy points for Dameon Pierce, with 100 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.

The market-based projection for Dameon Pierce is 53 rushing yards, 10 receiving yards, 1-2 receptions and 0-1 touchdowns (13, 11, 12 and 14 market sources).

Player markets imply 10.3 fantasy points for Cam Skattebo, with 100 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.

The market-based projection for Cam Skattebo is 45 rushing yards, 10 receiving yards, 1-2 receptions and 0.6 touchdowns (13, 14, 14 and 14 market sources).

That puts Dameon Pierce 0.3 points ahead of Cam Skattebo on the market projections.

Week 6 matchups

Cam Skattebo and NYG host NO on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

NO allowed 31.1 fantasy points a game to RBs this season over 5 games, the most in the league.

Running backs ran for 133 yards and 2.0 touchdowns a game against NO and caught passes for 27 more yards.

Injury status

Dameon Pierce is not on the injury report.

Cam Skattebo 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, 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, 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, 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.

How Week 6 went

Dameon Pierce scored 15.0 PPR points and Cam Skattebo scored 0.0.

The call was right: Dameon Pierce outscored Cam Skattebo by 15.0.

Dameon Pierce finished 4.5 points above the 10.5 the market projected.

Dameon Pierce, Week 6 against CAR: 12 carries for 35 yards, 5 targets and 4 catches for 15 yards, 1 touchdown, 15.0 PPR points.

Dameon Pierce finished as the week's RB9 in PPR scoring.

Cam Skattebo finished 10.3 points below the 10.3 the market projected.

Cam Skattebo, Week 6 against NO: 0 carries for 0 yards, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Their other Week 6 calls

• Start Dameon Pierce over Alvin Kamara.
• Start Bhayshul Tuten over Dameon Pierce.
• Start Dameon Pierce over Blake Corum.
• Start Cam Skattebo over Alvin Kamara.
• Start Ashton Jeanty over Cam Skattebo.
• Start Cam Skattebo over Bhayshul Tuten.