Start Cam Skattebo or James Cook III? Week 6

Our Week 6 call

Start James Cook III over Cam Skattebo in Week 6.

Market-based projections have James Cook III at 17.5 points and Cam Skattebo at 12.9, a gap of 4.6.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 17.5 fantasy points for James Cook III, with 100 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.

The market has James Cook III at 92.5 rushing yards, 8.5 receiving yards and 1.5 receptions, with a 62% chance to score a touchdown (7, 8, 8 and 6 market sources).

Player markets imply 12.9 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 51% chance to score a touchdown (9, 9, 9 and 12 market sources).

That puts James Cook III 4.6 points ahead of Cam Skattebo on the market projections.

Week 6 matchups

James Cook III and BUF visit LV on Sunday at 4:25 PM ET.

LV allowed 22.3 fantasy points a game to RBs this season over 5 games, the 12th most in the league.

Running backs ran for 116 yards and 0.8 touchdowns a game against LV and caught passes for 29 more yards.

Injury status

James Cook III is not on the injury report.

Cam Skattebo is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 6

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, James Cook III played 17 games for BUF and scored 302.2 PPR points, 17.8 a game, finishing RB6.

He ran 309 times for 1621 yards and 12 touchdowns, and caught 33 of 40 targets for 291 yards.

He was on the field for 60 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

James Cook III, Week 18 of 2025 against NYJ: 2 carries for 15 yards, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards, 1.5 PPR points.

James Cook III, Week 17 of 2025 against PHI: 39 of 76 snaps, 20 carries for 74 yards, 4 targets and 1 catch for 3 yards, 8.7 PPR points.

James Cook III, Week 16 of 2025 against CLE: 28 of 50 snaps, 16 carries for 117 yards, 2 targets and 1 catch for 17 yards, 2 touchdowns, 26.4 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.

Their other Week 6 calls

• Start James Cook III over Ashton Jeanty.
• Start James Cook III over Bhayshul Tuten.
• Start Bijan Robinson over James Cook III.
• Start Cam Skattebo over Ashton Jeanty.
• Start Cam Skattebo over Bhayshul Tuten.
• Start Bijan Robinson over Cam Skattebo.