Start Jaylen Warren or Cam Skattebo? Week 7

Updated Oct 19, 8:56 PM ET. Locks at kickoff, graded after. Week 8 answer posts Tuesday.

Early kickoff: 9:30 AM ET, set your lineup before then.

Skattebo projects lower, 13.5 to 18.8, and still gets the call because it also weighs where drafters take each player: ADP 40 for Skattebo, 62 for Warren.

Start

Cam Skattebo

RB · NYG · at HOU

Market projects: 13.5; recent weeks avg
HOU D vs RB: 16.7; 4th fewest to RBs (2026)
Snap share: 65%; Through Week 5
Target share: 7%; Through Week 5

Sit

Jaylen Warren

RB · PIT · at NO

Market projects: 18.8; recent weeks avg
NO D vs RB: 31.1; most to RBs (2026)
Snap share: 76%; Through Week 6
Target share: 14%; Through Week 6

Should I drop Cam Skattebo for Jaylen Warren?

Yes, on the rest of the season. Jaylen Warren projects 167 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (16.7 a game over 10 games), Cam Skattebo 130 (13.0 a game over 10 games). For Week 7 the call starts Cam Skattebo over Jaylen Warren. So make the move after his Week 7 game.

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Our Week 7 call

Start Cam Skattebo over Jaylen Warren in Week 7.

Market-based projections have Cam Skattebo at 13.5 points and Jaylen Warren at 18.8, a gap of 5.3. Cam Skattebo still gets the call because it also weighs where drafters take each player, ADP 40 against 62, and that outweighs a gap this size. No player market is posted for Cam Skattebo this week yet, so his 13.5 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 4 and 5 (14.8 and 12.2); the call is rebuilt when his market posts. No player market is posted for Jaylen Warren this week yet, so his 18.8 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 4 and 5 (19.9 and 17.8); the call is rebuilt when his market posts.

What the market projects

No Week 7 player market is posted for Jaylen Warren yet. His market-based projections were 19.9 and 17.8 points in Weeks 4 and 5, an average of 18.8, which stands in until his Week 7 market posts.

No Week 7 player market is posted for Cam Skattebo yet. His market-based projections were 14.8 and 12.2 points in Weeks 4 and 5, an average of 13.5, which stands in until his Week 7 market posts.

That puts Jaylen Warren 5.3 points ahead of Cam Skattebo on these projections.

Week 7 matchups

Jaylen Warren and PIT visit NO on Sunday at 9:30 AM 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.

Cam Skattebo and NYG visit HOU on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

HOU allowed 16.7 fantasy points a game to RBs this season over 5 games, the 4th fewest in the league.

Running backs ran for 72 yards and 0.6 touchdowns a game against HOU and caught passes for 17 more yards.

By points allowed to the position, Jaylen Warren has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Jaylen Warren is not on the injury report.

Cam Skattebo is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 7

Through Week 6, Jaylen Warren played 76 percent of PIT snaps, took 69 percent of the carries, drew 14 percent of the targets and had 21 percent of the red zone chances.

Jaylen Warren, Week 3 against CIN: 56 of 62 snaps, 17 carries for 127 yards, 4 targets and 3 catches for 49 yards.

Jaylen Warren, Week 4 against CLE: 70 of 72 snaps, 17 carries for 93 yards, 6 targets and 3 catches for 33 yards.

Jaylen Warren, Week 5 against IND: 52 of 60 snaps, 15 carries for 101 yards, 6 targets and 6 catches for 87 yards, 2 touchdowns.

Jaylen Warren, Week 6 against TB: 14 carries for 50 yards, 4 targets and 2 catches for 28 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, Jaylen Warren played 16 games for PIT and scored 217.1 PPR points, 13.6 a game, finishing RB17.

He ran 211 times for 958 yards and 6 touchdowns, and caught 40 of 45 targets for 333 yards.

He was on the field for 51 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 7 calls

Locks at kickoff, graded after. When the start/sit engine grades week 7, the call and the result appear on the public record, wrong ones included.

Drop or keep

Should I drop Cam Skattebo for Jaylen Warren?
Yes, on the rest of the season. Jaylen Warren projects 167 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (16.7 a game over 10 games), Cam Skattebo 130 (13.0 a game over 10 games). For Week 7 the call starts Cam Skattebo over Jaylen Warren. So make the move after his Week 7 game.
Should I drop Jaylen Warren for Cam Skattebo?
No. Keep Jaylen Warren: he projects 167 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (16.7 a game over 10 games), Cam Skattebo 130 (13.0 a game over 10 games). For Week 7 the call starts Cam Skattebo over Jaylen Warren.