Start Seth McGowan or Chase Brown? Week 6

Our Week 6 call

Start Chase Brown over Seth McGowan in Week 6.

Seth McGowan is estimated at 3.2 projected points, scaled up from the stats the market has posted so far and Chase Brown is not priced at all, so we are leaning on where drafters take them.

What the market projects

No player market was posted for Chase Brown in Week 6.

Player markets imply 3.2 fantasy points for Seth McGowan, with 70 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.

The market-based projection for Seth McGowan is 13 rushing yards, with a 13% chance to score a touchdown (12 and 13 market sources).

Injury status

Chase Brown is not on the injury report.

Seth McGowan is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 6

Through Week 5, Chase Brown played 70 percent of CIN snaps, took 65 percent of the carries, drew 15 percent of the targets and had 29 percent of the red zone chances.

Chase Brown, Week 2 against HOU: 42 of 60 snaps, 20 carries for 80 yards, 5 targets and 3 catches for 2 yards.

Chase Brown, Week 3 against PIT: 40 of 57 snaps, 13 carries for 61 yards, 2 targets and 2 catches for 8 yards.

Chase Brown, Week 4 against JAX: 60 of 76 snaps, 9 carries for 10 yards, 11 targets and 11 catches for 71 yards.

Chase Brown, Week 5 against MIA: 39 of 65 snaps, 13 carries for 39 yards, 4 targets and 3 catches for 21 yards.

Through Week 5, Seth McGowan played 18 percent of IND snaps, took 13 percent of the carries, drew 2 percent of the targets and had 7 percent of the red zone chances.

Seth McGowan, Week 2 against KC: 4 of 65 snaps, 2 carries for 0 yards, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Seth McGowan, Week 3 against HOU: 11 of 71 snaps, 4 carries for 14 yards, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Seth McGowan, Week 4 against WAS: 19 of 66 snaps, 6 carries for 31 yards, 2 targets and 1 catch for 7 yards.

Seth McGowan, Week 5 against PIT: 19 of 71 snaps, 5 carries for 16 yards, 1 target and 1 catch for 3 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Chase Brown played 17 games for CIN and scored 282.6 PPR points, 16.6 a game, finishing RB7.

He ran 232 times for 1019 yards and 6 touchdowns, and caught 69 of 88 targets for 437 yards.

He was on the field for 67 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 6 calls

• Start Chase Brown over Ashton Jeanty.
• Start Chase Brown over Chris Rodriguez Jr..
• Start Chase Brown over D'Andre Swift.
• Start Seth McGowan over AJ Dillon.
• Start Chris Rodriguez Jr. over Seth McGowan.
• Start Seth McGowan over Devin Singletary.