Start Chris Rodriguez Jr. or Keaton Mitchell? Week 6

Our Week 6 call

Start Keaton Mitchell over Chris Rodriguez Jr. in Week 6.

Market-based projections have Keaton Mitchell at 6.3 points and Chris Rodriguez Jr. at 4.8, a gap of 1.6. Chris Rodriguez Jr.'s number is scaled up from a partial market: not every stat the position needs is posted yet, so the rest is estimated from what is. No player market is posted for Keaton Mitchell this week yet, so his 6.3 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 3, 4 and 5 (4.9, 5.6 and 8.6); the call is rebuilt when his market posts.

What the market projects

No Week 6 player market is posted for Keaton Mitchell yet. His market-based projections were 4.9, 5.6 and 8.6 points in Weeks 3, 4 and 5, an average of 6.4, which stands in until his Week 6 market posts.

The market gives Keaton Mitchell a 17% chance to score a touchdown (13 market sources).

Player markets imply 4.8 fantasy points for Chris Rodriguez Jr., with 70 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.

The market-based projection for Chris Rodriguez Jr. is 18 rushing yards, with a 20% chance to score a touchdown (11 and 13 market sources).

That puts Keaton Mitchell 1.6 points ahead of Chris Rodriguez Jr. on these projections.

Injury status

Keaton Mitchell is not on the injury report.

Chris Rodriguez Jr. is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 6

Through Week 5, Keaton Mitchell played 33 percent of LAC snaps, took 22 percent of the carries, drew 10 percent of the targets and had 11 percent of the red zone chances.

Keaton Mitchell, Week 2 against LV: 17 of 68 snaps, 5 carries for 24 yards, 1 target and 1 catch for 15 yards.

Keaton Mitchell, Week 3 against BUF: 26 of 69 snaps, 8 carries for 52 yards, 3 targets and 3 catches for -5 yards, 1 touchdown.

Keaton Mitchell, Week 4 against SEA: 26 of 71 snaps, 10 carries for 39 yards, 6 targets and 5 catches for 24 yards.

Keaton Mitchell, Week 5 against DEN: 23 of 67 snaps, 6 carries for 11 yards, 4 targets and 3 catches for 18 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Keaton Mitchell played 13 games for BAL and scored 55.4 PPR points, 4.3 a game, finishing RB67.

He ran 59 times for 341 yards and 1 touchdown, and caught 9 of 12 targets for 63 yards.

He was on the field for 17 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 6 calls

• Start Alvin Kamara over Keaton Mitchell.
• Start Blake Corum over Keaton Mitchell.
• Start Braelon Allen over Keaton Mitchell.
• Start Chris Rodriguez Jr. over AJ Dillon.
• Start Bhayshul Tuten over Chris Rodriguez Jr..
• Start Brian Robinson over Chris Rodriguez Jr..