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Start Tyler Badie or Chris Rodriguez Jr.? Week 6

Updated Oct 15, 7:26 PM ET.

Start Tyler Badie over Chris Rodriguez Jr.

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Tyler Badie

RB · Questionable

Market projects
4.5
fantasy pts
Snap share
18%
Through Week 5
Target share
6%
Through Week 5
Market projects
4.4
fantasy pts

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Our Week 6 call

Start Tyler Badie over Chris Rodriguez Jr. in Week 6.

Market-based projections have Tyler Badie at 4.5 points and Chris Rodriguez Jr. at 4.4, a gap of 0.1. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. Both numbers are scaled up from a partial market: not every stat the position needs is posted yet, so the rest is estimated from what is. Market coverage on Tyler Badie is 40 percent of what his position needs, so the market side of this carries proportionally less weight.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 4.5 fantasy points for Tyler Badie, with 40 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.

The market gives Tyler Badie a 9% chance to score a touchdown (12 market sources).

Player markets imply 4.4 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 17 rushing yards, with a 18% chance to score a touchdown (10 and 13 market sources).

That puts Tyler Badie 0.1 points ahead of Chris Rodriguez Jr. on the market projections.

Injury status

Tyler Badie is listed as questionable with a thumb injury.

Chris Rodriguez Jr. is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 6

Through Week 5, Tyler Badie played 18 percent of DEN snaps, took 5 percent of the carries, drew 6 percent of the targets and had 6 percent of the red zone chances.

Tyler Badie, Week 2 against JAX: 16 of 62 snaps, 1 carry for 1 yards, 3 targets and 2 catches for 28 yards.

Tyler Badie, Week 3 against LAR: 12 of 67 snaps, 1 carry for 2 yards, 1 target and 1 catch for 12 yards.

Tyler Badie, Week 4 against SF: 12 of 65 snaps, 2 carries for 7 yards, 2 targets and 2 catches for 32 yards.

Tyler Badie, Week 5 against LAC: 7 of 62 snaps, 1 carry for 6 yards, 1 target and 1 catch for -5 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Tyler Badie played 16 games for DEN and scored 35.4 PPR points, 2.2 a game, finishing RB77.

He ran 8 times for 23 yards and 0 touchdowns, and caught 19 of 31 targets for 141 yards.

He was on the field for 18 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 6 calls

On the draft board

Ranked ahead

RB42 · DEN · bye unlisted

2026 vs anytime td line 0-4

Overall rank
136
Draft pick
no consensus
Tier
11

Ranked behind

RB44 · JAX · bye 7

2026 vs carries line 2-3

Overall rank
138
Draft pick
no consensus
Tier
11

The board cards are draft figures, not the week's call. Locks at kickoff, graded after. When the start/sit engine grades week 6, the call and the result appear on the public record, wrong ones included.

The gap between them

  • Spots apart on the board2
  • Pick differencenot comparable without a consensus on both
  • Tiersboth in tier 11
  • Board size222 draftable players

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