Start Christian McCaffrey or Emanuel Wilson? Week 6

Our Week 6 call

Start Christian McCaffrey over Emanuel Wilson in Week 6.

Market-based projections have Christian McCaffrey at 21.7 points and Emanuel Wilson at 12.9, a gap of 8.8.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 21.7 fantasy points for Christian McCaffrey, with 100 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.

The market has Christian McCaffrey at 58.5 rushing yards, 39.5 receiving yards and 4.5 receptions, with a 70% chance to score a touchdown (9, 10, 8 and 10 market sources).

Player markets imply 12.9 fantasy points for Emanuel Wilson, with 100 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.

The market has Emanuel Wilson at 66.5 rushing yards, 9.5 receiving yards and 1.5 receptions, with a 47% chance to score a touchdown (13, 12, 13 and 13 market sources).

That puts Christian McCaffrey 8.8 points ahead of Emanuel Wilson on the market projections.

Injury status

Christian McCaffrey is not on the injury report.

Emanuel Wilson is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 6

Through Week 5, Christian McCaffrey played 69 percent of SF snaps, took 46 percent of the carries, drew 18 percent of the targets and had 34 percent of the red zone chances.

Christian McCaffrey, Week 2 against MIA: 27 of 52 snaps, 10 carries for 23 yards, 4 targets and 4 catches for 43 yards, 2 touchdowns.

Christian McCaffrey, Week 3 against ARI: 45 of 54 snaps, 15 carries for 75 yards, 5 targets and 4 catches for 41 yards, 1 touchdown.

Christian McCaffrey, Week 4 against DEN: 49 of 66 snaps, 15 carries for 52 yards, 5 targets and 3 catches for 18 yards, 1 touchdown.

Christian McCaffrey, Week 5 against SEA: 49 of 60 snaps, 11 carries for 68 yards, 3 targets and 3 catches for 15 yards, 1 touchdown.

Through Week 5, Emanuel Wilson played 42 percent of SEA snaps, took 54 percent of the carries, drew 5 percent of the targets and had 31 percent of the red zone chances.

Emanuel Wilson, Week 2 against ARI: 29 of 70 snaps, 21 carries for 92 yards, 1 target and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Emanuel Wilson, Week 3 against WAS: 24 of 67 snaps, 9 carries for 14 yards, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Emanuel Wilson, Week 4 against LAC: 36 of 60 snaps, 21 carries for 81 yards, 4 targets and 3 catches for 39 yards, 2 touchdowns.

Emanuel Wilson, Week 5 against SF: 37 of 63 snaps, 20 carries for 61 yards, 2 targets and 2 catches for 11 yards, 1 touchdown.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Christian McCaffrey played 17 games for SF and scored 416.6 PPR points, 24.5 a game, finishing RB1.

He ran 311 times for 1202 yards and 10 touchdowns, and caught 102 of 129 targets for 924 yards.

He was on the field for 83 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

In 2025, Emanuel Wilson played 17 games for GB and scored 94.5 PPR points, 5.6 a game, finishing RB49.

He ran 125 times for 496 yards and 3 touchdowns, and caught 15 of 17 targets for 99 yards.

He was on the field for 30 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 6 calls

• Start Christian McCaffrey over Bhayshul Tuten.
• Start Christian McCaffrey over Bijan Robinson.
• Start Christian McCaffrey over Cam Skattebo.
• Start Emanuel Wilson over Bhayshul Tuten.
• Start Bijan Robinson over Emanuel Wilson.
• Start Emanuel Wilson over Cam Skattebo.