Start Christian McCaffrey or Jacory Croskey-Merritt? Week 6

Our Week 6 call

Start Christian McCaffrey over Jacory Croskey-Merritt in Week 6.

Market-based projections have Christian McCaffrey at 21.7 points and Jacory Croskey-Merritt at 8.1, a gap of 13.6.

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 71% chance to score a touchdown (10, 10, 8 and 10 market sources).

Player markets imply 8.1 fantasy points for Jacory Croskey-Merritt, with 100 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.

The market has Jacory Croskey-Merritt at 44.5 rushing yards, with a 36% chance to score a touchdown (9 and 10 market sources).

That puts Christian McCaffrey 13.6 points ahead of Jacory Croskey-Merritt on the market projections.

Injury status

Christian McCaffrey is not on the injury report.

Jacory Croskey-Merritt 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, Jacory Croskey-Merritt played 45 percent of WAS snaps, took 46 percent of the carries, drew 5 percent of the targets and had 18 percent of the red zone chances.

Jacory Croskey-Merritt, Week 2 against DAL: 26 of 71 snaps, 12 carries for 43 yards, 1 target and 1 catch for 5 yards.

Jacory Croskey-Merritt, Week 3 against SEA: 39 of 69 snaps, 19 carries for 36 yards, 1 target and 1 catch for 7 yards.

Jacory Croskey-Merritt, Week 4 against IND: 29 of 64 snaps, 9 carries for 15 yards, 4 targets and 2 catches for 35 yards.

Jacory Croskey-Merritt, Week 5 against NYG: 22 of 62 snaps, 11 carries for 82 yards, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 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, Jacory Croskey-Merritt played 17 games for WAS and scored 140.3 PPR points, 8.3 a game, finishing RB33.

He ran 175 times for 805 yards and 8 touchdowns, and caught 9 of 13 targets for 68 yards.

He was on the field for 39 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 6 calls

• Start Christian McCaffrey over Bhayshul Tuten.
• Start Bijan Robinson over Christian McCaffrey.
• Start Christian McCaffrey over Cam Skattebo.
• Start Bhayshul Tuten over Jacory Croskey-Merritt.
• Start Bijan Robinson over Jacory Croskey-Merritt.
• Start Cam Skattebo over Jacory Croskey-Merritt.