Start Corey Kiner or CJ Donaldson? Week 6

Our Week 6 call

Start Corey Kiner over CJ Donaldson in Week 6.

Market-based projections have Corey Kiner at 4.1 points and CJ Donaldson at 4.0, a gap of 0.0. 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 Corey Kiner is 70 percent of what his position needs, so the market side of this carries proportionally less weight.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 4.1 fantasy points for Corey Kiner, with 70 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.

The market-based projection for Corey Kiner is 18 rushing yards, with a 14% chance to score a touchdown (4 and 13 market sources).

Player markets imply 4.1 fantasy points for CJ Donaldson, with 70 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.

The market-based projection for CJ Donaldson is 14 rushing yards, with a 19% chance to score a touchdown (11 and 13 market sources).

That puts Corey Kiner 0.0 points ahead of CJ Donaldson on the market projections.

Injury status

Corey Kiner is not on the injury report.

CJ Donaldson is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 6

Through Week 5, Corey Kiner played 11 percent of NE snaps, took 14 percent of the carries, drew 1 percent of the targets and had 8 percent of the red zone chances.

Corey Kiner, Week 2 against PIT: 4 of 55 snaps, 2 carries for 0 yards, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Corey Kiner, Week 3 against JAX: 8 of 63 snaps, 6 carries for 18 yards, 1 target and 1 catch for 9 yards.

Corey Kiner, Week 4 against BUF: 2 of 76 snaps, 0 carries for 0 yards, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Corey Kiner, Week 5 against LV: 15 of 75 snaps, 6 carries for 52 yards, 1 target and 1 catch for 7 yards.

Through Week 5, CJ Donaldson played 27 percent of NO snaps, took 10 percent of the carries, drew 3 percent of the targets and had 2 percent of the red zone chances.

CJ Donaldson, Week 2 against BAL: 20 of 68 snaps, 1 carry for 2 yards, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

CJ Donaldson, Week 3 against LV: 12 of 74 snaps, 1 carry for 5 yards, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

CJ Donaldson, Week 4 against ATL: 28 of 74 snaps, 3 carries for 18 yards, 2 targets and 2 catches for 5 yards.

CJ Donaldson, Week 5 against MIN: 19 of 45 snaps, 4 carries for 13 yards, 1 target and 1 catch for 7 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Corey Kiner played 4 games for ARI and scored 9.3 PPR points, 2.3 a game, finishing RB112.

He ran 12 times for 58 yards and 0 touchdowns, and caught 2 of 3 targets for 15 yards.

He was on the field for 7 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 6 calls

• Start Corey Kiner over AJ Dillon.
• Start Chris Rodriguez Jr. over Corey Kiner.
• Start Corey Kiner over Devin Singletary.
• Start CJ Donaldson over AJ Dillon.
• Start Chris Rodriguez Jr. over CJ Donaldson.
• Start CJ Donaldson over Devin Singletary.