Start Kimani Vidal or CJ Donaldson? Week 6

Our Week 6 call

Start Kimani Vidal over CJ Donaldson in Week 6.

Market-based projections have Kimani Vidal at 4.3 points and CJ Donaldson at 4.0, a gap of 0.4. 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 Kimani Vidal 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 4.4 fantasy points for Kimani Vidal, with 70 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.

The market-based projection for Kimani Vidal is 17 rushing yards, with a 18% chance to score a touchdown (10 and 12 market sources).

Player markets imply 4.0 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 Kimani Vidal 0.4 points ahead of CJ Donaldson on the market projections.

Injury status

Kimani Vidal is not on the injury report.

CJ Donaldson is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 6

Through Week 5, Kimani Vidal played 25 percent of LAC snaps, took 10 percent of the carries, drew 6 percent of the targets and had 5 percent of the red zone chances.

Kimani Vidal, Week 2 against LV: 7 of 68 snaps, 0 carries for 0 yards, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Kimani Vidal, Week 3 against BUF: 17 of 69 snaps, 1 carry for 6 yards, 3 targets and 1 catch for 14 yards.

Kimani Vidal, Week 4 against SEA: 25 of 71 snaps, 5 carries for 25 yards, 3 targets and 2 catches for 11 yards, 1 touchdown.

Kimani Vidal, Week 5 against DEN: 28 of 67 snaps, 8 carries for 57 yards, 2 targets and 1 catch for -1 yards, 1 touchdown.

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, Kimani Vidal played 13 games for LAC and scored 117.9 PPR points, 9.1 a game, finishing RB42.

He ran 155 times for 643 yards and 3 touchdowns, and caught 16 of 22 targets for 136 yards.

He was on the field for 58 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 6 calls

• Start Kimani Vidal over AJ Dillon.
• Start Brian Robinson over Kimani Vidal.
• Start Chris Rodriguez Jr. over Kimani Vidal.
• Start CJ Donaldson over AJ Dillon.
• Start Chris Rodriguez Jr. over CJ Donaldson.
• Start Corey Kiner over CJ Donaldson.