Start CJ Donaldson or Ray Davis? Week 6

Our Week 6 call

Start CJ Donaldson over Ray Davis in Week 6.

Market-based projections have CJ Donaldson at 3.9 points and Ray Davis at 1.9, a gap of 2.0. 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 CJ Donaldson 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 3.9 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 and 0.2 touchdowns (12 and 13 market sources).

Player markets imply 1.9 fantasy points for Ray Davis, with 70 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.

The market-based projection for Ray Davis is 7 rushing yards and 0.1 touchdowns (10 and 13 market sources).

That puts CJ Donaldson 2.0 points ahead of Ray Davis on the market projections.

Injury status

CJ Donaldson is not on the injury report.

Ray Davis is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 6

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.

Through Week 5, Ray Davis played 11 percent of BUF snaps, took 3 percent of the carries, drew 2 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

Ray Davis, Week 2 against DET: 10 of 74 snaps, 0 carries for 0 yards, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Ray Davis, Week 3 against LAC: 5 of 66 snaps, 0 carries for 0 yards, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Ray Davis, Week 4 against NE: 4 of 59 snaps, 1 carry for 3 yards, 1 target and 1 catch for 4 yards.

Ray Davis, Week 5 against LAR: 10 of 64 snaps, 2 carries for 2 yards, 1 target and 1 catch for 31 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Ray Davis played 17 games for BUF and scored 64.1 PPR points, 3.8 a game, finishing RB61.

He ran 58 times for 275 yards and 0 touchdowns, and caught 10 of 13 targets for 86 yards.

He was on the field for 11 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 6 calls

• Start CJ Donaldson over AJ Dillon.
• Start Chris Rodriguez Jr. over CJ Donaldson.
• Start Corey Kiner over CJ Donaldson.
• Start Ray Davis over AJ Dillon.
• Start Chris Rodriguez Jr. over Ray Davis.
• Start Corey Kiner over Ray Davis.