Start Tyler Badie or CJ Donaldson? Week 6

Our Week 6 call

Start Tyler Badie over CJ Donaldson in Week 6.

Market-based projections have Tyler Badie at 4.5 points and CJ Donaldson at 4.0, a gap of 0.5. 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 Tyler Badie is 40 percent of what his position needs, so the market side of this carries proportionally less weight.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 4.5 fantasy points for Tyler Badie, with 40 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.

The market gives Tyler Badie a 9% chance to score a touchdown (12 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 Tyler Badie 0.5 points ahead of CJ Donaldson on the market projections.

Injury status

Tyler Badie is listed as questionable with a thumb injury.

CJ Donaldson is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 6

Through Week 5, Tyler Badie played 18 percent of DEN snaps, took 5 percent of the carries, drew 6 percent of the targets and had 6 percent of the red zone chances.

Tyler Badie, Week 2 against JAX: 16 of 62 snaps, 1 carry for 1 yards, 3 targets and 2 catches for 28 yards.

Tyler Badie, Week 3 against LAR: 12 of 67 snaps, 1 carry for 2 yards, 1 target and 1 catch for 12 yards.

Tyler Badie, Week 4 against SF: 12 of 65 snaps, 2 carries for 7 yards, 2 targets and 2 catches for 32 yards.

Tyler Badie, Week 5 against LAC: 7 of 62 snaps, 1 carry for 6 yards, 1 target and 1 catch for -5 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, Tyler Badie played 16 games for DEN and scored 35.4 PPR points, 2.2 a game, finishing RB77.

He ran 8 times for 23 yards and 0 touchdowns, and caught 19 of 31 targets for 141 yards.

He was on the field for 18 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 6 calls

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