Start Jacory Croskey-Merritt or Dameon Pierce? Week 6

Updated Oct 18, 7:41 PM ET. Locks at kickoff, graded after. Week 7 answer posts Tuesday.

Start Dameon Pierce over Jacory Croskey-Merritt

Start

Dameon Pierce

Market projects: 10.5; fantasy pts
Upside: High; 98 of 100 at RB
Snap share: 77%; Through Week 5
Target share: 14%; Through Week 5

Sit

Jacory Croskey-Merritt

RB · WAS · at SF · Out

Market projects: 10.0; recent weeks avg
SF D vs RB: 23.6; 10th most to RBs (2026)
Snap share: 45%; Through Week 5
Target share: 5%; Through Week 5

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Our Week 6 call

Start Dameon Pierce over Jacory Croskey-Merritt in Week 6.

Jacory Croskey-Merritt is listed out on the injury report, so this is not a close call: start Dameon Pierce.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 10.5 fantasy points for Dameon Pierce, with 100 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.

The market-based projection for Dameon Pierce is 53 rushing yards, 10 receiving yards, 1-2 receptions and 0-1 touchdowns (13, 11, 12 and 14 market sources).

No Week 6 player market is posted for Jacory Croskey-Merritt yet. His market-based projections were 9.1, 11.5 and 9.4 points in Weeks 3, 4 and 5, an average of 10.0, which stands in until his Week 6 market posts.

That puts Dameon Pierce 0.5 points ahead of Jacory Croskey-Merritt on these projections.

Week 6 matchups

Jacory Croskey-Merritt and WAS visit SF on Monday at 8:15 PM ET.

SF allowed 23.6 fantasy points a game to RBs this season over 5 games, the 10th most in the league.

Running backs ran for 87 yards and 0.4 touchdowns a game against SF and caught passes for 45 more yards.

Injury status

Dameon Pierce is not on the injury report.

Jacory Croskey-Merritt is listed as out with a groin injury.

Usage before Week 6

Through Week 5, Dameon Pierce played 77 percent of PHI snaps, took 61 percent of the carries, drew 14 percent of the targets and had 25 percent of the red zone chances.

Dameon Pierce, Week 5 against JAX: 48 of 62 snaps, 11 carries for 14 yards, 5 targets and 2 catches for -2 yards.

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, Dameon Pierce played 5 games for KC and scored 3.6 PPR points, 0.7 a game, finishing RB128.

He ran 14 times for 36 yards and 0 touchdowns, and caught 0 of 1 target for 0 yards.

He was on the field for 8 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Dameon Pierce, Week 18 of 2025 against LV: 4 carries for 10 yards, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards, 1.0 PPR points.

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

Locks at kickoff, graded after. When the start/sit engine grades week 6, the call and the result appear on the public record, wrong ones included.