Dameon Pierce or Jaleel McLaughlin: Week 6 result

Our Week 6 call

Start Dameon Pierce over Jaleel McLaughlin in Week 6.

Market-based projections have Dameon Pierce at 10.5 points and Jaleel McLaughlin at 9.3, a gap of 1.3. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip.

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).

Player markets imply 9.3 fantasy points for Jaleel McLaughlin, with 100 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.

The market-based projection for Jaleel McLaughlin is 35 rushing yards, 13 receiving yards, 2-3 receptions and 0.3 touchdowns (6, 3, 3 and 13 market sources).

That puts Dameon Pierce 1.3 points ahead of Jaleel McLaughlin on the market projections.

Injury status

Dameon Pierce is not on the injury report.

Jaleel McLaughlin is not on the injury report.

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, Jaleel McLaughlin played 10 percent of CLE snaps, took 2 percent of the carries, drew 2 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

Jaleel McLaughlin, Week 2 against TB: 8 of 58 snaps, 1 carry for 3 yards, 1 target and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Jaleel McLaughlin, Week 3 against CAR: 4 of 70 snaps, 0 carries for 0 yards, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Jaleel McLaughlin, Week 4 against PIT: 1 of 64 snaps, 1 carry for 28 yards, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards, 1 touchdown.

Jaleel McLaughlin, Week 5 against NYJ: 14 of 68 snaps, 0 carries for 0 yards, 1 target and 0 catches for 0 yards.

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, Jaleel McLaughlin played 8 games for DEN and scored 31.4 PPR points, 3.9 a game, finishing RB82.

He ran 37 times for 187 yards and 1 touchdown, and caught 4 of 6 targets for 27 yards.

He was on the field for 15 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

How Week 6 went

Dameon Pierce scored 15.0 PPR points and Jaleel McLaughlin scored 9.5.

The call was right: Dameon Pierce outscored Jaleel McLaughlin by 5.5.

Dameon Pierce finished 4.5 points above the 10.5 the market projected.

Dameon Pierce, Week 6 against CAR: 12 carries for 35 yards, 5 targets and 4 catches for 15 yards, 1 touchdown, 15.0 PPR points.

Dameon Pierce finished as the week's RB6 in PPR scoring.

Jaleel McLaughlin finished 0.2 points above the 9.3 the market projected.

Jaleel McLaughlin, Week 6 against BAL: 9 carries for 41 yards, 4 targets and 4 catches for 14 yards, 9.5 PPR points.

Jaleel McLaughlin finished as the week's RB18 in PPR scoring.

Their other Week 6 calls

• Start Dameon Pierce over Alvin Kamara.
• Start Bhayshul Tuten over Dameon Pierce.
• Start Dameon Pierce over Blake Corum.
• Start Jaleel McLaughlin over Alvin Kamara.
• Start Blake Corum over Jaleel McLaughlin.
• Start Jaleel McLaughlin over Brian Robinson.