Start MarShawn Lloyd or Dameon Pierce? Week 6

Our Week 6 call

Start Dameon Pierce over MarShawn Lloyd in Week 6.

Market-based projections have Dameon Pierce at 11.3 points and MarShawn Lloyd at 11.9, a gap of 0.6. 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 11.9 fantasy points for MarShawn Lloyd, with 100 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.

The market-based projection for MarShawn Lloyd is 43 rushing yards, 12 receiving yards, 1-2 receptions and 0.8 touchdowns (11, 9, 12 and 13 market sources).

Player markets imply 11.3 fantasy points for Dameon Pierce, with 100 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.

The market-based projection for Dameon Pierce is 59 rushing yards, 12 receiving yards, 1-2 receptions and 0-1 touchdowns (13, 11, 13 and 12 market sources).

That puts MarShawn Lloyd 0.6 points ahead of Dameon Pierce on the market projections.

Week 6 matchups

MarShawn Lloyd and GB host DAL on Sunday at 8:20 PM ET.

DAL allowed 25.3 fantasy points a game to RBs this season over 5 games, the 8th most in the league.

Running backs ran for 118 yards and a touchdown a game against DAL and caught passes for 21 more yards.

Injury status

MarShawn Lloyd is not on the injury report.

Dameon Pierce is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 6

Through Week 5, MarShawn Lloyd played 39 percent of GB snaps, took 43 percent of the carries, drew 7 percent of the targets and had 27 percent of the red zone chances.

MarShawn Lloyd, Week 2 against NYJ: 16 of 59 snaps, 6 carries for 20 yards, 2 targets and 2 catches for 6 yards, 1 touchdown.

MarShawn Lloyd, Week 3 against ATL: 15 of 66 snaps, 4 carries for 11 yards, 3 targets and 2 catches for 7 yards.

MarShawn Lloyd, Week 4 against TB: 33 of 60 snaps, 7 carries for 13 yards, 5 targets and 5 catches for 36 yards.

MarShawn Lloyd, Week 5 against CHI: 27 of 61 snaps, 10 carries for 31 yards, 2 targets and 1 catch for 6 yards, 2 touchdowns.

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.

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.

Their other Week 6 calls

• Start MarShawn Lloyd over Alvin Kamara.
• Start Ashton Jeanty over MarShawn Lloyd.
• Start Bhayshul Tuten over MarShawn Lloyd.
• Start Bhayshul Tuten over Dameon Pierce.
• Start Dameon Pierce over Blake Corum.
• Start Dameon Pierce over Braelon Allen.