Start Quinshon Judkins or Dameon Pierce? Week 6

Updated Oct 18, 8:51 PM ET. Locked at kickoff. Graded after. Week 7 answer posts Tuesday.

Start Dameon Pierce over Quinshon Judkins

Quinshon Judkins is listed out, so Dameon Pierce starts despite the lower projection.

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

Quinshon Judkins

RB · CLE · vs BAL · final

Market projected: 11.2; pre-game
BAL D vs RB: 18.8; 10th fewest to RBs (2026)
Snap share: 60%; Through Week 5
Target share: 14%; Through Week 5

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Our Week 6 call

Start Dameon Pierce over Quinshon Judkins in Week 6.

Quinshon Judkins is listed out on the injury report, so this is not a close call: start Dameon Pierce.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 11.2 fantasy points for Quinshon Judkins, with 100 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.

The market-based projection for Quinshon Judkins is 46 rushing yards, 16 receiving yards, 2-3 receptions and 0.4 touchdowns (11, 11, 11 and 12 market sources).

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).

That puts Quinshon Judkins 0.7 points ahead of Dameon Pierce on the market projections.

Week 6 matchups

Quinshon Judkins and CLE host BAL on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

BAL allowed 18.8 fantasy points a game to RBs this season over 5 games, the 10th fewest in the league.

Running backs ran for 84 yards and 0.8 touchdowns a game against BAL and caught passes for 14 more yards.

Injury status

Quinshon Judkins is listed as out with a foot injury.

Dameon Pierce is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 6

Through Week 5, Quinshon Judkins played 60 percent of CLE snaps, took 61 percent of the carries, drew 14 percent of the targets and had 43 percent of the red zone chances.

Quinshon Judkins, Week 2 against TB: 39 of 58 snaps, 12 carries for 21 yards, 5 targets and 5 catches for 27 yards.

Quinshon Judkins, Week 3 against CAR: 36 of 70 snaps, 18 carries for 70 yards, 2 targets and 2 catches for 9 yards.

Quinshon Judkins, Week 4 against PIT: 42 of 64 snaps, 17 carries for 53 yards, 7 targets and 6 catches for 43 yards, 1 touchdown.

Quinshon Judkins, Week 5 against NYJ: 36 of 68 snaps, 14 carries for 44 yards, 4 targets and 3 catches for 6 yards.

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, Quinshon Judkins played 15 games for CLE and scored 169.8 PPR points, 11.3 a game, finishing RB26.

He ran 230 times for 827 yards and 7 touchdowns, and caught 26 of 36 targets for 171 yards.

He was on the field for 50 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

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.

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