Start D'Andre Swift or Jaylen Warren? Week 6

Our Week 6 call

Start D'Andre Swift over Jaylen Warren in Week 6.

Market-based projections have D'Andre Swift at 16.0 points and Jaylen Warren at 15.7, a gap of 0.4. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. Drafters take D'Andre Swift at ADP 41 and Jaylen Warren at 62.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 16.0 fantasy points for D'Andre Swift, with 100 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.

The market-based projection for D'Andre Swift is 66 rushing yards, 16 receiving yards, 2-3 receptions and 0.9 touchdowns (13, 13, 14 and 14 market sources).

Player markets imply 15.7 fantasy points for Jaylen Warren, with 100 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.

The market-based projection for Jaylen Warren is 60 rushing yards, 29 receiving yards, 3-4 receptions and 0-1 touchdowns (13, 13, 12 and 14 market sources).

That puts D'Andre Swift 0.4 points ahead of Jaylen Warren on the market projections.

Week 6 matchups

D'Andre Swift and CHI visit ATL on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

ATL allowed 19.6 fantasy points a game to RBs this season over 5 games, the 12th fewest in the league.

Running backs ran for 74 yards and 0.4 touchdowns a game against ATL and caught passes for 27 more yards.

Jaylen Warren and PIT visit TB on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

TB allowed 16.9 fantasy points a game to RBs this season over 5 games, the 5th fewest in the league.

Running backs ran for 60 yards and 0.4 touchdowns a game against TB and caught passes for 36 more yards.

By points allowed to the position, D'Andre Swift has the softer matchup.

Injury status

D'Andre Swift is not on the injury report.

Jaylen Warren is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 6

Through Week 5, D'Andre Swift played 56 percent of CHI snaps, took 44 percent of the carries, drew 10 percent of the targets and had 29 percent of the red zone chances.

D'Andre Swift, Week 2 against MIN: 50 of 74 snaps, 16 carries for 45 yards, 5 targets and 5 catches for 54 yards.

D'Andre Swift, Week 3 against PHI: 50 of 72 snaps, 20 carries for 84 yards, 3 targets and 2 catches for 4 yards.

D'Andre Swift, Week 4 against NYJ: 33 of 93 snaps, 15 carries for 58 yards, 2 targets and 2 catches for 16 yards.

D'Andre Swift, Week 5 against GB: 40 of 69 snaps, 9 carries for 43 yards, 5 targets and 4 catches for 30 yards, 1 touchdown.

Through Week 5, Jaylen Warren played 76 percent of PIT snaps, took 69 percent of the carries, drew 15 percent of the targets and had 25 percent of the red zone chances.

Jaylen Warren, Week 2 against NE: 50 of 70 snaps, 11 carries for 43 yards, 4 targets and 2 catches for 34 yards.

Jaylen Warren, Week 3 against CIN: 56 of 62 snaps, 17 carries for 127 yards, 4 targets and 3 catches for 49 yards.

Jaylen Warren, Week 4 against CLE: 70 of 72 snaps, 17 carries for 93 yards, 6 targets and 3 catches for 33 yards.

Jaylen Warren, Week 5 against IND: 52 of 60 snaps, 15 carries for 101 yards, 6 targets and 6 catches for 87 yards, 2 touchdowns.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, D'Andre Swift played 16 games for CHI and scored 228.6 PPR points, 14.3 a game, finishing RB15.

He ran 223 times for 1087 yards and 9 touchdowns, and caught 34 of 48 targets for 299 yards.

He was on the field for 58 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

In 2025, Jaylen Warren played 16 games for PIT and scored 217.1 PPR points, 13.6 a game, finishing RB17.

He ran 211 times for 958 yards and 6 touchdowns, and caught 40 of 45 targets for 333 yards.

He was on the field for 51 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 6 calls

• Start Ashton Jeanty over D'Andre Swift.
• Start D'Andre Swift over Bhayshul Tuten.
• Start Bijan Robinson over D'Andre Swift.
• Start Ashton Jeanty over Jaylen Warren.
• Start Jaylen Warren over Bhayshul Tuten.
• Start Bijan Robinson over Jaylen Warren.