Start Emanuel Wilson or Kyle Monangai? Week 6

Our Week 6 call

Start Emanuel Wilson over Kyle Monangai in Week 6.

Market-based projections have Emanuel Wilson at 12.9 points and Kyle Monangai at 9.8, a gap of 3.1. No player market is posted for Kyle Monangai this week yet, so his 9.8 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 3, 4 and 5 (9.3, 7.3 and 12.9); the call is rebuilt when his market posts.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 12.9 fantasy points for Emanuel Wilson, with 100 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.

The market-based projection for Emanuel Wilson is 67 rushing yards, 10 receiving yards and 1-2 receptions, with a 46% chance to score a touchdown (13, 13, 13 and 12 market sources).

No Week 6 player market is posted for Kyle Monangai yet. His market-based projections were 9.3, 7.3 and 12.9 points in Weeks 3, 4 and 5, an average of 9.8, which stands in until his Week 6 market posts.

That puts Emanuel Wilson 3.1 points ahead of Kyle Monangai on these projections.

Week 6 matchups

Kyle Monangai 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.

Injury status

Emanuel Wilson is not on the injury report.

Kyle Monangai is listed as questionable with a toe injury.

Usage before Week 6

Through Week 5, Emanuel Wilson played 42 percent of SEA snaps, took 54 percent of the carries, drew 5 percent of the targets and had 31 percent of the red zone chances.

Emanuel Wilson, Week 2 against ARI: 29 of 70 snaps, 21 carries for 92 yards, 1 target and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Emanuel Wilson, Week 3 against WAS: 24 of 67 snaps, 9 carries for 14 yards, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Emanuel Wilson, Week 4 against LAC: 36 of 60 snaps, 21 carries for 81 yards, 4 targets and 3 catches for 39 yards, 2 touchdowns.

Emanuel Wilson, Week 5 against SF: 37 of 63 snaps, 20 carries for 61 yards, 2 targets and 2 catches for 11 yards, 1 touchdown.

Through Week 4, Kyle Monangai played 41 percent of CHI snaps, took 39 percent of the carries, drew 4 percent of the targets and had 23 percent of the red zone chances.

Kyle Monangai, Week 1 against CAR: 32 of 75 snaps, 10 carries for 100 yards, 2 targets and 2 catches for 24 yards, 1 touchdown.

Kyle Monangai, Week 2 against MIN: 25 of 74 snaps, 10 carries for 47 yards, 2 targets and 2 catches for 11 yards.

Kyle Monangai, Week 3 against PHI: 22 of 72 snaps, 10 carries for 31 yards, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Kyle Monangai, Week 4 against NYJ: 50 of 93 snaps, 30 carries for 146 yards, 1 target and 1 catch for 4 yards, 2 touchdowns.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Emanuel Wilson played 17 games for GB and scored 94.5 PPR points, 5.6 a game, finishing RB49.

He ran 125 times for 496 yards and 3 touchdowns, and caught 15 of 17 targets for 99 yards.

He was on the field for 30 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

In 2025, Kyle Monangai played 17 games for CHI and scored 146.7 PPR points, 8.6 a game, finishing RB30.

He ran 169 times for 783 yards and 5 touchdowns, and caught 18 of 30 targets for 164 yards.

He was on the field for 41 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 6 calls

• Start Emanuel Wilson over Ashton Jeanty.
• Start Emanuel Wilson over Bhayshul Tuten.
• Start Bijan Robinson over Emanuel Wilson.
• Start Kyle Monangai over Alvin Kamara.
• Start Bhayshul Tuten over Kyle Monangai.
• Start Kyle Monangai over Blake Corum.