Start Jacory Croskey-Merritt or Keaton Mitchell? Week 6

Our Week 6 call

Start Jacory Croskey-Merritt over Keaton Mitchell in Week 6.

Market-based projections have Jacory Croskey-Merritt at 8.5 points and Keaton Mitchell at 7.1, a gap of 1.4. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. Drafters take Jacory Croskey-Merritt at ADP 119 and Keaton Mitchell at 190.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 8.5 fantasy points for Jacory Croskey-Merritt, with 100 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.

The market-based projection for Jacory Croskey-Merritt is 40 rushing yards and 0.6 touchdowns (5 and 11 market sources).

Player markets imply 7.1 fantasy points for Keaton Mitchell, with 100 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.

The market-based projection for Keaton Mitchell is 19 rushing yards, 16 receiving yards, 2-3 receptions and 0.2 touchdowns (8, 11, 13 and 13 market sources).

That puts Jacory Croskey-Merritt 1.4 points ahead of Keaton Mitchell on the market projections.

Week 6 matchups

Jacory Croskey-Merritt and WAS visit SF on Monday at 8:15 PM ET.

SF allowed 23.6 fantasy points a game to RBs this season over 5 games, the 10th most in the league.

Running backs ran for 87 yards and 0.4 touchdowns a game against SF and caught passes for 45 more yards.

Keaton Mitchell and LAC visit KC on Sunday at 4:25 PM ET.

KC allowed 20.0 fantasy points a game to RBs this season over 4 games, the 14th fewest in the league.

Running backs ran for 69 yards and 0.8 touchdowns a game against KC and caught passes for 38 more yards.

By points allowed to the position, Jacory Croskey-Merritt has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Jacory Croskey-Merritt is listed as questionable with a groin injury.

Keaton Mitchell is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 6

Through Week 5, Jacory Croskey-Merritt played 45 percent of WAS snaps, took 46 percent of the carries, drew 5 percent of the targets and had 18 percent of the red zone chances.

Jacory Croskey-Merritt, Week 2 against DAL: 26 of 71 snaps, 12 carries for 43 yards, 1 target and 1 catch for 5 yards.

Jacory Croskey-Merritt, Week 3 against SEA: 39 of 69 snaps, 19 carries for 36 yards, 1 target and 1 catch for 7 yards.

Jacory Croskey-Merritt, Week 4 against IND: 29 of 64 snaps, 9 carries for 15 yards, 4 targets and 2 catches for 35 yards.

Jacory Croskey-Merritt, Week 5 against NYG: 22 of 62 snaps, 11 carries for 82 yards, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards, 1 touchdown.

Through Week 5, Keaton Mitchell played 33 percent of LAC snaps, took 22 percent of the carries, drew 10 percent of the targets and had 11 percent of the red zone chances.

Keaton Mitchell, Week 2 against LV: 17 of 68 snaps, 5 carries for 24 yards, 1 target and 1 catch for 15 yards.

Keaton Mitchell, Week 3 against BUF: 26 of 69 snaps, 8 carries for 52 yards, 3 targets and 3 catches for -5 yards, 1 touchdown.

Keaton Mitchell, Week 4 against SEA: 26 of 71 snaps, 10 carries for 39 yards, 6 targets and 5 catches for 24 yards.

Keaton Mitchell, Week 5 against DEN: 23 of 67 snaps, 6 carries for 11 yards, 4 targets and 3 catches for 18 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Jacory Croskey-Merritt played 17 games for WAS and scored 140.3 PPR points, 8.3 a game, finishing RB33.

He ran 175 times for 805 yards and 8 touchdowns, and caught 9 of 13 targets for 68 yards.

He was on the field for 39 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

In 2025, Keaton Mitchell played 13 games for BAL and scored 55.4 PPR points, 4.3 a game, finishing RB67.

He ran 59 times for 341 yards and 1 touchdown, and caught 9 of 12 targets for 63 yards.

He was on the field for 17 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 6 calls

• Start Jacory Croskey-Merritt over Alvin Kamara.
• Start Bhayshul Tuten over Jacory Croskey-Merritt.
• Start Bijan Robinson over Jacory Croskey-Merritt.
• Start Keaton Mitchell over AJ Dillon.
• Start Alvin Kamara over Keaton Mitchell.
• Start Blake Corum over Keaton Mitchell.