Start Jacory Croskey-Merritt or Rachaad White? Week 6

Our Week 6 call

Start Jacory Croskey-Merritt over Rachaad White in Week 6.

Market-based projections have Jacory Croskey-Merritt at 7.4 points and Rachaad White at 6.2, a gap of 1.2. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. Rachaad White's number is scaled up from a partial market: not every stat the position needs is posted yet, so the rest is estimated from what is.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 7.4 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, with a 35% chance to score a touchdown (10 and 12 market sources).

Player markets imply 6.2 fantasy points for Rachaad White, with 70 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.

The market-based projection for Rachaad White is 21 rushing yards, with a 28% chance to score a touchdown (11 and 12 market sources).

That puts Jacory Croskey-Merritt 1.2 points ahead of Rachaad White on the market projections.

Injury status

Jacory Croskey-Merritt is not on the injury report.

Rachaad White 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, Rachaad White played 49 percent of WAS snaps, took 24 percent of the carries, drew 9 percent of the targets and had 17 percent of the red zone chances.

Rachaad White, Week 1 against PHI: 29 of 70 snaps, 7 carries for 22 yards, 2 targets and 2 catches for 5 yards.

Rachaad White, Week 2 against DAL: 37 of 71 snaps, 7 carries for 43 yards, 6 targets and 6 catches for 40 yards.

Rachaad White, Week 3 against SEA: 30 of 69 snaps, 8 carries for 35 yards, 1 target and 1 catch for 6 yards, 1 touchdown.

Rachaad White, Week 5 against NYG: 37 of 62 snaps, 7 carries for 18 yards, 1 target and 1 catch for 2 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, Rachaad White played 17 games for TB and scored 143.0 PPR points, 8.4 a game, finishing RB32.

He ran 132 times for 572 yards and 4 touchdowns, and caught 40 of 45 targets for 218 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 Alvin Kamara over Jacory Croskey-Merritt.
• Start Bhayshul Tuten over Jacory Croskey-Merritt.
• Start Bijan Robinson over Jacory Croskey-Merritt.
• Start Bhayshul Tuten over Rachaad White.
• Start Blake Corum over Rachaad White.
• Start Braelon Allen over Rachaad White.