Start Jonathan Taylor or Kyren Williams? Week 6

Our Week 6 call

Start Jonathan Taylor over Kyren Williams in Week 6.

Market-based projections have Jonathan Taylor at 20.0 points and Kyren Williams at 18.9, a gap of 1.1. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 20.0 fantasy points for Jonathan Taylor, with 100 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.

The market-based projection for Jonathan Taylor is 90 rushing yards, 18 receiving yards and 2-3 receptions, with a 68% chance to score a touchdown (13, 9, 10 and 13 market sources).

Player markets imply 18.9 fantasy points for Kyren Williams, with 100 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.

The market-based projection for Kyren Williams is 70 rushing yards, 23 receiving yards and 3-4 receptions, with a 65% chance to score a touchdown (11, 9, 10 and 13 market sources).

That puts Jonathan Taylor 1.1 points ahead of Kyren Williams on the market projections.

Injury status

Jonathan Taylor is not on the injury report.

Kyren Williams is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 6

Through Week 5, Jonathan Taylor played 82 percent of IND snaps, took 75 percent of the carries, drew 11 percent of the targets and had 48 percent of the red zone chances.

Jonathan Taylor, Week 2 against KC: 61 of 65 snaps, 24 carries for 92 yards, 4 targets and 4 catches for 40 yards, 2 touchdowns.

Jonathan Taylor, Week 3 against HOU: 60 of 71 snaps, 23 carries for 68 yards, 3 targets and 2 catches for 4 yards.

Jonathan Taylor, Week 4 against WAS: 47 of 66 snaps, 20 carries for 95 yards, 4 targets and 1 catch for 2 yards, 2 touchdowns.

Jonathan Taylor, Week 5 against PIT: 52 of 71 snaps, 15 carries for 45 yards, 4 targets and 3 catches for 37 yards.

Through Week 5, Kyren Williams played 70 percent of LAR snaps, took 57 percent of the carries, drew 16 percent of the targets and had 42 percent of the red zone chances.

Kyren Williams, Week 2 against NYG: 34 of 62 snaps, 12 carries for 85 yards, 2 targets and 2 catches for 12 yards, 1 touchdown.

Kyren Williams, Week 3 against DEN: 61 of 86 snaps, 15 carries for 88 yards, 7 targets and 6 catches for 70 yards.

Kyren Williams, Week 4 against PHI: 70 of 84 snaps, 16 carries for 80 yards, 13 targets and 10 catches for 67 yards, 2 touchdowns.

Kyren Williams, Week 5 against BUF: 60 of 82 snaps, 16 carries for 49 yards, 8 targets and 6 catches for 27 yards, 1 touchdown.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Jonathan Taylor played 17 games for IND and scored 362.3 PPR points, 21.3 a game, finishing RB4.

He ran 323 times for 1585 yards and 18 touchdowns, and caught 46 of 55 targets for 378 yards.

He was on the field for 84 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

In 2025, Kyren Williams played 17 games for LAR and scored 263.3 PPR points, 15.5 a game, finishing RB9.

He ran 259 times for 1252 yards and 10 touchdowns, and caught 36 of 50 targets for 281 yards.

He was on the field for 68 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 6 calls

• Start Jonathan Taylor over Ashton Jeanty.
• Start Jonathan Taylor over Bhayshul Tuten.
• Start Bijan Robinson over Jonathan Taylor.
• Start Kyren Williams over Ashton Jeanty.
• Start Kyren Williams over Bhayshul Tuten.
• Start Bijan Robinson over Kyren Williams.