Keaton Mitchell or Kendre Miller: Week 6 result

Our Week 6 call

Start Keaton Mitchell over Kendre Miller in Week 6.

Market-based projections have Keaton Mitchell at 7.1 points and Kendre Miller at 6.9, a gap of 0.2. 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 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 (10, 12, 13 and 13 market sources).

Player markets imply 6.9 fantasy points for Kendre Miller, with 100 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.

The market-based projection for Kendre Miller is 35 rushing yards, 4 receiving yards, 0-1 receptions and 0.4 touchdowns (13, 6, 6 and 14 market sources).

That puts Keaton Mitchell 0.2 points ahead of Kendre Miller on the market projections.

Week 6 matchups

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.

Injury status

Keaton Mitchell is not on the injury report.

Kendre Miller is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 6

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.

Through Week 5, Kendre Miller played 26 percent of NO snaps, took 33 percent of the carries, drew 4 percent of the targets and had 18 percent of the red zone chances.

Kendre Miller, Week 1 against DET: 26 of 90 snaps, 9 carries for 30 yards, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards, 1 touchdown.

Kendre Miller, Week 3 against LV: 14 of 74 snaps, 4 carries for 14 yards, 3 targets and 2 catches for 5 yards.

Kendre Miller, Week 4 against ATL: 19 of 74 snaps, 6 carries for 9 yards, 3 targets and 2 catches for 10 yards.

Kendre Miller, Week 5 against MIN: 14 of 45 snaps, 10 carries for 30 yards, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards, 1 touchdown.

Their 2025 seasons

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.

In 2025, Kendre Miller played 7 games for NO and scored 33.3 PPR points, 4.8 a game, finishing RB79.

He ran 47 times for 193 yards and 1 touchdown, and caught 5 of 5 targets for 30 yards.

He was on the field for 24 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

How Week 6 went

Keaton Mitchell scored 0.4 PPR points and Kendre Miller scored 9.0.

The call was wrong: Kendre Miller outscored Keaton Mitchell by 8.6.

Keaton Mitchell finished 6.7 points below the 7.1 the market projected.

Keaton Mitchell, Week 6 against KC: 2 carries for 4 yards, 1 target and 0 catches for 0 yards, 0.4 PPR points.

Keaton Mitchell finished as the week's RB59 in PPR scoring.

Kendre Miller finished 2.1 points above the 6.9 the market projected.

Kendre Miller, Week 6 against NYG: 20 carries for 70 yards, 2 targets and 2 catches for 0 yards, 9.0 PPR points.

Kendre Miller finished as the week's RB24 in PPR scoring.

Their other Week 6 calls

• Start Keaton Mitchell over AJ Dillon.
• Start Alvin Kamara over Keaton Mitchell.
• Start Blake Corum over Keaton Mitchell.
• Start Kendre Miller over AJ Dillon.
• Start Alvin Kamara over Kendre Miller.
• Start Bhayshul Tuten over Kendre Miller.