Start Keaton Mitchell or Kimani Vidal? Week 6

Our Week 6 call

Start Keaton Mitchell over Kimani Vidal in Week 6.

Market-based projections have Keaton Mitchell at 7.1 points and Kimani Vidal at 5.1, a gap of 2.0.

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 (8, 12, 13 and 13 market sources).

Player markets imply 5.1 fantasy points for Kimani Vidal, with 100 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.

The market-based projection for Kimani Vidal is 17 rushing yards, 9 receiving yards, 1-2 receptions and 0.2 touchdowns (7, 8, 8 and 13 market sources).

That puts Keaton Mitchell 2.0 points ahead of Kimani Vidal 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.

Kimani Vidal 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, Kimani Vidal played 25 percent of LAC snaps, took 10 percent of the carries, drew 6 percent of the targets and had 5 percent of the red zone chances.

Kimani Vidal, Week 2 against LV: 7 of 68 snaps, 0 carries for 0 yards, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Kimani Vidal, Week 3 against BUF: 17 of 69 snaps, 1 carry for 6 yards, 3 targets and 1 catch for 14 yards.

Kimani Vidal, Week 4 against SEA: 25 of 71 snaps, 5 carries for 25 yards, 3 targets and 2 catches for 11 yards, 1 touchdown.

Kimani Vidal, Week 5 against DEN: 28 of 67 snaps, 8 carries for 57 yards, 2 targets and 1 catch for -1 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, Kimani Vidal played 13 games for LAC and scored 117.9 PPR points, 9.1 a game, finishing RB42.

He ran 155 times for 643 yards and 3 touchdowns, and caught 16 of 22 targets for 136 yards.

He was on the field for 58 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 6 calls

• Start Keaton Mitchell over AJ Dillon.
• Start Alvin Kamara over Keaton Mitchell.
• Start Blake Corum over Keaton Mitchell.
• Start Kimani Vidal over AJ Dillon.
• Start Kimani Vidal over Brian Robinson.
• Start Kimani Vidal over Chris Rodriguez Jr..