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Jacory Croskey-Merritt

Jacory Croskey-Merritt

RB • Washington Commanders WAS
Kimani Vidal

Kimani Vidal

RB • Los Angeles Chargers LAC
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Croskey-Merritt over Vidal

 
 
 
 
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Outlook Jacory Croskey-Merritt

Washington's Depth Chart Leader Offers Intriguing Mid-Round Value Despite Backfield Competition

Croskey-Merritt enters the year sitting atop Washington's depth chart, but he faces a crowded backfield featuring capable runners Rachaad White and Jerome Ford. Last year, Croskey-Merritt proved his efficiency by averaging 4.6 yards per carry on 175 attempts. Our models project him to lead the rotation again, slateing him for 157 carries, 739 rushing yards, and seven touchdowns.

His draft market trajectory reflects growing optimism, rising from an ADP of 131 in early May to around 116 today. For managers in 1.0 PPR formats, this steady climb shows the market is catching on to his lead role, yet our projections still see his shifting price as a strong value opportunity given his double-digit touchdown potential.

While he holds the top spot, his limited involvement in the passing game—projected for just 13 receptions—caps his overall ceiling. This makes him more of a high-end bench piece or a situational flex option. Rostered in 65% of leagues but started in only 12%, he is viewed by fantasy managers as a high-upside bench stash.

Updated 15 hrs ago

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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

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Outlook Kimani Vidal

Rising Draft Capital Clashes with Depth Chart Struggles and Trade Rumors

Kimani Vidal enters his third season facing stiff roster competition with the Chargers. He sits behind Omarion Hampton and Keaton Mitchell on the depth chart, limiting his immediate path to volume. After posting a career-high 155 carries in 2025, his projected workload has scaled back. Our projections slate him for just 54 carries and 217 rushing yards as a depth piece.

Despite his depth chart placement and recent news highlighting him as a potential summer trade candidate, Vidal's fantasy draft stock has risen. His 1.0 PPR ADP climbed from 224 in early May to 188 in June. This climbing momentum shows fantasy managers are willing to take late-round flyers on his talent, hoping for a role change.

We project Vidal to finish with 53.5 fantasy points, making him a depth-dependent stash. At his current climbing cost, he is looking like an over-hyped market reach unless injuries strike above him on the roster.

Updated 15 hrs ago

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Next Up ❱ Performance Comparison
Performance Jacory Croskey-Merritt
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Next Up ❱ Redzone Touches
Redzone Touches Jacory Croskey-Merritt
REDZONE
WK OPP ATT TAR REC
1 @PHI 🔓 🔓 🔓
2 @DAL 🔓 🔓 🔓
3 SEA 🔓 🔓 🔓
4 IND 🔓 🔓 🔓
5 NYG 🔓 🔓 🔓
6 @SF 🔓 🔓 🔓
7 BYE 🔓 🔓 🔓
8 PHI 🔓 🔓 🔓
9 LAR 🔓 🔓 🔓
10 @NYG 🔓 🔓 🔓
11 CIN 🔓 🔓 🔓
13 @ARI 🔓 🔓 🔓
14 @TEN 🔓 🔓 🔓
15 HOU 🔓 🔓 🔓
16 ATL 🔓 🔓 🔓
17 @MIN 🔓 🔓 🔓
18 @JAC 🔓 🔓 🔓

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Redzone Touches Kimani Vidal
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WK OPP ATT TAR REC
4 ARI 🔓 🔓 🔓
5 LV 🔓 🔓 🔓
6 @BUF 🔓 🔓 🔓
7 @SEA 🔓 🔓 🔓
8 DEN 🔓 🔓 🔓
9 @KC 🔓 🔓 🔓
10 BYE 🔓 🔓 🔓
11 @LAR 🔓 🔓 🔓
13 HOU 🔓 🔓 🔓
14 @BAL 🔓 🔓 🔓
15 NYJ 🔓 🔓 🔓
16 NE 🔓 🔓 🔓
17 @TB 🔓 🔓 🔓
18 @LV 🔓 🔓 🔓
19 SF 🔓 🔓 🔓

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Next Up ❱ Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START Jacory Croskey-Merritt
OWN
65%
-1.36 compared to last week
START
12%
+1.13 compared to last week
OWN/START Kimani Vidal
OWN
53%
+1.95 compared to last week
START
 
8%
-0.73 compared to last week
Next Up ❱ Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Jacory Croskey-Merritt
33rd
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Kimani Vidal
54th
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Next Up ❱ Player Breakdowns
Breakdown Jacory Croskey-Merritt

    Overview

  • Just about every team utilizies the dreaded 'running backs by comittee' policy. Two solid #1 starters are hard to find.
  • Experts rank this player at 34th among RB's. Based on his stats from the past 30 days, he is currently ranked 33rd with 131.30 total points (7.72 avg).
  • Currently 234.3 points behind the leader: Christian McCaffrey
  • He is putting up the kind of numbers the experts expected him to.
  • Average points in the past two weeks have dipped quite a bit at 7.7.

    • Receiving Stats

  • Top 75 in receptions, though that isn't saying much, and is currently ranked 74th among RB.
  • Top 75 in targets, though that isn't saying much, and is currently ranked 72nd among RB.
  • Top 100 in Rec TDs with 0, though that isn't saying much, and is currently ranked 85th among RB.

    • Rushing Stats

  • Top 25 in rush attempts with 175 (10.29 per game) and is currently ranked 28th among RB.
  • Top 25 in rush yards with 805 (47.35 per game) and is currently ranked 24th among RB.
  • Top 20 in rush tds with 8 (0.47 per game) and is currently ranked 16th among RB.

    • Bonus Qualities

  • Played in 17 more games this year than last year.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: Rush Yards: +805, Rush AVG: +4.6 Rush TDs: +8, Receptions: +9, Rec Yards: +68 Rec TDs: EVEN,

    • Season Outlook

  • RUSH ATT: 157, RUSH YDS: 739, RUSH TDS: 7, REC: 13, REC YDS: 95, REC TDS: 1
Breakdown Kimani Vidal

    Overview

  • Just about every team utilizies the dreaded 'running backs by comittee' policy. Two solid #1 starters are hard to find.
  • Experts rank this player at 53rd among RB's. Based on his stats from the past 30 days, he is currently ranked 39th with 107.00 total points (7.13 avg).
  • Currently 258.6 points behind the leader: Christian McCaffrey
  • He is doing better than most people thought he would.
  • He has missed playing in at least 2 games but is not listed on the injury report as of today. Check out his player news to see if he has any nagging injuries.
  • Average points in the past two weeks have dipped quite a bit at 7.1.

    • Receiving Stats

  • Top 75 in receptions, though that isn't saying much, and is currently ranked 56th among RB.
  • Top 75 in targets, though that isn't saying much, and is currently ranked 52nd among RB.
  • Top 50 in Rec TDs with 1 and is currently ranked 43rd among RB.
  • Top 25 in red zone targets and is currently ranked 23rd among RB.

    • Rushing Stats

  • Top 25 in rush attempts with 155 (11.07 per game) and is currently ranked 32nd among RB.
  • Top 35 in rush yards with 643 (45.93 per game) and is currently ranked 33rd among RB.
  • Top 50 in rush tds with 3 (0.21 per game) and is currently ranked 49th among RB.

    • Bonus Qualities

  • Played in 1 less games this year than last year.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: Rush Yards: +519, Rush AVG: +0.5 Rush TDs: +3, Receptions: +13, Rec Yards: +94 Rec TDs: EVEN,

    • Season Outlook

  • RUSH ATT: 54, RUSH YDS: 217, RUSH TDS: 1, REC: 12, REC YDS: 98, REC TDS: 1
Next Up ❱ Health Check
Injury Jacory Croskey-Merritt

No Injury Reported

Injury Kimani Vidal

No Injury Reported

Next Up ❱ Matchup Comparison
Matchups Jacory Croskey-Merritt

Week 1
Washington Commanders @ Philadelphia Eagles

PA/G YDS/G TO INT SACK TDs FSP
19.33337.2223144334.18
Compare to same point last season

Overview

  • Experts don"t even rank him among DST's. Either he is on a bye week or is just plain bad. Based on his stats from the past 30 days, he is currently ranked 8th with 132.00 total points (7.33 avg).
  • Currently 95 points behind the leader: Seahawks DST
  • Average points in the past two weeks have dipped quite a bit at 7.3.

Defensive Stats

  • Top 10 in turnovers with 21 (1.24 per game) and is currently ranked 10th among DST.
  • Ranked 22nd in rush defense with 2240 (131.76 per game).
  • Top 12 in pass defense with 3830 (225.29 per game) and is currently ranked 11th among DST.
  • Top 6 in points against with 19.12 per game and currently ranked 5th among DST.
  • Top 10 in Total TDs with 3 (0.18 per game) and currently ranked 10th among DST.

Bonus Qualities

  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: Total Yards Against: +50.75, Turnovers: -1 Sacks: -7, INTs: +2, TDs: +1, Points Allowed: -1.35,

Season Outlook

  • SACK: 43, INT: 14, TDS: 4, PA/G: 20.3, YDS/G: 333.8
Matchups Kimani Vidal

Week 1
Los Angeles Chargers VS Arizona Cardinals

PA/G YDS/G TO INT SACK TDs FSP
28.71392.7119103023.58
Compare to same point last season

Overview

  • Experts don"t even rank him among DST's. Either he is on a bye week or is just plain bad. Based on his stats from the past 30 days, he is currently ranked 30th with 68.00 total points (4.00 avg).
  • Currently 159 points behind the leader: Seahawks DST
  • Decline in numbers lately by 4 PPG.

Defensive Stats

  • Ranked 26th in rush defense with 2292 (134.82 per game).
  • Ranked 24th in pass defense with 4384 (257.88 per game).
  • One of the worst in points against with 28.71 per game and currently ranked 29th among DST.
  • Currently ranked 19th in Total TDs with 2 (0.12 per game) among DST.

Bonus Qualities

  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: Total Yards Against: +43.83, Turnovers: +4 Sacks: -3, INTs: +2, TDs: +1, Points Allowed: +5.3,

Season Outlook

  • SACK: 35, INT: 11, TDS: 2, PA/G: 30.5, YDS/G: 380.1
Next Up ❱ Ratings Comparison
Rating Jacory Croskey-Merritt
14.79
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Kimani Vidal
5.78
FantasySP Player Rating
Next Up ❱ Career Comparison
Career Jacory Croskey-Merritt
RUSH RECEIVING
YEAR TEAM GP ATT YD AVG TD TGTS REC YD AVG TD
2025 WAS 16 175 805 4.6 8 13 9 68 7.6 0
3-YEAR AVG 9 88 403 4.6 4 7 5 34 7.6 0
Totals 17 175 805 4.6 8 13 9 68 7.6 0
Career Kimani Vidal
RUSH RECEIVING
YEAR TEAM GP ATT YD AVG TD TGTS REC YD AVG TD
2024 LAC 9 43 155 3.6 0 9 5 62 12.4 1
2025 LAC 12 155 643 4.1 3 22 16 136 8.5 1
3-YEAR AVG 7 66 266 4 1 10 7 66 9.4 1
Totals 22 209 829 4 3 34 23 218 9.5 2
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Matchups

Week 1
ARI @LAC
ATL @PIT
BAL @IND
BUF @HOU
CAR vs CHI
CIN vs TB
CLE @JAC
DAL @NYG
DEN @KC
DET vs NO
GB @MIN
LAR vs SF
LV vs MIA
NE @SEA
NYJ @TEN
PHI vs WAS
Matchup Time Pitchers
ARI @CIN 04:10 EDT EST
ATH vs COL 10:05 EDT EST
ATL @NYM 04:10 EDT EST
BAL vs SD 04:05 EDT EST
BOS vs TEX 04:10 EDT EST
CHC @SF 10:05 EDT EST
CHW vs LAD 04:10 EDT EST
CLE vs DET 04:10 EDT EST
HOU @KC 07:10 EDT EST
LAA vs TB 10:07 EDT EST
MIA @PIT 04:05 EDT EST
MIL vs PHI 07:10 EDT EST
MIN vs STL 02:10 EDT EST
NYY @TOR 03:07 EDT EST
SEA @WAS 04:05 EDT EST
Matchup Time
NY @SA 8:30 PM EST
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