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Should I start Cam Skattebo or Kenny Gainwell in Week 7?

Updated Oct 23, 12:36 AM ET.

Week 7 verdict

Start

RB · NYG · at HOU

Market projects
7.1
fantasy pts
HOU D vs RB
18.9
9th fewest to RBs (2026)
Upside
Limited
6 of 100 at RB
Snap share
54%
Through Week 6
Target share
6%
Through Week 6
Sit

RB · TB · at CAR

Market projects
6.3
fantasy pts
CAR D vs RB
25.7
5th most to RBs (2026)
Upside
Limited
37 of 100 at RB
Snap share
36%
Through Week 6
Target share
9%
Through Week 6
Start Skattebo or Gainwell? The full Week 7 breakdown

Start Cam Skattebo: 45 percent of the snaps and 42 percent of the carries over their last 3 games, against Kenny Gainwell's 30 percent of the snaps and 10 percent of the carries. No market projection is posted on either of them this week, so this is a usage call, and a lower confidence one than a call made on a projection. What follows is what each of them has done.

Should I drop Kenny Gainwell for Cam Skattebo?

Yes, on the rest of the season. Cam Skattebo projects 117 market-implied PPR points from Week 8 through Week 17 (13.0 a game over 9 games), Kenny Gainwell 56 (6.2 a game over 9 games). For Week 7 the call starts Cam Skattebo over Kenny Gainwell, 7.1 to 6.3 projected PPR points.

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Both players' season market-based projection, their usage this season and their last full season's numbers.

RB31 · NYG · bye 8

2026 vs carries line 3-3

Overall rank
91

RB33 · TB · bye 10

2026 vs carries line 1-5

Market-based projection
6.2 pts a game

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The gap

  • Board size323 draftable players

Draft data is not current for these two, so the figures that depend on it are left out. The call above comes from each player's usage.

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Cam Skattebo, and the board ranks him 91st overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Kenny Gainwell, and the board ranks him 103rd overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Cam Skattebo is 7.1 PPR points a game off 2 markets across 13 market sources. That is 70 percent of what a running back's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

Kenny Gainwell's market-based projection is 6.2 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 12 market sources. That is the 131st highest figure of the 222 players with a market-based projection.

Cam Skattebo's projection is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season through Week 6

Through Week 6, Cam Skattebo has been on the field for 54 percent of NYG snaps, taken 50 percent of the carries, drawn 6 percent of the targets and had 23 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 3 of the offence's 55 third down targets, had 3 of its 10 chances inside the five and seen 4 of its 27 two minute targets.

His 12 targets have averaged 2.4 air yards.

In Week 4 against ARI he carried 18 times for 58 yards, caught 1 of 1 target for 8 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against WAS he carried 13 times for 59 yards, caught 2 of 3 targets for 12 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against NO he carried 0 times for 0 yards and did not score.

Through Week 6, Kenny Gainwell has been on the field for 36 percent of TB snaps, taken 12 percent of the carries, drawn 9 percent of the targets and had 10 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 6 of the offence's 53 third down targets, had 0 of its 7 chances inside the five and seen 5 of its 41 two minute targets.

His 17 targets have come 2.3 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 4 against GB he carried 3 times for 5 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 22 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 5 against DAL he carried 4 times for 18 yards, caught 3 of 4 targets for 10 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against PIT he carried 2 times for 17 yards, caught 1 of 1 target for 7 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Cam Skattebo played 8 games and scored 127.7 PPR points, 16.0 a game, finishing RB37.

He carried 101 times for 410 yards and 5 touchdowns, and caught 24 of 32 targets for 207 more yards.

That came to 12.6 carries a game at 4.1 yards a carry and 3.0 catches a game.

He was on the field for 54 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 Kenny Gainwell played 17 games and scored 222.3 PPR points, 13.1 a game, finishing RB16.

He carried 114 times for 537 yards and 5 touchdowns, and caught 73 of 85 targets for 486 more yards.

That came to 6.7 carries a game at 4.7 yards a carry and 4.3 catches a game.

He was on the field for 49 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Kenny Gainwell was available for 9 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Cam Skattebo scored 16.0 PPR points a game and Kenny Gainwell 13.1, 2.9 a game between them.

Cam Skattebo finished RB37 that year and Kenny Gainwell RB16.

Kenny Gainwell had 13 more carries than Cam Skattebo, 114 to 101.

Kenny Gainwell had 49 more catches than Cam Skattebo, 73 to 24.

This season Cam Skattebo holds the bigger snap share, 54 percent against 36 percent.

This season Cam Skattebo holds the bigger share of the carries, 50 percent against 12 percent.

Byes and availability

Cam Skattebo is off in Week 8 and Kenny Gainwell in Week 10, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

Cam Skattebo has only a partial projection, so the market half of this page is whole for only one of them.

Drop or keep

  • Should I drop Kenny Gainwell for Cam Skattebo?

    Yes, on the rest of the season. Cam Skattebo projects 117 market-implied PPR points from Week 8 through Week 17 (13.0 a game over 9 games), Kenny Gainwell 56 (6.2 a game over 9 games). For Week 7 the call starts Cam Skattebo over Kenny Gainwell, 7.1 to 6.3 projected PPR points.

  • Should I drop Cam Skattebo for Kenny Gainwell?

    No. Keep Cam Skattebo: he projects 117 market-implied PPR points from Week 8 through Week 17 (13.0 a game over 9 games), Kenny Gainwell 56 (6.2 a game over 9 games). For Week 7 the call starts Cam Skattebo over Kenny Gainwell, 7.1 to 6.3 projected PPR points.

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