Should I start Kenneth Walker or CeeDee Lamb in Week 8?
Updated Nov 2, 10:31 PM ET. Week 9 answers post Tuesday.
Start Kenneth Walker: 74 percent of the snaps and 79 percent of the carries over their last 3 games, against CeeDee Lamb's 77 percent of the snaps and 29 percent of the targets. 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 CeeDee Lamb for Kenneth Walker?
Yes, on the rest of the season. Kenneth Walker projects 174 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (19.3 a game over 9 games), CeeDee Lamb 148 (18.5 a game over 8 games).
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Neither man carries a season projection right now, so this is their usage this season and their last full season's numbers, side by side.
RB3 · KC · bye 5
2026 vs carries line 5-2
- Market-based projection
- 19.0 pts a game Wk 8 price
- Overall rank
- 5
WR3 · DAL · bye 14
2026 vs anytime td line 4-4
- Market-based projection
- 19.9 pts a game Wk 8 price
- Overall rank
- 6
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The gap
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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 Kenneth Walker, and the board ranks him 5th overall on the rest of his evidence.
By format he goes standard: ADP 6; 2QB: ADP 17.
Live drafts hold no current pick on CeeDee Lamb, and the board ranks him 6th overall on the rest of his evidence.
The market-based projections
No season market is posted for Kenneth Walker, so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.
No season market is posted for CeeDee Lamb, so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.
Neither carries a posted market, so this page rests on the draft room and on what the two have already done.
This season so far
Through Week 6, Kenneth Walker has been on the field for 75 percent of KC snaps, taken 76 percent of the carries, drawn 15 percent of the targets and had 58 percent of the red zone chances.
He has taken 5 of the offence's 40 third down targets, had 13 of its 19 chances inside the five and seen 2 of its 19 two minute targets.
His 22 targets have come 1 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.
In Week 3 against MIA he carried 18 times for 70 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 3 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.
In Week 4 against LV he carried 22 times for 177 yards, caught 1 of 1 target for 2 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.
In Week 6 against LAC he carried 19 times for 128 yards, caught 2 of 3 targets for 11 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.
Through Week 8, CeeDee Lamb has been on the field for 79 percent of DAL snaps, drawn 31 percent of the targets and had 16 percent of the red zone chances.
He has taken 25 of the offence's 69 third down targets, had 3 of its 31 chances inside the five and seen 16 of its 50 two minute targets.
His 92 targets have averaged 9.9 air yards.
In Week 6 against GB he caught 9 of 18 targets for 70 yards and did not score.
In Week 7 against PHI he caught 5 of 12 targets for 74 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.
In Week 8 against ARI he caught 7 of 11 targets for 58 yards and did not score.
Their 2025 seasons
The season feed carries no line for Kenneth Walker in the last completed season.
In 2025 CeeDee Lamb played 14 games and scored 200.9 PPR points, 14.4 a game, finishing WR22.
He caught 75 of 117 targets for 1077 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 17 red zone targets.
That came to 8.4 targets a game, a 64 percent catch rate and 14.4 yards a catch.
He was on the field for 75 percent of the snaps in the games he played.
Side by side
Kenneth Walker is a running back and CeeDee Lamb a wide receiver, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.
Byes and availability
Kenneth Walker is off in Week 5 and CeeDee Lamb in Week 14, so either can cover the other's bye.
Drop or keep
Should I drop CeeDee Lamb for Kenneth Walker?
Yes, on the rest of the season. Kenneth Walker projects 174 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (19.3 a game over 9 games), CeeDee Lamb 148 (18.5 a game over 8 games).
Should I drop Kenneth Walker for CeeDee Lamb?
No. Keep Kenneth Walker: he projects 174 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (19.3 a game over 9 games), CeeDee Lamb 148 (18.5 a game over 8 games).
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