Kenny Gainwell or Chris Brooks: who should I start in Week 3?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Kenny Gainwell: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 135th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 135.

Our board does not carry Chris Brooks at all right now: the consensus draft sample has dropped him and the sportsbooks have no priced market on him this week, so he has no rank, no tier and no ADP here.

What the sportsbooks price

The player markets price Kenny Gainwell at 6.0 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 15 books. That is the 144th highest figure of the 175 players the books price.

No sportsbook has posted a season market for Chris Brooks, so the only market pricing him on this page is the draft room.

This season through Week 2

Through Week 2, Kenny Gainwell has been on the field for 40 percent of TB snaps, taken 16 percent of the carries, drawn 8 percent of the targets and had 10 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 1 of the offence's 14 third down targets, had 0 of its 1 chance inside the five and seen 2 of its 8 two minute targets.

His 5 targets have come 4.0 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 1 against CIN he carried 5 times for 15 yards, caught 1 of 1 target for 3 yards and did not score.

In Week 2 against CLE he carried 2 times for 10 yards, caught 3 of 4 targets for 5 yards and did not score.

Through Week 2, Chris Brooks has been on the field for 51 percent of GB snaps, taken 28 percent of the carries, drawn 4 percent of the targets and had 22 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 19 third down targets, had 0 of its 2 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 12 two minute targets.

His 3 targets have come 2.7 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 1 against MIN he carried 7 times for 29 yards, caught 0 of 1 target for 0 yards and did not score.

In Week 2 against NYJ he carried 4 times for 11 yards, caught 1 of 2 targets for 15 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

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.

In 2025 Chris Brooks played 17 games and scored 32.7 PPR points, 1.9 a game, finishing RB81.

He carried 27 times for 106 yards and 0 touchdowns, and caught 13 of 17 targets for 91 more yards.

That came to 1.6 carries a game at 3.9 yards a carry and 0.8 catches a game.

He was on the field for 18 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Both were available for 17 games that season.

Head to head

In 2025 Kenny Gainwell scored 13.1 PPR points a game and Chris Brooks 1.9, 11.2 a game between them.

Kenny Gainwell finished RB16 that year and Chris Brooks RB81.

Kenny Gainwell had 87 more carries than Chris Brooks, 114 to 27.

Kenny Gainwell had 60 more catches than Chris Brooks, 73 to 13.

This season Chris Brooks holds the bigger snap share, 51 percent against 40 percent.

This season Chris Brooks holds the bigger share of the carries, 28 percent against 16 percent.

Byes and availability

Kenny Gainwell is off in Week 10. No bye is listed for Chris Brooks.

What would change the answer

Chris Brooks has no posted market, so one half of the evidence on this page exists for only one of them.