Should I start Corey Kiner or Kendrick Bourne in Week 7?
Updated Oct 21, 12:06 AM ET. Week 8 answers post Tuesday.
Start Kendrick Bourne: 56 percent of the snaps and 14 percent of the targets over their last 3 games, against Corey Kiner's 13 percent of the snaps and 18 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 Corey Kiner for Kendrick Bourne?
Yes, on the rest of the season. Kendrick Bourne projects 80 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (8.0 a game over 10 games), Corey Kiner 17 (1.7 a game over 10 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.
RB52 · NE · bye 11
2026 vs anytime td line 0-5
- Market-based projection
- 3.2 pts a game Wk 6 price
- Overall rank
- 143
WR58 · ARI · bye 14
2026 vs anytime td line 0-6
- Market-based projection
- 7.5 pts a game Wk 6 price
- Overall rank
- 144
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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 Corey Kiner, and the board ranks him 143rd overall on the rest of his evidence.
Live drafts hold no current pick on Kendrick Bourne, and the board ranks him 144th overall on the rest of his evidence.
The market-based projections
The market-based projection for Corey Kiner is 0.7 PPR points a game off 1 market across 13 market sources. That is 30 percent of what a running back's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.
The market-based projection for Kendrick Bourne is 1.5 PPR points a game off 1 market across 1 market source. That is 30 percent of what a wide receiver's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.
Corey Kiner's projection is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.
This season through Week 6
Through Week 6, Corey Kiner has been on the field for 12 percent of NE snaps, taken 17 percent of the carries, drawn 1 percent of the targets and had 16 percent of the red zone chances.
He has taken 0 of the offence's 51 third down targets, had 0 of its 10 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 25 two minute targets.
His 2 targets have come 4.0 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.
In Week 4 against BUF he carried 0 times for 0 yards and did not score.
In Week 5 against LV he carried 6 times for 52 yards, caught 1 of 1 target for 7 yards and did not score.
In Week 6 against NYJ he carried 11 times for 57 yards and did not score.
Through Week 6, Kendrick Bourne has been on the field for 58 percent of ARI snaps, drawn 13 percent of the targets and had 9 percent of the red zone chances.
He has taken 14 of the offence's 63 third down targets, had 1 of its 19 chances inside the five and seen 5 of its 40 two minute targets.
His 30 targets have averaged 5.3 air yards.
In Week 4 against NYG he was not given the ball.
In Week 5 against DET he caught 5 of 8 targets for 70 yards and did not score.
In Week 6 against LAR he caught 5 of 8 targets for 47 yards and did not score.
Their 2025 seasons
In 2025 Corey Kiner played 4 games and scored 9.3 PPR points, 2.3 a game, finishing RB112.
He carried 12 times for 58 yards and 0 touchdowns, and caught 2 of 3 targets for 15 more yards.
That came to 3.0 carries a game at 4.8 yards a carry and 0-1 catches a game.
He was on the field for 7 percent of the snaps in the games he played.
In 2025 Kendrick Bourne played 16 games and scored 92.1 PPR points, 5.8 a game, finishing WR68.
He caught 37 of 53 targets for 551 yards and 0 touchdowns, with 2 red zone targets.
That came to 3.3 targets a game, a 70 percent catch rate and 14.9 yards a catch.
He was on the field for 57 percent of the snaps in the games he played.
Kendrick Bourne was available for 12 games more.
Side by side
In 2025 Kendrick Bourne scored 5.8 PPR points a game and Corey Kiner 2.3, 3.4 a game between them.
Corey Kiner finished RB112 and Kendrick Bourne WR68, which are two different ladders.
Corey Kiner is a running back and Kendrick Bourne a wide receiver, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.
Byes and availability
Corey Kiner is off in Week 11 and Kendrick Bourne in Week 14, so either can cover the other's bye.
Drop or keep
Should I drop Corey Kiner for Kendrick Bourne?
Yes, on the rest of the season. Kendrick Bourne projects 80 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (8.0 a game over 10 games), Corey Kiner 17 (1.7 a game over 10 games).
Should I drop Kendrick Bourne for Corey Kiner?
No. Keep Kendrick Bourne: he projects 80 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (8.0 a game over 10 games), Corey Kiner 17 (1.7 a game over 10 games).
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