Should I start Ryan Flournoy or Corey Kiner in Week 9?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Ryan Flournoy, and the board ranks him 61st overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Corey Kiner, and the board ranks him 142nd overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

Ryan Flournoy's market-based projection is 9.2 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 8 market sources. That is the 80th highest figure of the 219 players with a market-based projection.

The market-based projection for Corey Kiner is 1.8 PPR points a game off 1 market across 9 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.

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

This season through Week 8

Through Week 8, Ryan Flournoy has been on the field for 74 percent of DAL snaps, drawn 15 percent of the targets and had 9 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 10 of the offence's 69 third down targets, had 1 of its 31 chances inside the five and seen 12 of its 50 two minute targets.

His 44 targets have averaged 7.1 air yards.

In Week 6 against GB he caught 7 of 9 targets for 40 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 7 against PHI he caught 4 of 4 targets for 70 yards and did not score.

In Week 8 against ARI he carried 1 time for 3 yards, caught 3 of 4 targets for 38 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Through Week 8, Corey Kiner has been on the field for 13 percent of NE snaps, taken 18 percent of the carries, drawn 1 percent of the targets and had 14 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 59 third down targets, had 0 of its 11 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 31 two minute targets.

His 2 targets have come 4.0 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 6 against NYJ he carried 11 times for 57 yards and did not score.

In Week 7 against CHI he carried 4 times for 13 yards and did not score.

In Week 8 against MIA he carried 7 times for 38 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Ryan Flournoy played 16 games and scored 114.0 PPR points, 7.1 a game, finishing WR57.

He caught 40 of 56 targets for 475 yards and 4 touchdowns, with 7 red zone targets.

That came to 3-4 targets a game, a 71 percent catch rate and 11.9 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 41 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

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.

Ryan Flournoy was available for 12 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Ryan Flournoy scored 7.1 PPR points a game and Corey Kiner 2.3, 4.8 a game between them.

Ryan Flournoy finished WR57 and Corey Kiner RB112, which are two different ladders.

Ryan Flournoy is a wide receiver and Corey Kiner a running back, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Ryan Flournoy is off in Week 14 and Corey Kiner in Week 11, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

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