Should I start Corey Kiner or Sean Tucker in Week 7?
Updated Oct 23, 4:56 AM ET. Week 8 answers post Tuesday.
Week 7 verdict
Start Corey Kiner over Sean Tucker

- Market projected
- 3.3
- pre-game
- CHI D vs RB
- 17.0
- 4th fewest to RBs (2026)
- Snap share
- 12%
- Through Week 6
- Target share
- 1%
- Through Week 6
- Scored
- 1.3
- PPR pts

- Market projects
- 2.5
- fantasy pts
- CAR D vs RB
- 25.7
- 5th most to RBs (2026)
- Snap share
- 5%
- Through Week 5
- Target share
- 0%
- Through Week 5
Start Corey Kiner: 13 percent of the snaps and 18 percent of the carries over their last 3 games, against Sean Tucker's 5 percent of the snaps and 9 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 Sean Tucker for Corey Kiner?
Not on these numbers alone. Sean Tucker projects 19 market-implied PPR points from Week 8 through Week 17 (2.1 a game over 9 games) and Corey Kiner 22 (2.4 a game over 9 games), too close to separate, so the roster spot decides it.
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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.
RB48 · NE · bye 11
2026 vs anytime td line 0-6
- Market-based projection
- 3.3 pts a game Wk 7 price
- Overall rank
- 153
RB52 · TB · bye unlisted
2026 vs anytime td line 1-3
- Overall rank
- 164
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The gap
- Board size324 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 Corey Kiner, and the board ranks him 153rd overall on the rest of his evidence.
Live drafts hold no current pick on Sean Tucker, and the board ranks him 164th overall on the rest of his evidence.
The market-based projections
No season market is posted for Corey Kiner, so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.
The market-based projection for Sean Tucker is 2.6 PPR points a game off 2 markets across 12 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.
This season so far
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 5, Sean Tucker has been on the field for 5 percent of TB snaps, taken 9 percent of the carries, drawn 0 percent of the targets and had 16 percent of the red zone chances.
He has taken 0 of the offence's 26 third down targets, had 2 of its 5 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 21 two minute targets.
In Week 3 against MIN he carried 0 times for 0 yards and did not score.
In Week 4 against GB he carried 3 times for 10 yards and scored 1 touchdown.
In Week 5 against DAL he carried 5 times for 18 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 Sean Tucker played 17 games and scored 91.4 PPR points, 5.4 a game, finishing RB52.
He carried 86 times for 320 yards and 7 touchdowns, and caught 8 of 11 targets for 34 more yards.
That came to 5.1 carries a game at 3.7 yards a carry and 0-1 catches a game.
He was on the field for 16 percent of the snaps in the games he played.
Sean Tucker was available for 13 games more.
Head to head
In 2025 Sean Tucker scored 5.4 PPR points a game and Corey Kiner 2.3, 3.1 a game between them.
Corey Kiner finished RB112 that year and Sean Tucker RB52.
Sean Tucker had 74 more carries than Corey Kiner, 86 to 12.
Sean Tucker had 6 more catches than Corey Kiner, 8 to 2.
This season Corey Kiner holds the bigger snap share, 12 percent against 5 percent.
This season Corey Kiner holds the bigger share of the carries, 17 percent against 9 percent.
Byes and availability
Corey Kiner is off in Week 11. No bye is listed for Sean Tucker.
Drop or keep
Should I drop Sean Tucker for Corey Kiner?
Not on these numbers alone. Sean Tucker projects 19 market-implied PPR points from Week 8 through Week 17 (2.1 a game over 9 games) and Corey Kiner 22 (2.4 a game over 9 games), too close to separate, so the roster spot decides it.
Should I drop Corey Kiner for Sean Tucker?
Not on these numbers alone. Corey Kiner projects 22 market-implied PPR points from Week 8 through Week 17 (2.4 a game over 9 games) and Sean Tucker 19 (2.1 a game over 9 games), too close to separate, so the roster spot decides it.
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