Kenny Gainwell or Dak Prescott: who should I start in Week 6?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Kenny Gainwell: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 69th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Dak Prescott: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 77th overall on the rest of his evidence.

What the player markets price

No season market is posted for Kenny Gainwell, so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.

The player markets price Dak Prescott at 18.3 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 14 market sources. That is the 14th highest figure of the 143 players the market prices.

This season through Week 5

Through Week 5, Kenny Gainwell has been on the field for 41 percent of TB snaps, taken 13 percent of the carries, drawn 11 percent of the targets and had 9 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 5 of the offence's 40 third down targets, had 0 of its 6 chances inside the five and seen 5 of its 29 two minute targets.

His 16 targets have come 2.1 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 3 against MIN he carried 3 times for -4 yards, caught 2 of 5 targets for 14 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against GB he carried 3 times for 5 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 22 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 5 against DAL he carried 4 times for 18 yards, caught 3 of 4 targets for 10 yards and did not score.

Through Week 5, Dak Prescott has been on the field for 100 percent of DAL snaps, dropped back 209 times and thrown 7.5 air yards an attempt.

He has been sacked or hit on 30 of 209 dropbacks and scrambled 11 times.

In Week 3 against BAL he completed 25 of 40 passes for 276 yards, threw 1 touchdown and 0 interceptions and ran 4 times for 19 yards.

In Week 4 against HOU he completed 32 of 45 passes for 335 yards, threw 1 touchdown and 0 interceptions and ran 2 times for 7 yards.

In Week 5 against TB he completed 24 of 42 passes for 316 yards and threw 1 touchdown and 2 interceptions.

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 Dak Prescott played 17 games and scored 323.8 PPR points, 19.0 a game, finishing QB6.

He threw for 4552 yards on 600 attempts with 30 touchdowns and 10 interceptions, and ran for 177 yards and 2 touchdowns.

That came to 35.3 attempts a game at 7.6 yards an attempt.

He was on the field for 98 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Both were available for 17 games that season.

Side by side

In 2025 Dak Prescott scored 19.0 PPR points a game and Kenny Gainwell 13.1, 6.0 a game between them.

Kenny Gainwell finished RB16 and Dak Prescott QB6, which are two different ladders.

Kenny Gainwell is a running back and Dak Prescott a quarterback, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Kenny Gainwell is off in Week 10 and Dak Prescott in Week 14, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

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