Should I start Dameon Pierce or Kenny Gainwell in Week 7?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Dameon Pierce, and the board ranks him 89th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Kenny Gainwell, and the board ranks him 144th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Dameon Pierce is 3.5 PPR points a game off 1 market across 11 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 Kenny Gainwell is 1.7 PPR points a game off 1 market across 2 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.

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

This season through Week 6

Through Week 6, Dameon Pierce has been on the field for 87 percent of PHI snaps, taken 74 percent of the carries, drawn 12 percent of the targets and had 43 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 2 of the offence's 25 third down targets, had 2 of its 4 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 5 two minute targets.

His 10 targets have come 0.4 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 5 against JAX he carried 11 times for 14 yards, caught 2 of 5 targets for -2 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against CAR he carried 12 times for 35 yards, caught 4 of 5 targets for 15 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Through Week 6, Kenny Gainwell has been on the field for 36 percent of TB snaps, taken 12 percent of the carries, drawn 9 percent of the targets and had 10 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 6 of the offence's 53 third down targets, had 0 of its 7 chances inside the five and seen 5 of its 41 two minute targets.

His 17 targets have come 2.3 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

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.

In Week 6 against PIT he carried 2 times for 17 yards, caught 1 of 1 target for 7 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Dameon Pierce played 5 games and scored 3.6 PPR points, 0.7 a game, finishing RB128.

He carried 14 times for 36 yards and 0 touchdowns, and caught 0 of 1 target for 0 more yards.

That came to 2.8 carries a game at 2.6 yards a carry.

He was on the field for 8 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

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.

Kenny Gainwell was available for 12 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Kenny Gainwell scored 13.1 PPR points a game and Dameon Pierce 0.7, 12.4 a game between them.

Dameon Pierce finished RB128 that year and Kenny Gainwell RB16.

Kenny Gainwell had 100 more carries than Dameon Pierce, 114 to 14.

Kenny Gainwell had 73 more catches than Dameon Pierce, 73 to 0.

This season Dameon Pierce holds the bigger snap share, 87 percent against 36 percent.

This season Dameon Pierce holds the bigger share of the carries, 74 percent against 12 percent.

Byes and availability

Both are off in Week 10, so a roster holding the pair has that one week to cover twice.