Deebo Samuel Sr. or Kenny Gainwell: who should I start in Week 3?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Deebo Samuel Sr.: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 135th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 125.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Kenny Gainwell: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 136th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 134.

What the sportsbooks price

The books have Deebo Samuel Sr. at 6.8 PPR points a game off 2 markets across 15 books. That is 70 percent of what a wide receiver's price needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

The player markets price Kenny Gainwell at 6.1 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 15 books. That is the 155th highest figure of the 186 players the books price.

Deebo Samuel Sr.'s price is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season through Week 2

Through Week 2, Deebo Samuel Sr. has been on the field for 50 percent of SF snaps, drawn 20 percent of the targets and had 14 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 1 of the offence's 15 third down targets, had 1 of its 8 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 3 two minute targets.

His 11 targets have averaged 3.3 air yards.

In Week 1 against LAR he carried 1 time for 12 yards, caught 6 of 7 targets for 48 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 2 against MIA he carried 1 time for 4 yards, caught 3 of 4 targets for 31 yards and did not score.

Through Week 2, Kenny Gainwell has been on the field for 40 percent of TB snaps, taken 16 percent of the carries, drawn 8 percent of the targets and had 10 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 1 of the offence's 14 third down targets, had 0 of its 1 chance inside the five and seen 2 of its 8 two minute targets.

His 5 targets have come 4.0 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 1 against CIN he carried 5 times for 15 yards, caught 1 of 1 target for 3 yards and did not score.

In Week 2 against CLE he carried 2 times for 10 yards, caught 3 of 4 targets for 5 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

The season feed carries no line for Deebo Samuel Sr. in the last completed season.

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.

Side by side

Deebo Samuel Sr. is a wide receiver and Kenny Gainwell a running back, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Deebo Samuel Sr. is off in Week 8 and Kenny Gainwell in Week 10, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

Deebo Samuel Sr. is only part priced, so the books' half of this page is whole for only one of them.