Kenny Gainwell or Emari Demercado: who should I start in Week 5?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Kenny Gainwell: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 162nd overall on the rest of his evidence.

Our board does not carry Emari Demercado at all right now: the consensus draft sample has dropped him and there is no player market on him this week, so he has no rank, no tier and no ADP here.

What the player markets price

The player markets price Kenny Gainwell at 5.4 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 15 market sources. That is the 149th highest figure of the 220 players the market prices.

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

This season so far

Through Week 4, Kenny Gainwell has been on the field for 42 percent of TB snaps, taken 14 percent of the carries, drawn 10 percent of the targets and had 13 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 4 of the offence's 32 third down targets, had 0 of its 2 chances inside the five and seen 4 of its 26 two minute targets.

His 12 targets have come 0.5 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

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

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.

Through Week 2, Emari Demercado has been on the field for 12 percent of DAL snaps, taken 13 percent of the carries, drawn 0 percent of the targets and had 5 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 16 third down targets, had 0 of its 7 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 5 two minute targets.

In Week 1 against NYG he carried 2 times for 7 yards and did not score.

In Week 2 against WAS he carried 3 times for 8 yards and did not score.

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 Emari Demercado played 13 games and scored 58.3 PPR points, 4.5 a game, finishing RB65.

He carried 44 times for 312 yards and 0 touchdowns, and caught 13 of 20 targets for 101 more yards.

That came to 3.4 carries a game at 7.1 yards a carry and 1.0 catches a game.

He was on the field for 23 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Kenny Gainwell was available for 4 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Kenny Gainwell scored 13.1 PPR points a game and Emari Demercado 4.5, 8.6 a game between them.

Kenny Gainwell finished RB16 that year and Emari Demercado RB65.

Kenny Gainwell had 70 more carries than Emari Demercado, 114 to 44.

Kenny Gainwell had 60 more catches than Emari Demercado, 73 to 13.

This season Kenny Gainwell holds the bigger snap share, 42 percent against 12 percent.

This season Kenny Gainwell holds the bigger share of the carries, 14 percent against 13 percent.

Byes and availability

Kenny Gainwell is off in Week 10. No bye is listed for Emari Demercado.

What would change the answer

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