Should I start Kenny Gainwell or Harold Fannin Jr. in Week 8?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Kenny Gainwell, and the board ranks him 45th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Harold Fannin Jr., and the board ranks him 46th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Kenny Gainwell is 6.6 PPR points a game off 2 markets across 4 market sources. That is 40 percent of what a running back's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

The market has Harold Fannin Jr. at 5.2 PPR points a game off 1 market across 2 market sources. That is 30 percent of what a tight end's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

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

This season through Week 7

Through Week 7, Kenny Gainwell has been on the field for 35 percent of TB snaps, taken 16 percent of the carries, drawn 9 percent of the targets and had 9 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 6 of the offence's 57 third down targets, had 0 of its 13 chances inside the five and seen 5 of its 44 two minute targets.

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

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.

In Week 7 against CAR he carried 14 times for 88 yards and did not score.

Through Week 7, Harold Fannin Jr. has been on the field for 83 percent of CLE snaps, drawn 26 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 3 of the offence's 9 third down targets, had 0 of its 1 chance inside the five and seen 2 of its 11 two minute targets.

His 9 targets have averaged 4.2 air yards.

In Week 7 against TEN he caught 6 of 9 targets for 91 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 Harold Fannin Jr. played 16 games and scored 186.4 PPR points, 11.7 a game, finishing TE6.

He caught 72 of 107 targets for 731 yards and 6 touchdowns, with 10 red zone targets.

That came to 6.7 targets a game, a 67 percent catch rate and 10.2 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 76 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Kenny Gainwell was available for 1 game more.

Side by side

In 2025 Kenny Gainwell scored 13.1 PPR points a game and Harold Fannin Jr. 11.7, 1.4 a game between them.

Kenny Gainwell finished RB16 and Harold Fannin Jr. TE6, which are two different ladders.

Kenny Gainwell is a running back and Harold Fannin Jr. a tight end, 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 Harold Fannin Jr. in Week 11, so either can cover the other's bye.

Kenny Gainwell is listed as questionable on the injury report.