Jacory Croskey-Merritt or Kenny Gainwell: who should I start in Week 3?

What the sportsbooks price

The player markets price Jacory Croskey-Merritt at 7.0 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 14 books. That is the 142nd highest figure of the 186 players the books price.

The player markets price Kenny Gainwell at 6.0 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 15 books. That is the 156th highest figure of the 186 players the books price.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Jacory Croskey-Merritt: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 126th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 107.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Kenny Gainwell: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 137th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 134.

This season through Week 2

Through Week 2, Jacory Croskey-Merritt has been on the field for 43 percent of WAS snaps, taken 44 percent of the carries, drawn 3 percent of the targets and had 9 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 18 third down targets, had 1 of its 7 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 5 two minute targets.

His 2 targets have come 4.0 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 1 against PHI he carried 16 times for 63 yards, caught 1 of 1 target for -7 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 2 against DAL he carried 12 times for 43 yards, caught 1 of 1 target for 5 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

In 2025 Jacory Croskey-Merritt played 17 games and scored 140.3 PPR points, 8.3 a game, finishing RB33.

He carried 175 times for 805 yards and 8 touchdowns, and caught 9 of 13 targets for 68 more yards.

That came to 10.3 carries a game at 4.6 yards a carry and 0.5 catches a game.

He was on the field for 39 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.

Both were available for 17 games that season.

Head to head

In 2025 Kenny Gainwell scored 13.1 PPR points a game and Jacory Croskey-Merritt 8.3, 4.8 a game between them.

Jacory Croskey-Merritt finished RB33 that year and Kenny Gainwell RB16.

Jacory Croskey-Merritt had 61 more carries than Kenny Gainwell, 175 to 114.

Kenny Gainwell had 64 more catches than Jacory Croskey-Merritt, 73 to 9.

This season Jacory Croskey-Merritt holds the bigger snap share, 43 percent against 40 percent.

This season Jacory Croskey-Merritt holds the bigger share of the carries, 44 percent against 16 percent.

Byes and availability

Jacory Croskey-Merritt is off in Week 7 and Kenny Gainwell in Week 10, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

0.9 points a game is the entire case. The books restate it every week, and a line that moves moves the order with it.

The draft market is the half that is missing: when the consensus sample holds these two again it can order them differently from the price, and this page will follow the sample rather than the books when it does.