Should I start Kenneth Walker or James Cook III in Week 9?

The market-based projections

Kenneth Walker's market-based projection is 19.3 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 10 market sources. That is the 10th highest figure of the 225 players with a market-based projection.

James Cook III's market-based projection is 16.4 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 12 market sources. That is the 26th highest figure of the 225 players with a market-based projection.

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Kenneth Walker, and the board ranks him 5th overall on the rest of his evidence.

By format he goes standard: ADP 6; 2QB: ADP 17.

Live drafts hold no current pick on James Cook III, and the board ranks him 7th overall on the rest of his evidence.

By format he goes standard: ADP 2; 2QB: ADP 10.

This season so far

Through Week 6, Kenneth Walker has been on the field for 75 percent of KC snaps, taken 76 percent of the carries, drawn 15 percent of the targets and had 58 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 5 of the offence's 40 third down targets, had 13 of its 19 chances inside the five and seen 2 of its 19 two minute targets.

His 22 targets have come 1 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 3 against MIA he carried 18 times for 70 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 3 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.

In Week 4 against LV he carried 22 times for 177 yards, caught 1 of 1 target for 2 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.

In Week 6 against LAC he carried 19 times for 128 yards, caught 2 of 3 targets for 11 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.

Through Week 8, James Cook III has been on the field for 54 percent of BUF snaps, taken 54 percent of the carries, drawn 9 percent of the targets and had 35 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 1 of the offence's 7 third down targets, had 2 of its 7 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 2 two minute targets.

His 3 targets have averaged 2.7 air yards.

In Week 8 against BAL he carried 21 times for 80 yards, caught 2 of 3 targets for 21 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Their 2025 seasons

The season feed carries no line for Kenneth Walker in the last completed season.

In 2025 James Cook III played 17 games and scored 302.2 PPR points, 17.8 a game, finishing RB6.

He carried 309 times for 1621 yards and 12 touchdowns, and caught 33 of 40 targets for 291 more yards.

That came to 18.2 carries a game at 5.2 yards a carry and 1.9 catches a game.

He was on the field for 60 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Head to head

This season Kenneth Walker holds the bigger snap share, 75 percent against 54 percent.

This season Kenneth Walker holds the bigger share of the carries, 76 percent against 54 percent.

Byes and availability

Kenneth Walker is off in Week 5 and James Cook III in Week 7, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

2.9 points a game is the entire case. The market restates it every week, and a line that moves moves the order with it.

The draft market is the half that is missing: when live drafts hold these two again they can order them differently from the projection, and this page will follow the drafts rather than the market-based projection when they do.