Should I start Kenneth Walker or Javonte Williams in Week 8?
Updated Nov 2, 10:31 PM ET. Week 9 answers post Tuesday.
Week 8 verdict
Start Kenneth Walker over Javonte Williams
Right: 12.4 to 6.7
- Market projected
- 19.2
- pre-game
- DEN D vs RB
- 22.4
- 11th most to RBs (2026)
- Snap share
- 75%
- Through Week 6
- Target share
- 15%
- Through Week 6
- Scored
- 12.4
- PPR pts
- Market projected
- 17.2
- pre-game
- ARI D vs RB
- 21.9
- 15th most to RBs (2026)
- Target share
- 7%
- Week 8
- Scored
- 6.7
- PPR pts
Start Kenneth Walker: 74 percent of the snaps and 79 percent of the carries over their last 3 games, against Javonte Williams's 74 percent of the snaps and 73 percent of the carries. No market projection is posted on either of them this week, so this is a usage call, and a lower confidence one than a call made on a projection. What follows is what each of them has done.
Should I drop Javonte Williams for Kenneth Walker?
Yes, on the rest of the season. Kenneth Walker projects 174 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (19.3 a game over 9 games), Javonte Williams 133 (16.6 a game over 8 games).
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Neither man carries a season projection right now, so this is their usage this season and their last full season's numbers, side by side.
RB3 · KC · bye 5
2026 vs carries line 5-2
- Market-based projection
- 19.0 pts a game Wk 8 price
- Overall rank
- 5
RB4 · DAL · bye 14
2026 vs carries line 4-4
- Market-based projection
- 17.2 pts a game Wk 8 price
- Overall rank
- 10
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The gap
- Board size330 draftable players
Draft data is not current for these two, so the figures that depend on it are left out. The call above comes from each player's usage.
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 Javonte Williams, and the board ranks him 10th overall on the rest of his evidence.
The market-based projections
No season market is posted for Kenneth Walker, so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.
No season market is posted for Javonte Williams, so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.
Neither carries a posted market, so this page rests on the draft room and on what the two have already done.
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, Javonte Williams has been on the field for 75 percent of DAL snaps, taken 68 percent of the carries, drawn 8 percent of the targets and had 40 percent of the red zone chances.
He has taken 4 of the offence's 69 third down targets, had 21 of its 31 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 50 two minute targets.
His 24 targets have come 1.7 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.
In Week 6 against GB he carried 11 times for 41 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 9 yards and scored 1 touchdown.
In Week 7 against PHI he carried 25 times for 155 yards and scored 1 touchdown.
In Week 8 against ARI he carried 24 times for 56 yards, caught 1 of 2 targets for 1 yards and did not score.
Their 2025 seasons
The season feed carries no line for Kenneth Walker in the last completed season.
In 2025 Javonte Williams played 16 games and scored 242.8 PPR points, 15.2 a game, finishing RB12.
He carried 252 times for 1201 yards and 11 touchdowns, and caught 35 of 51 targets for 137 more yards.
That came to 15.8 carries a game at 4.8 yards a carry and 2.2 catches a game.
He was on the field for 68 percent of the snaps in the games he played.
Head to head
Their snap share this season is the same, 75 percent each.
This season Kenneth Walker holds the bigger share of the carries, 76 percent against 68 percent.
Byes and availability
Kenneth Walker is off in Week 5 and Javonte Williams in Week 14, so either can cover the other's bye.
Drop or keep
Should I drop Javonte Williams for Kenneth Walker?
Yes, on the rest of the season. Kenneth Walker projects 174 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (19.3 a game over 9 games), Javonte Williams 133 (16.6 a game over 8 games).
Should I drop Kenneth Walker for Javonte Williams?
No. Keep Kenneth Walker: he projects 174 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (19.3 a game over 9 games), Javonte Williams 133 (16.6 a game over 8 games).
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