Should I start Kalif Raymond or Kenneth Walker in Week 8?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Kalif Raymond, and the board ranks him 55th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Kenneth Walker, and the board ranks him 56th overall on the rest of his evidence.

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

The market-based projections

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

The market-based projection for Kenneth Walker is 6.4 PPR points a game off 1 market across 5 market sources. That is 30 percent of what a running back's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

This season so far

Through Week 7, Kalif Raymond has been on the field for 61 percent of CHI snaps, drawn 14 percent of the targets and had 5 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 10 of the offence's 60 third down targets, had 0 of its 32 chances inside the five and seen 2 of its 33 two minute targets.

His 31 targets have averaged 6.1 air yards.

In Week 5 against GB he carried 1 time for -2 yards, caught 3 of 4 targets for 6 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against ATL he caught 2 of 2 targets for 18 yards and did not score.

In Week 7 against NE he caught 0 of 2 targets for 0 yards and did not score.

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.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Kalif Raymond played 15 games and scored 66.8 PPR points, 4.5 a game, finishing WR94.

He caught 24 of 30 targets for 289 yards and 1 touchdown, with 2 red zone targets.

That came to 2.0 targets a game, a 80 percent catch rate and 12.0 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 38 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

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

Side by side

Kalif Raymond is a wide receiver and Kenneth Walker a running back, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Kalif Raymond is off in Week 10 and Kenneth Walker in Week 5, so either can cover the other's bye.