Keaton Mitchell or Kyle Monangai: who should I start in Week 3?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Keaton Mitchell: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 162nd overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Kyle Monangai: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 163rd overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 114.

What the sportsbooks price

The books have Keaton Mitchell at 2.6 PPR points a game off 2 markets across 15 books. That is 70 percent of what a running back's price needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

The books have Kyle Monangai at 2.2 PPR points a game off 1 market across 13 books. That is 30 percent of what a running back's price needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

Keaton Mitchell's price is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season through Week 2

Through Week 2, Keaton Mitchell has been on the field for 28 percent of LAC snaps, taken 17 percent of the carries, drawn 2 percent of the targets and had 14 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 16 third down targets, had 0 of its 2 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 7 two minute targets.

His 1 target have averaged 3.0 air yards.

In Week 1 against ARI he carried 4 times for 9 yards and did not score.

In Week 2 against LV he carried 5 times for 24 yards, caught 1 of 1 target for 15 yards and did not score.

Through Week 2, Kyle Monangai has been on the field for 38 percent of CHI snaps, taken 29 percent of the carries, drawn 7 percent of the targets and had 16 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 17 third down targets, had 0 of its 6 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 13 two minute targets.

His 4 targets have averaged 2.5 air yards.

In Week 1 against CAR he carried 10 times for 100 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 24 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 2 against MIN he carried 10 times for 47 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 11 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Keaton Mitchell played 13 games and scored 55.4 PPR points, 4.3 a game, finishing RB67.

He carried 59 times for 341 yards and 1 touchdown, and caught 9 of 12 targets for 63 more yards.

That came to 4.5 carries a game at 5.8 yards a carry and 0.7 catches a game.

He was on the field for 17 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 Kyle Monangai played 17 games and scored 146.7 PPR points, 8.6 a game, finishing RB30.

He carried 169 times for 783 yards and 5 touchdowns, and caught 18 of 30 targets for 164 more yards.

That came to 9.9 carries a game at 4.6 yards a carry and 1.1 catches a game.

He was on the field for 41 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Kyle Monangai was available for 4 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Kyle Monangai scored 8.6 PPR points a game and Keaton Mitchell 4.3, 4.4 a game between them.

Keaton Mitchell finished RB67 that year and Kyle Monangai RB30.

Kyle Monangai had 110 more carries than Keaton Mitchell, 169 to 59.

Kyle Monangai had 9 more catches than Keaton Mitchell, 18 to 9.

This season Kyle Monangai holds the bigger snap share, 38 percent against 28 percent.

This season Kyle Monangai holds the bigger share of the carries, 29 percent against 17 percent.

Byes and availability

Keaton Mitchell is off in Week 7 and Kyle Monangai in Week 10, so either can cover the other's bye.

Kyle Monangai is listed as questionable on the injury report.