Should I start Kenneth Walker or Kenny Gainwell in Week 8?
Updated Nov 3, 12:11 AM ET. Week 9 answers post Tuesday.
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Start Kenneth Walker: 74 percent of the snaps and 79 percent of the carries over their last 3 games, against Kenny Gainwell's 27 percent of the snaps and 18 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 Kenny Gainwell 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), Kenny Gainwell 49 (6.1 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.
RB17 · KC · bye 5
2026 vs carries line 5-2
- Market-based projection
- 19.0 pts a game Wk 8 price
- Overall rank
- 56
RB18 · TB · bye 10
2026 vs carries line 3-5
- Market-based projection
- 5.5 pts a game Wk 8 price
- Overall rank
- 62
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The gap
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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 56th overall on the rest of his evidence.
By format he goes standard: ADP 6; 2QB: ADP 17.
Live drafts hold no current pick on Kenny Gainwell, and the board ranks him 62nd overall on the rest of his evidence.
The market-based projections
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.
No season market is posted for Kenny Gainwell, so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.
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, Kenny Gainwell has been on the field for 35 percent of TB snaps, taken 22 percent of the carries, drawn 9 percent of the targets and had 8 percent of the red zone chances.
He has taken 7 of the offence's 60 third down targets, had 0 of its 14 chances inside the five and seen 5 of its 44 two minute targets.
His 18 targets have come 2.4 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.
In Week 6 against PIT he carried 2 times for 17 yards, caught 1 of 1 target for 7 yards and did not score.
In Week 7 against CAR he carried 14 times for 88 yards and did not score.
In Week 8 against ATL he carried 25 times for 140 yards, caught 0 of 1 target for 0 yards and did not score.
Their 2025 seasons
The season feed carries no line for Kenneth Walker in the last completed season.
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.
Head to head
This season Kenneth Walker holds the bigger snap share, 75 percent against 35 percent.
This season Kenneth Walker holds the bigger share of the carries, 76 percent against 22 percent.
Byes and availability
Kenneth Walker is off in Week 5 and Kenny Gainwell in Week 10, so either can cover the other's bye.
Drop or keep
Should I drop Kenny Gainwell 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), Kenny Gainwell 49 (6.1 a game over 8 games).
Should I drop Kenneth Walker for Kenny Gainwell?
No. Keep Kenneth Walker: he projects 174 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (19.3 a game over 9 games), Kenny Gainwell 49 (6.1 a game over 8 games).
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