Should I start Kenneth Walker or Rhamondre Stevenson in Week 8?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Kenneth Walker, and the board ranks him 42nd overall on the rest of his evidence.

By format he goes half PPR: ADP 1; standard: ADP 6; 2QB: ADP 17.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Rhamondre Stevenson, and the board ranks him 46th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Kenneth Walker is 4.8 PPR points a game off 1 market across 7 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.

The market-based projection for Rhamondre Stevenson is 4.7 PPR points a game off 1 market across 7 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.

Kenneth Walker's projection is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

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 7, Rhamondre Stevenson has been on the field for 64 percent of NE snaps, taken 39 percent of the carries, drawn 11 percent of the targets and had 19 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 5 of the offence's 56 third down targets, had 3 of its 10 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 31 two minute targets.

His 24 targets have averaged 0.8 air yards.

In Week 5 against LV he carried 13 times for 64 yards, caught 3 of 3 targets for 21 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 6 against NYJ he carried 14 times for 36 yards and did not score.

In Week 7 against CHI he carried 6 times for 22 yards, caught 5 of 5 targets for 93 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Their 2025 seasons

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

In 2025 Rhamondre Stevenson played 14 games and scored 178.8 PPR points, 12.8 a game, finishing RB25.

He carried 130 times for 603 yards and 7 touchdowns, and caught 32 of 37 targets for 345 more yards.

That came to 9.3 carries a game at 4.6 yards a carry and 2.3 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 64 percent.

This season Kenneth Walker holds the bigger share of the carries, 76 percent against 39 percent.

Byes and availability

Kenneth Walker is off in Week 5 and Rhamondre Stevenson in Week 11, so either can cover the other's bye.