Should I start Kenneth Walker or Trey McBride in Week 8?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Kenneth Walker, and the board ranks him 38th 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 Trey McBride, and the board ranks him 39th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 31.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Kenneth Walker is 4.9 PPR points a game off 1 market across 6 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 Trey McBride is 3.9 PPR points a game off 1 market across 5 market sources. That is 30 percent of what a tight end'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, Trey McBride has been on the field for 91 percent of ARI snaps, drawn 29 percent of the targets and had 18 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 22 of the offence's 76 third down targets, had 4 of its 24 chances inside the five and seen 13 of its 45 two minute targets.

His 78 targets have averaged 5.9 air yards.

In Week 5 against DET he caught 9 of 10 targets for 66 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 6 against LAR he caught 7 of 9 targets for 53 yards and did not score.

In Week 7 against DEN he caught 10 of 13 targets for 111 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Their 2025 seasons

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

In 2025 Trey McBride played 17 games and scored 315.9 PPR points, 18.6 a game, finishing TE1.

He caught 126 of 169 targets for 1239 yards and 11 touchdowns, with 32 red zone targets.

That came to 9.9 targets a game, a 75 percent catch rate and 9.8 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 91 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Side by side

Kenneth Walker is a running back and Trey McBride a tight end, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Kenneth Walker is off in Week 5 and Trey McBride in Week 14, so either can cover the other's bye.