Malik Willis or Kenny Gainwell: who should I start in Week 3?

What the sportsbooks price

The player markets price Malik Willis at 14.5 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 17 books. That is the 50th highest figure of the 176 players the books price.

The player markets price Kenny Gainwell at 6.1 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 15 books. That is the 144th highest figure of the 176 players the books price.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Malik Willis: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 134th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 90.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Kenny Gainwell: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 133rd overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 134.

This season through Week 2

Through Week 2, Malik Willis has been on the field for 100 percent of MIA snaps, dropped back 65 times and thrown 9.6 air yards an attempt.

He has been sacked or hit on 14 of 65 dropbacks and scrambled 6 times.

In Week 1 against LV he completed 15 of 27 passes for 220 yards, threw 0 touchdowns and 1 interception and ran 6 times for 39 yards.

In Week 2 against SF he completed 14 of 23 passes for 197 yards, threw 1 touchdown and 0 interceptions and ran 2 times for 6 yards.

Through Week 2, Kenny Gainwell has been on the field for 40 percent of TB snaps, taken 16 percent of the carries, drawn 8 percent of the targets and had 10 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 1 of the offence's 14 third down targets, had 0 of its 1 chance inside the five and seen 2 of its 8 two minute targets.

His 5 targets have come 4.0 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 1 against CIN he carried 5 times for 15 yards, caught 1 of 1 target for 3 yards and did not score.

In Week 2 against CLE he carried 2 times for 10 yards, caught 3 of 4 targets for 5 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Malik Willis played 4 games and scored 51.2 PPR points, 12.8 a game, finishing QB45.

He threw for 422 yards on 35 attempts with 3 touchdowns and 0 interceptions, and ran for 123 yards and 2 touchdowns.

That came to 8.8 attempts a game at 12.1 yards an attempt.

He was on the field for 10 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

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.

Kenny Gainwell was available for 13 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Kenny Gainwell scored 13.1 PPR points a game and Malik Willis 12.8, 0.3 a game between them.

Malik Willis finished QB45 and Kenny Gainwell RB16, which are two different ladders.

Malik Willis is a quarterback and Kenny Gainwell a running back, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Malik Willis is off in Week 6 and Kenny Gainwell in Week 10, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

8.4 points a game is the entire case. The books restate it every week, and a line that moves moves the order with it.

The draft market is the half that is missing: when the consensus sample holds these two again it can order them differently from the price, and this page will follow the sample rather than the books when it does.