Kenny Gainwell or Pat Freiermuth: who should I start?

What the sportsbooks price

The player markets price Kenny Gainwell at 7.7 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 16 books. That is the 129th highest figure of the 183 players the books price.

The player markets price Pat Freiermuth at 7.7 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 14 books. That is the 130th highest figure of the 183 players the books price.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Kenny Gainwell: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 118th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 136.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Pat Freiermuth: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 116th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 148.

This season through Week 1

Through Week 1, Kenny Gainwell has been on the field for 46 percent of TB snaps, taken 26 percent of the carries, drawn 4 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 6 third down targets and seen 0 of its 1 two minute target.

His 1 target have come 5.0 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.

Through Week 1, Pat Freiermuth has been on the field for 73 percent of PIT snaps, drawn 14 percent of the targets and had 40 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 1 of the offence's 10 third down targets and seen 1 of its 4 two minute targets.

His 5 targets have averaged 4.2 air yards.

In Week 1 against ATL he caught 5 of 5 targets for 46 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Their 2025 seasons

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.

In 2025 Pat Freiermuth played 17 games and scored 113.6 PPR points, 6.7 a game, finishing TE25.

He caught 41 of 54 targets for 486 yards and 4 touchdowns, with 9 red zone targets.

That came to 3.2 targets a game, a 76 percent catch rate and 11.9 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 49 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Both were available for 17 games that season.

Side by side

In 2025 Kenny Gainwell scored 13.1 PPR points a game and Pat Freiermuth 6.7, 6.4 a game between them.

Kenny Gainwell finished RB16 and Pat Freiermuth TE25, which are two different ladders.

Kenny Gainwell is a running back and Pat Freiermuth a tight end, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Kenny Gainwell is off in Week 10 and Pat Freiermuth in Week 9, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

0.0 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.