Ryan Flournoy or Kenny Gainwell: who should I start in Week 6?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Ryan Flournoy: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 108th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Kenny Gainwell: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 110th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

Ryan Flournoy's market-based projection is 7.0 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 13 market sources. That is the 103rd highest figure of the 157 players with a market-based projection.

The market-based projection for Kenny Gainwell is 3.4 PPR points a game off 2 markets across 4 market sources. That is 70 percent of what a running back's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

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

This season through Week 5

Through Week 5, Ryan Flournoy has been on the field for 71 percent of DAL snaps, drawn 15 percent of the targets and had 9 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 6 of the offence's 46 third down targets, had 1 of its 22 chances inside the five and seen 8 of its 31 two minute targets.

His 27 targets have averaged 6.4 air yards.

In Week 3 against BAL he caught 2 of 8 targets for 22 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against HOU he caught 4 of 5 targets for 37 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against TB he caught 3 of 4 targets for 90 yards and did not score.

Through Week 5, Kenny Gainwell has been on the field for 41 percent of TB snaps, taken 13 percent of the carries, drawn 11 percent of the targets and had 9 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 5 of the offence's 40 third down targets, had 0 of its 6 chances inside the five and seen 5 of its 29 two minute targets.

His 16 targets have come 2.1 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 3 against MIN he carried 3 times for -4 yards, caught 2 of 5 targets for 14 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against GB he carried 3 times for 5 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 22 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 5 against DAL he carried 4 times for 18 yards, caught 3 of 4 targets for 10 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Ryan Flournoy played 16 games and scored 114.0 PPR points, 7.1 a game, finishing WR57.

He caught 40 of 56 targets for 475 yards and 4 touchdowns, with 7 red zone targets.

That came to 3-4 targets a game, a 71 percent catch rate and 11.9 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 41 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 1 game more.

Side by side

In 2025 Kenny Gainwell scored 13.1 PPR points a game and Ryan Flournoy 7.1, 6.0 a game between them.

Ryan Flournoy finished WR57 and Kenny Gainwell RB16, which are two different ladders.

Ryan Flournoy is a wide receiver 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

Kenny Gainwell is off in Week 10. No bye is listed for Ryan Flournoy.

What would change the answer

Kenny Gainwell is only part priced, so the market half of this page is whole for only one of them.