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Should I start Ollie Gordon II or Kyle Monangai in Week 7?

Updated Oct 21, 11:16 PM ET.

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  • : Bears RB Kyle Monangai (toe, thumb) out Thursday vs. Patriots (ESPN)
  • : Kyle Monangai: Questionable to Out (Toe, Sprain) (Sleeper injury feed)

Week 7 verdict

Start Ollie Gordon II over Kyle Monangai

Kyle Monangai is listed out, so Ollie Gordon II starts despite the lower projection.

Start

RB · MIA · at NYJ

Market projects
9.7
fantasy pts
NYJ D vs RB
21.9
14th most to RBs (2026)
Upside
High
89 of 100 at RB
Sit

RB · CHI · vs NE · Out

Market projects
10.1
recent weeks avg
NE D vs RB
20.6
16th most to RBs (2026)
Snap share
41%
Through Week 4
Target share
4%
Through Week 4
Start Gordon or Monangai? The full Week 7 breakdown

Start Ollie Gordon II: 71 percent of the snaps and 53 percent of the carries over their last 3 games, against Kyle Monangai's 41 percent of the snaps and 43 percent of the carries. No market projection is posted on either of them this week, so this is a usage call, and a lower confidence one than a call made on a projection. What follows is what each of them has done.

Should I drop Kyle Monangai for Ollie Gordon II?

Yes, on the rest of the season. Ollie Gordon II projects 110 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (10.0 a game over 11 games), Kyle Monangai 90 (9.0 a game over 10 games). For Week 7 the call starts Ollie Gordon II over Kyle Monangai. Kyle Monangai is listed out.

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Both players' season market-based projection, their usage this season and their last full season's numbers.

RB21 · MIA · bye 6

2026 vs anytime td line 3-2

Market-based projection
9.7 pts a game

RB · CHI · bye 10

2026 vs carries line 4-0

Overall rank
272

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The gap

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Draft data is not current for these two, so the figures that depend on it are left out. The call above comes from each player's usage.

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Ollie Gordon II, and the board ranks him 47th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Kyle Monangai, and the board ranks him 272nd overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

Ollie Gordon II's market-based projection is 9.7 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 11 market sources. That is the 86th highest figure of the 214 players with a market-based projection.

No season market is posted for Kyle Monangai, so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.

This season so far

Through Week 5, Ollie Gordon II has been on the field for 48 percent of MIA snaps, taken 36 percent of the carries, drawn 4 percent of the targets and had 38 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 1 of the offence's 35 third down targets, had 5 of its 9 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 18 two minute targets.

His 5 targets have come 3.2 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 3 against KC he carried 17 times for 41 yards, caught 3 of 3 targets for 14 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 4 against MIN he carried 9 times for 100 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 0 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 5 against CIN he carried 18 times for 88 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Through Week 4, Kyle Monangai has been on the field for 41 percent of CHI snaps, taken 39 percent of the carries, drawn 4 percent of the targets and had 23 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 33 third down targets, had 6 of its 21 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 21 two minute targets.

His 5 targets have averaged 0.8 air yards.

In Week 2 against MIN he carried 10 times for 47 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 11 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against PHI he carried 10 times for 31 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against NYJ he carried 30 times for 146 yards, caught 1 of 1 target for 4 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Ollie Gordon II played 17 games and scored 54.1 PPR points, 3.2 a game, finishing RB68.

He carried 70 times for 199 yards and 3 touchdowns, and caught 7 of 9 targets for 32 more yards.

That came to 4.1 carries a game at 2.8 yards a carry and 0.4 catches a game.

He was on the field for 22 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 Kyle Monangai played 17 games and scored 146.7 PPR points, 8.6 a game, finishing RB30.

He carried 169 times for 783 yards and 5 touchdowns, and caught 18 of 30 targets for 164 more yards.

That came to 9.9 carries a game at 4.6 yards a carry and 1.1 catches a game.

He was on the field for 41 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Both were available for 17 games that season.

Head to head

In 2025 Kyle Monangai scored 8.6 PPR points a game and Ollie Gordon II 3.2, 5.4 a game between them.

Ollie Gordon II finished RB68 that year and Kyle Monangai RB30.

Kyle Monangai had 99 more carries than Ollie Gordon II, 169 to 70.

Kyle Monangai had 11 more catches than Ollie Gordon II, 18 to 7.

This season Ollie Gordon II holds the bigger snap share, 48 percent against 41 percent.

This season Kyle Monangai holds the bigger share of the carries, 39 percent against 36 percent.

Byes and availability

Ollie Gordon II is off in Week 6 and Kyle Monangai in Week 10, so either can cover the other's bye.

Kyle Monangai is listed as out on the injury report.

What would change the answer

Kyle Monangai has no posted market, so one half of the evidence on this page exists for only one of them.

Drop or keep

  • Should I drop Kyle Monangai for Ollie Gordon II?

    Yes, on the rest of the season. Ollie Gordon II projects 110 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (10.0 a game over 11 games), Kyle Monangai 90 (9.0 a game over 10 games). For Week 7 the call starts Ollie Gordon II over Kyle Monangai. Kyle Monangai is listed out.

  • Should I drop Ollie Gordon II for Kyle Monangai?

    No. Keep Ollie Gordon II: he projects 110 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (10.0 a game over 11 games), Kyle Monangai 90 (9.0 a game over 10 games). For Week 7 the call starts Ollie Gordon II over Kyle Monangai. Kyle Monangai is listed out.

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