Start Kenny Gainwell or AJ Dillon? Week 6

Our Week 6 call

Start Kenny Gainwell over AJ Dillon in Week 6.

Market-based projections have Kenny Gainwell at 6.0 points and AJ Dillon at 2.1, a gap of 4.0. No player market is posted for AJ Dillon this week yet, so his 2.1 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 3 and 4 (1.6 and 2.5); the call is rebuilt when his market posts.

What the market projects

No Week 6 player market is posted for AJ Dillon yet. His market-based projections were 1.6 and 2.5 points in Weeks 3 and 4, an average of 2.1, which stands in until his Week 6 market posts.

The market gives AJ Dillon a 10% chance to score a touchdown (9 market sources).

Player markets imply 6.0 fantasy points for Kenny Gainwell, with 100 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.

The market-based projection for Kenny Gainwell is 10 rushing yards, 13 receiving yards and 2-3 receptions, with a 20% chance to score a touchdown (12, 7, 7 and 6 market sources).

That puts Kenny Gainwell 4.0 points ahead of AJ Dillon on these projections.

Injury status

AJ Dillon is listed as questionable with a ankle injury.

Kenny Gainwell is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 6

Through Week 4, AJ Dillon played 12 percent of CAR snaps, took 18 percent of the carries, drew 1 percent of the targets and had 3 percent of the red zone chances.

AJ Dillon, Week 1 against CHI: 7 of 68 snaps, 5 carries for 28 yards, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

AJ Dillon, Week 2 against ATL: 4 of 66 snaps, 3 carries for -3 yards, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

AJ Dillon, Week 3 against CLE: 12 of 77 snaps, 4 carries for 16 yards, 1 target and 1 catch for -2 yards.

AJ Dillon, Week 4 against DET: 11 of 75 snaps, 5 carries for 2 yards, 1 target and 1 catch for 5 yards.

Through Week 5, Kenny Gainwell played 41 percent of TB snaps, took 13 percent of the carries, drew 11 percent of the targets and had 9 percent of the red zone chances.

Kenny Gainwell, Week 2 against CLE: 23 of 65 snaps, 2 carries for 10 yards, 4 targets and 3 catches for 5 yards.

Kenny Gainwell, Week 3 against MIN: 32 of 69 snaps, 3 carries for -4 yards, 5 targets and 2 catches for 14 yards.

Kenny Gainwell, Week 4 against GB: 27 of 64 snaps, 3 carries for 5 yards, 2 targets and 2 catches for 22 yards, 1 touchdown.

Kenny Gainwell, Week 5 against DAL: 26 of 72 snaps, 4 carries for 18 yards, 4 targets and 3 catches for 10 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, AJ Dillon played 7 games for PHI and scored 9.1 PPR points, 1.3 a game, finishing RB113.

He ran 12 times for 60 yards and 0 touchdowns, and caught 3 of 3 targets for 21 yards.

He was on the field for 11 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

In 2025, Kenny Gainwell played 17 games for PIT and scored 222.3 PPR points, 13.1 a game, finishing RB16.

He ran 114 times for 537 yards and 5 touchdowns, and caught 73 of 85 targets for 486 yards.

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

Their other Week 6 calls

• Start Chris Rodriguez Jr. over AJ Dillon.
• Start Devin Singletary over AJ Dillon.
• Start George Holani over AJ Dillon.
• Start Brian Robinson over Kenny Gainwell.
• Start Kenny Gainwell over Chris Rodriguez Jr..
• Start Kenny Gainwell over Devin Singletary.