Start Kenneth Walker or Ashton Jeanty? Week 6

Our Week 6 call

Start Kenneth Walker over Ashton Jeanty in Week 6.

Market-based projections have Kenneth Walker at 22.1 points and Ashton Jeanty at 16.3, a gap of 5.8. Kenneth Walker's number is scaled up from a partial market: not every stat the position needs is posted yet, so the rest is estimated from what is. Drafters take Kenneth Walker at ADP 7 and Ashton Jeanty at 9. Market coverage on Kenneth Walker is 70 percent of what his position needs, so the market side of this carries proportionally less weight.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 22.1 fantasy points for Kenneth Walker, with 70 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.

The market has Kenneth Walker at 86.5 rushing yards, with a 61% chance to score a touchdown (9 and 12 market sources).

Player markets imply 16.3 fantasy points for Ashton Jeanty, with 100 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.

The market has Ashton Jeanty at 56.5 rushing yards, 24.5 receiving yards and 3.5 receptions, with a 55% chance to score a touchdown (7, 6, 5 and 5 market sources).

That puts Kenneth Walker 5.8 points ahead of Ashton Jeanty on the market projections.

Week 6 matchups

Kenneth Walker and KC host LAC on Sunday at 4:25 PM ET.

LAC allowed 21.7 fantasy points a game to RBs this season over 5 games, the 13th most in the league.

Running backs ran for 99 yards and 0.8 touchdowns a game against LAC and caught passes for 25 more yards.

Ashton Jeanty and LV host BUF on Sunday at 4:25 PM ET.

BUF allowed 28.2 fantasy points a game to RBs this season over 5 games, the 3rd most in the league.

Running backs ran for 86 yards and a touchdown a game against BUF and caught passes for 48 more yards.

By points allowed to the position, Ashton Jeanty has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Kenneth Walker is not on the injury report.

Ashton Jeanty is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 6

Through Week 4, Kenneth Walker played 75 percent of KC snaps, took 76 percent of the carries, drew 16 percent of the targets and had 56 percent of the red zone chances.

Kenneth Walker, Week 1 against DEN: 47 of 69 snaps, 23 carries for 173 yards, 6 targets and 3 catches for 18 yards, 2 touchdowns.

Kenneth Walker, Week 2 against IND: 66 of 80 snaps, 24 carries for 117 yards, 10 targets and 6 catches for 61 yards.

Kenneth Walker, Week 3 against MIA: 38 of 52 snaps, 18 carries for 70 yards, 2 targets and 2 catches for 3 yards, 2 touchdowns.

Kenneth Walker, Week 4 against LV: 45 of 60 snaps, 22 carries for 177 yards, 1 target and 1 catch for 2 yards, 2 touchdowns.

Through Week 5, Ashton Jeanty played 72 percent of LV snaps, took 68 percent of the carries, drew 17 percent of the targets and had 47 percent of the red zone chances.

Ashton Jeanty, Week 2 against LAC: 51 of 63 snaps, 21 carries for 48 yards, 7 targets and 4 catches for 15 yards.

Ashton Jeanty, Week 3 against NO: 59 of 70 snaps, 19 carries for 56 yards, 3 targets and 3 catches for 37 yards.

Ashton Jeanty, Week 4 against KC: 56 of 84 snaps, 15 carries for 58 yards, 8 targets and 6 catches for 68 yards.

Ashton Jeanty, Week 5 against NE: 32 of 60 snaps, 10 carries for 27 yards, 6 targets and 3 catches for 50 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Kenneth Walker played 17 games for SEA and scored 191.9 PPR points, 11.3 a game, finishing RB22.

He ran 221 times for 1027 yards and 5 touchdowns, and caught 31 of 36 targets for 282 yards.

He was on the field for 47 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

In 2025, Ashton Jeanty played 17 games for LV and scored 245.1 PPR points, 14.4 a game, finishing RB11.

He ran 266 times for 975 yards and 5 touchdowns, and caught 55 of 73 targets for 346 yards.

He was on the field for 76 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 6 calls

• Start Kenneth Walker over Bhayshul Tuten.
• Start Bijan Robinson over Kenneth Walker.
• Start Kenneth Walker over Cam Skattebo.
• Start Bhayshul Tuten over Ashton Jeanty.
• Start Bijan Robinson over Ashton Jeanty.
• Start Ashton Jeanty over Blake Corum.