Start Kenneth Walker or Breece Hall? Week 1

Our Week 1 call

Start Breece Hall over Kenneth Walker in Week 1.

Breece Hall is priced by the books at 12.4 projected points. Kenneth Walker has no player market posted for this week, so his side of this call rests on consensus ADP and the news wire only. Drafters take Breece Hall at ADP 30 and Kenneth Walker at 23.

What the books imply

No sportsbook posted a player market for Kenneth Walker in Week 1.

Player prop markets imply 12.4 fantasy points for Breece Hall, with 80 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.

Week 1 matchups

Kenneth Walker and KC host DEN.

DEN allowed 42.9 fantasy points to RBs in its one game this season, the 2nd most in the league.

Running backs ran for 197 yards and a touchdown against DEN and caught passes for 62 more yards.

Breece Hall and NYJ visit TEN on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

TEN allowed 23.8 fantasy points to RBs in its one game this season, the 15th most in the league.

Running backs ran for 142 yards and a touchdown against TEN and caught passes for 16 more yards.

By points allowed to the position, Kenneth Walker has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Kenneth Walker was not on the injury report when the call was made.

Breece Hall was not on the injury report when the call was made.

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.

Kenneth Walker, Week 18 of 2025 against SF: 29 of 69 snaps, 16 carries for 97 yards, 4 targets and 4 catches for 36 yards, 17.3 PPR points.

Kenneth Walker, Week 17 of 2025 against CAR: 31 of 66 snaps, 15 carries for 51 yards, 2 targets and 2 catches for 6 yards, 7.7 PPR points.

Kenneth Walker, Week 16 of 2025 against LAR: 30 of 68 snaps, 11 carries for 100 yards, 3 targets and 3 catches for 64 yards, 1 touchdown, 25.4 PPR points.

In 2025, Breece Hall played 16 games for NYJ and scored 207.7 PPR points, 13.0 a game, finishing RB19.

He ran 243 times for 1065 yards and 4 touchdowns, and caught 36 of 48 targets for 350 yards.

He was on the field for 64 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Breece Hall, Week 17 of 2025 against NE: 30 of 61 snaps, 14 carries for 111 yards, 3 targets and 2 catches for 18 yards, 1 touchdown, 20.9 PPR points.

Breece Hall, Week 16 of 2025 against NO: 42 of 66 snaps, 16 carries for 54 yards, 3 targets and 2 catches for 9 yards, 8.3 PPR points.

Breece Hall, Week 15 of 2025 against JAX: 37 of 68 snaps, 12 carries for 23 yards, 2 targets and 2 catches for 14 yards, 5.7 PPR points.

How Week 1 went

Breece Hall scored 19.8 PPR points and Kenneth Walker scored 34.1.

The call was wrong: Kenneth Walker outscored Breece Hall by 14.3.

Breece Hall finished 7.4 points above the 12.4 the props implied.

Breece Hall, Week 1 against TEN: 39 of 67 snaps, 22 carries for 102 yards, 2 targets and 2 catches for 16 yards, 1 touchdown, 19.8 PPR points.

Breece Hall finished as the week's RB13 in PPR scoring.

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, 34.1 PPR points.

Kenneth Walker finished as the week's RB2 in PPR scoring.

Their other Week 1 calls

• Start Ashton Jeanty over Kenneth Walker.
• Start Chase Brown over Kenneth Walker.
• Start Derrick Henry over Kenneth Walker.
• Start Ashton Jeanty over Breece Hall.
• Start Breece Hall over Cam Skattebo.
• Start Breece Hall over Javonte Williams.