Start Chase Brown or Kenneth Walker? Week 1
Locks at kickoff, graded after.
Start Chase Brown over Kenneth Walker
- TB D vs RB
- 26.8
- 10th most to RBs (2026)
- DEN D vs RB
- 42.9
- 2nd most to RBs (2026)
Our Week 1 call
Start Chase Brown over Kenneth Walker in Week 1.
Neither player has a posted player market for this week, so this call is ADP and news based rather than priced against the betting market. Drafters take Chase Brown at ADP 13 and Kenneth Walker at 22.
What the books imply
No sportsbook posted a player market for Chase Brown in Week 1.
No sportsbook posted a player market for Kenneth Walker in Week 1.
Week 1 matchups
Chase Brown and CIN host TB.
TB allowed 26.8 fantasy points to RBs in its one game this season, the 10th most in the league.
Running backs ran for 76 yards and a touchdown against TB and caught passes for 52 more yards.
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.
By points allowed to the position, Kenneth Walker has the softer matchup.
Injury status
Chase Brown was not on the injury report when the call was made.
Kenneth Walker was not on the injury report when the call was made.
Their 2025 seasons
In 2025, Chase Brown played 17 games for CIN and scored 282.6 PPR points, 16.6 a game, finishing RB7.
He ran 232 times for 1019 yards and 6 touchdowns, and caught 69 of 88 targets for 437 yards.
He was on the field for 67 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.
Chase Brown, Week 18 of 2025 against CLE: 13 carries for 72 yards, 6 targets and 4 catches for 18 yards, 1 touchdown, 19.0 PPR points.
Chase Brown, Week 17 of 2025 against ARI: 47 of 77 snaps, 22 carries for 101 yards, 3 targets and 3 catches for 40 yards, 2 touchdowns, 29.1 PPR points.
Chase Brown, Week 16 of 2025 against MIA: 37 of 61 snaps, 12 carries for 66 yards, 4 targets and 4 catches for 43 yards, 3 touchdowns, 32.9 PPR points.
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.
Their other Week 1 calls
On the draft board
Ranked ahead
RB5 · CIN · bye 6
2025 vs rush yds line 7-10
- Overall rank
- 12
- Draft pick
- no consensus
- Tier
- 4
Ranked behind
RB7 · KC · bye 5
2025 vs rush yds line 8-9
- Overall rank
- 15
- Draft pick
- no consensus
- Tier
- 4
The board cards are draft figures, not the week's call. Locks at kickoff, graded after. When the start/sit engine grades week 1, the call and the result appear on the public record, wrong ones included.
The gap between them
- Spots apart on the board3
- Pick differencenot comparable without a consensus on both
- Tiersboth in tier 4
- Board size244 draftable players
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