Start Corey Kiner or Julius Chestnut? Week 7

Our Week 7 call

Start Corey Kiner over Julius Chestnut in Week 7.

Market-based projections have Corey Kiner at 3.3 points and Julius Chestnut at 0.7, a gap of 2.6. Both numbers are scaled up from a partial market: not every stat the position needs is posted yet, so the rest is estimated from what is. Market coverage on Corey Kiner 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 3.3 fantasy points for Corey Kiner, with 70 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.

The market-based projection for Corey Kiner is 14 rushing yards and 0.1 touchdowns (6 and 13 market sources).

Player markets imply 0.7 fantasy points for Julius Chestnut, with 60 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.

The market-based projection for Julius Chestnut is 1 receiving yards and under 0.1 touchdowns (3 and 11 market sources).

That puts Corey Kiner 2.6 points ahead of Julius Chestnut on the market projections.

Week 7 matchups

Corey Kiner and NE visit CHI on Thursday at 8:15 PM ET.

CHI allowed 17.0 fantasy points a game to RBs this season over 6 games, the 4th fewest in the league.

Running backs ran for 79 yards and 0-1 touchdowns a game against CHI and caught passes for 23 more yards.

Julius Chestnut and TEN host CLE on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

CLE allowed 16.2 fantasy points a game to RBs this season over 6 games, the 2nd fewest in the league.

Running backs ran for 99 yards and 0.2 touchdowns a game against CLE and caught passes for 18 more yards.

By points allowed to the position, Corey Kiner has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Corey Kiner is not on the injury report.

Julius Chestnut is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 7

Through Week 6, Corey Kiner played 12 percent of NE snaps, took 17 percent of the carries, drew 1 percent of the targets and had 16 percent of the red zone chances.

Corey Kiner, Week 3 against JAX: 8 of 63 snaps, 6 carries for 18 yards, 1 target and 1 catch for 9 yards.

Corey Kiner, Week 4 against BUF: 2 of 76 snaps, 0 carries for 0 yards, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Corey Kiner, Week 5 against LV: 15 of 75 snaps, 6 carries for 52 yards, 1 target and 1 catch for 7 yards.

Corey Kiner, Week 6 against NYJ: 12 of 68 snaps, 11 carries for 57 yards, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Corey Kiner played 4 games for ARI and scored 9.3 PPR points, 2.3 a game, finishing RB112.

He ran 12 times for 58 yards and 0 touchdowns, and caught 2 of 3 targets for 15 yards.

He was on the field for 7 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

In 2025, Julius Chestnut played 17 games for TEN and scored 4.0 PPR points, 0.2 a game, finishing RB125.

He ran 11 times for 40 yards and 0 touchdowns, and caught 0 of 2 targets for 0 yards.

He was on the field for 4 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Julius Chestnut, Week 18 of 2025 against JAX: 0 carries for 0 yards, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Julius Chestnut, Week 17 of 2025 against NO: 0 carries for 0 yards, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Julius Chestnut, Week 16 of 2025 against KC: 2 of 73 snaps, 1 carry for 1 yards, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards, 0.1 PPR points.

Their other Week 7 calls

• Start Devin Singletary over Corey Kiner.
• Start Isaiah Davis over Corey Kiner.
• Start Jaylen Wright over Corey Kiner.
• Start Isaiah Davis over Julius Chestnut.
• Start Jaylen Wright over Julius Chestnut.
• Start Nicholas Singleton over Julius Chestnut.