Start Kenny Gainwell or Corey Kiner? Week 9
Updated Nov 3, 5:01 AM ET. Locks at kickoff, graded after. Week 10 answer posts Tuesday.
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Start Kenny Gainwell over Corey Kiner
- Market projects
- 6.0
- recent weeks avg
- CHI D vs RB
- 18.6
- 6th fewest to RBs (2026)
- Snap share
- 35%
- Through Week 8
- Target share
- 9%
- Through Week 8
- Market projects
- 4.4
- recent weeks avg
- GB D vs RB
- 25.0
- 6th most to RBs (2026)
- Snap share
- 12%
- Through Week 8
- Target share
- 1%
- Through Week 8
Should I drop Corey Kiner for Kenny Gainwell?
Yes, on the rest of the season. Kenny Gainwell projects 49 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (6.1 a game over 8 games), Corey Kiner 22 (2.7 a game over 8 games). For Week 9 the call starts Kenny Gainwell over Corey Kiner.
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Our Week 9 call
Start Kenny Gainwell over Corey Kiner in Week 9.
Market-based projections have Kenny Gainwell at 6.0 points and Corey Kiner at 4.4, a gap of 1.7. No player market is posted for Kenny Gainwell this week yet, so his 6.0 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 6, 7 and 8 (6.5, 6.2 and 5.5); the call is rebuilt when his market posts. No player market is posted for Corey Kiner this week yet, so his 4.4 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 6, 7 and 8 (3.2, 3.3 and 6.6); the call is rebuilt when his market posts.
What the market projects
No Week 9 player market is posted for Kenny Gainwell yet. His market-based projections were 6.5, 6.2 and 5.6 points in Weeks 6, 7 and 8, an average of 6.1, which stands in until his Week 9 market posts.
No Week 9 player market is posted for Corey Kiner yet. His market-based projections were 3.2, 3.3 and 6.6 points in Weeks 6, 7 and 8, an average of 4.4, which stands in until his Week 9 market posts.
The market-based projection for Corey Kiner is 0.3 touchdowns (6 market sources).
That puts Kenny Gainwell 1.7 points ahead of Corey Kiner on these projections.
Week 9 matchups
Kenny Gainwell and TB visit CHI on Sunday at 8:20 PM ET.
CHI allowed 18.6 fantasy points a game to RBs this season over 7 games, the 6th fewest in the league.
Running backs ran for 74 yards and 0.4 touchdowns a game against CHI and caught passes for 35 more yards.
Corey Kiner and NE host GB on Sunday at 4:25 PM ET.
GB allowed 25.0 fantasy points a game to RBs this season over 7 games, the 6th most in the league.
Running backs ran for 95 yards and 1.3 touchdowns a game against GB and caught passes for 33 more yards.
By points allowed to the position, Corey Kiner has the softer matchup.
Injury status
Kenny Gainwell is not on the injury report.
Corey Kiner is not on the injury report.
Usage before Week 9
Through Week 8, Kenny Gainwell played 35 percent of TB snaps, took 22 percent of the carries, drew 9 percent of the targets and had 8 percent of the red zone chances.
Kenny Gainwell, Week 5 against DAL: 26 of 72 snaps, 4 carries for 18 yards, 4 targets and 3 catches for 10 yards.
Kenny Gainwell, Week 6 against PIT: 11 of 74 snaps, 2 carries for 17 yards, 1 target and 1 catch for 7 yards.
Kenny Gainwell, Week 7 against CAR: 19 of 63 snaps, 14 carries for 88 yards, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.
Kenny Gainwell, Week 8 against ATL: 25 carries for 140 yards, 1 target and 0 catches for 0 yards.
Through Week 8, Corey Kiner played 12 percent of NE snaps, took 18 percent of the carries, drew 1 percent of the targets and had 14 percent of the red zone chances.
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.
Corey Kiner, Week 7 against CHI: 6 of 54 snaps, 4 carries for 13 yards, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.
Corey Kiner, Week 8 against MIA: 7 carries for 38 yards, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.
Their 2025 seasons
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.
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.
Their other Week 9 calls
Locks at kickoff, graded after. When the start/sit engine grades week 9, the call and the result appear on the public record, wrong ones included.
Drop or keep
Should I drop Corey Kiner for Kenny Gainwell?
Yes, on the rest of the season. Kenny Gainwell projects 49 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (6.1 a game over 8 games), Corey Kiner 22 (2.7 a game over 8 games). For Week 9 the call starts Kenny Gainwell over Corey Kiner.
Should I drop Kenny Gainwell for Corey Kiner?
No. Keep Kenny Gainwell: he projects 49 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (6.1 a game over 8 games), Corey Kiner 22 (2.7 a game over 8 games). For Week 9 the call starts Kenny Gainwell over Corey Kiner.
Week 8 on the board
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