Start Tyler Badie or Corey Kiner? Week 6

Our Week 6 call

Start Tyler Badie over Corey Kiner in Week 6.

Market-based projections have Tyler Badie at 4.5 points and Corey Kiner at 4.1, a gap of 0.4. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. 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 Tyler Badie is 40 percent of what his position needs, so the market side of this carries proportionally less weight.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 4.5 fantasy points for Tyler Badie, with 40 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.

The market gives Tyler Badie a 9% chance to score a touchdown (12 market sources).

Player markets imply 4.1 fantasy points for Corey Kiner, with 70 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.

The market-based projection for Corey Kiner is 18 rushing yards, with a 14% chance to score a touchdown (8 and 13 market sources).

That puts Tyler Badie 0.4 points ahead of Corey Kiner on the market projections.

Injury status

Tyler Badie is listed as questionable with a thumb injury.

Corey Kiner is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 6

Through Week 5, Tyler Badie played 18 percent of DEN snaps, took 5 percent of the carries, drew 6 percent of the targets and had 6 percent of the red zone chances.

Tyler Badie, Week 2 against JAX: 16 of 62 snaps, 1 carry for 1 yards, 3 targets and 2 catches for 28 yards.

Tyler Badie, Week 3 against LAR: 12 of 67 snaps, 1 carry for 2 yards, 1 target and 1 catch for 12 yards.

Tyler Badie, Week 4 against SF: 12 of 65 snaps, 2 carries for 7 yards, 2 targets and 2 catches for 32 yards.

Tyler Badie, Week 5 against LAC: 7 of 62 snaps, 1 carry for 6 yards, 1 target and 1 catch for -5 yards.

Through Week 5, Corey Kiner played 11 percent of NE snaps, took 14 percent of the carries, drew 1 percent of the targets and had 8 percent of the red zone chances.

Corey Kiner, Week 2 against PIT: 4 of 55 snaps, 2 carries for 0 yards, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

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.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Tyler Badie played 16 games for DEN and scored 35.4 PPR points, 2.2 a game, finishing RB77.

He ran 8 times for 23 yards and 0 touchdowns, and caught 19 of 31 targets for 141 yards.

He was on the field for 18 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 6 calls

• Start Tyler Badie over Chris Rodriguez Jr..
• Start Tyler Badie over CJ Donaldson.
• Start Tyler Badie over Devin Singletary.
• Start Corey Kiner over AJ Dillon.
• Start Chris Rodriguez Jr. over Corey Kiner.
• Start Corey Kiner over CJ Donaldson.