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Start Kenny Gainwell or Dylan Sampson? Week 9

Updated Nov 3, 3:46 AM ET.

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  • : Dylan Sampson: Listed Questionable (Knee) (Sleeper injury feed)
  • : Kenny Gainwell: Listed Questionable (Hip) (Sleeper injury feed)

Start Kenny Gainwell over Dylan Sampson

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Kenny Gainwell

RB · TB · at CHI

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
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Dylan Sampson

RB · CLE · at NO

Market projects
6.1
recent weeks avg
NO D vs RB
30.0
most to RBs (2026)
Snap share
46%
Through Week 8
Target share
15%
Through Week 8

Should I drop Dylan Sampson 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), Dylan Sampson 33 (4.1 a game over 8 games). For Week 9 the call starts Kenny Gainwell over Dylan Sampson.

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Our Week 9 call

Start Kenny Gainwell over Dylan Sampson in Week 9.

Market-based projections have Kenny Gainwell at 6.0 points and Dylan Sampson at 6.1, a gap of 0.1. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. Kenny Gainwell still gets the call because it also weighs where drafters take each player, ADP 95 against 187, and that outweighs a gap this size. 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 Dylan Sampson this week yet, so his 6.1 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 7 and 8 (5.9 and 6.4); the call is rebuilt when his market posts.

What the market projects

No Week 9 player market is posted for Dylan Sampson yet. His market-based projections were 5.9 and 6.4 points in Weeks 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 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.

That puts Dylan Sampson 0.1 points ahead of Kenny Gainwell on these projections.

Week 9 matchups

Dylan Sampson and CLE visit NO on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

NO allowed 30.0 fantasy points a game to RBs this season over 7 games, the most in the league.

Running backs ran for 120 yards and 1.6 touchdowns a game against NO and caught passes for 38 more yards.

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.

By points allowed to the position, Dylan Sampson has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Dylan Sampson is not on the injury report.

Kenny Gainwell is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 9

Through Week 8, Dylan Sampson played 46 percent of CLE snaps, took 16 percent of the carries, drew 15 percent of the targets and had 6 percent of the red zone chances.

Dylan Sampson, Week 7 against TEN: 32 of 70 snaps, 6 carries for 45 yards, 3 targets and 3 catches for 32 yards.

Dylan Sampson, Week 8 against PIT: 1 carry for 7 yards, 8 targets and 6 catches for 62 yards.

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.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Dylan Sampson played 15 games for CLE and scored 87.6 PPR points, 5.8 a game, finishing RB55.

He ran 65 times for 175 yards and 0 touchdowns, and caught 33 of 40 targets for 271 yards.

He was on the field for 25 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Dylan Sampson, Week 18 of 2025 against CIN: 10 carries for 32 yards, 3 targets and 2 catches for 12 yards, 6.4 PPR points.

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.

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 Dylan Sampson 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), Dylan Sampson 33 (4.1 a game over 8 games). For Week 9 the call starts Kenny Gainwell over Dylan Sampson.

  • Should I drop Kenny Gainwell for Dylan Sampson?

    No. Keep Kenny Gainwell: he projects 49 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (6.1 a game over 8 games), Dylan Sampson 33 (4.1 a game over 8 games). For Week 9 the call starts Kenny Gainwell over Dylan Sampson.

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