Start Kenneth Walker or Emanuel Wilson? Week 6

Our Week 6 call

Start Emanuel Wilson over Kenneth Walker in Week 6.

Market-based projections have Emanuel Wilson at 12.9 points and Kenneth Walker at 22.3, a gap of 9.4. Kenneth Walker's number is scaled up from a partial market: not every stat the position needs is posted yet, so the rest is estimated from what is.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 12.9 fantasy points for Emanuel Wilson, with 100 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.

The market-based projection for Emanuel Wilson is 67 rushing yards, 10 receiving yards and 1-2 receptions, with a 46% chance to score a touchdown (13, 13, 13 and 12 market sources).

Player markets imply 22.3 fantasy points for Kenneth Walker, with 70 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.

The market-based projection for Kenneth Walker is 88 rushing yards, with a 62% chance to score a touchdown (12 and 13 market sources).

That puts Kenneth Walker 9.4 points ahead of Emanuel Wilson on the market projections.

Week 6 matchups

Kenneth Walker and KC host LAC on Sunday at 4:25 PM ET.

LAC allowed 21.7 fantasy points a game to RBs this season over 5 games, the 13th most in the league.

Running backs ran for 99 yards and 0.8 touchdowns a game against LAC and caught passes for 25 more yards.

Injury status

Emanuel Wilson is not on the injury report.

Kenneth Walker is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 6

Through Week 5, Emanuel Wilson played 42 percent of SEA snaps, took 54 percent of the carries, drew 5 percent of the targets and had 31 percent of the red zone chances.

Emanuel Wilson, Week 2 against ARI: 29 of 70 snaps, 21 carries for 92 yards, 1 target and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Emanuel Wilson, Week 3 against WAS: 24 of 67 snaps, 9 carries for 14 yards, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Emanuel Wilson, Week 4 against LAC: 36 of 60 snaps, 21 carries for 81 yards, 4 targets and 3 catches for 39 yards, 2 touchdowns.

Emanuel Wilson, Week 5 against SF: 37 of 63 snaps, 20 carries for 61 yards, 2 targets and 2 catches for 11 yards, 1 touchdown.

Through Week 4, Kenneth Walker played 75 percent of KC snaps, took 76 percent of the carries, drew 16 percent of the targets and had 56 percent of the red zone chances.

Kenneth Walker, Week 1 against DEN: 47 of 69 snaps, 23 carries for 173 yards, 6 targets and 3 catches for 18 yards, 2 touchdowns.

Kenneth Walker, Week 2 against IND: 66 of 80 snaps, 24 carries for 117 yards, 10 targets and 6 catches for 61 yards.

Kenneth Walker, Week 3 against MIA: 38 of 52 snaps, 18 carries for 70 yards, 2 targets and 2 catches for 3 yards, 2 touchdowns.

Kenneth Walker, Week 4 against LV: 45 of 60 snaps, 22 carries for 177 yards, 1 target and 1 catch for 2 yards, 2 touchdowns.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Emanuel Wilson played 17 games for GB and scored 94.5 PPR points, 5.6 a game, finishing RB49.

He ran 125 times for 496 yards and 3 touchdowns, and caught 15 of 17 targets for 99 yards.

He was on the field for 30 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

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.

Their other Week 6 calls

• Start Emanuel Wilson over Ashton Jeanty.
• Start Emanuel Wilson over Bhayshul Tuten.
• Start Bijan Robinson over Emanuel Wilson.
• Start Kenneth Walker over Ashton Jeanty.
• Start Bhayshul Tuten over Kenneth Walker.
• Start Bijan Robinson over Kenneth Walker.