Start Jahmyr Gibbs or Kenneth Walker? Week 10

Our Week 10 call

Start Jahmyr Gibbs over Kenneth Walker in Week 10.

Market-based projections have Jahmyr Gibbs at 23.6 points and Kenneth Walker at 18.4, a gap of 5.2. No player market is posted for Kenneth Walker this week yet, so his 18.4 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 7 and 8 (17.9 and 19.0); the call is rebuilt when his market posts. Drafters take Jahmyr Gibbs at ADP 1 and Kenneth Walker at 17.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 23.6 fantasy points for Jahmyr Gibbs, with 100 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.

The market-based projection for Jahmyr Gibbs is 99 rushing yards, 32 receiving yards, 4-5 receptions and 1 touchdown (14, 13, 10 and 12 market sources).

No Week 10 player market is posted for Kenneth Walker yet. His market-based projections were 17.9 and 19.0 points in Weeks 7 and 8, an average of 18.5, which stands in until his Week 10 market posts.

That puts Jahmyr Gibbs 5.2 points ahead of Kenneth Walker on these projections.

Week 10 matchups

Jahmyr Gibbs and DET host NE on Sunday at 9:30 AM ET.

NE allowed 19.0 fantasy points a game to RBs this season over 8 games, the 6th fewest in the league.

Running backs ran for 82 yards and 0.6 touchdowns a game against NE and caught passes for 31 more yards.

Kenneth Walker and KC visit ATL on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

ATL allowed 25.9 fantasy points a game to RBs this season over 8 games, the 5th most in the league.

Running backs ran for 110 yards and a touchdown a game against ATL and caught passes for 34 more yards.

By points allowed to the position, Kenneth Walker has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Jahmyr Gibbs is not on the injury report.

Kenneth Walker is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 10

Through Week 9, Jahmyr Gibbs played 77 percent of DET snaps, took 79 percent of the carries, drew 17 percent of the targets and had 52 percent of the red zone chances.

Jahmyr Gibbs, Week 5 against ARI: 46 of 66 snaps, 25 carries for 151 yards, 6 targets and 5 catches for 56 yards, 2 touchdowns.

Jahmyr Gibbs, Week 7 against GB: 61 of 68 snaps, 29 carries for 116 yards, 6 targets and 5 catches for 27 yards.

Jahmyr Gibbs, Week 8 against MIN: 55 of 72 snaps, 23 carries for 153 yards, 4 targets and 2 catches for 15 yards, 1 touchdown.

Jahmyr Gibbs, Week 9 against MIA: 40 of 59 snaps, 20 carries for 74 yards, 1 target and 0 catches for 0 yards, 1 touchdown.

Through Week 6, Kenneth Walker played 75 percent of KC snaps, took 76 percent of the carries, drew 15 percent of the targets and had 58 percent of the red zone chances.

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.

Kenneth Walker, Week 6 against LAC: 45 of 61 snaps, 19 carries for 128 yards, 3 targets and 2 catches for 11 yards, 2 touchdowns.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Jahmyr Gibbs played 17 games for DET and scored 366.9 PPR points, 21.6 a game, finishing RB3.

He ran 243 times for 1223 yards and 13 touchdowns, and caught 77 of 94 targets for 616 yards.

He was on the field for 67 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 10 calls

• Start Jahmyr Gibbs over Bijan Robinson.
• Start Jahmyr Gibbs over Chase Brown.
• Start Jahmyr Gibbs over Christian McCaffrey.
• Start Kenneth Walker over Ashton Jeanty.
• Start Bijan Robinson over Kenneth Walker.
• Start Kenneth Walker over Chase Brown.