Start Kenneth Walker or Jeremiyah Love? Week 6

Our Week 6 call

Start Kenneth Walker over Jeremiyah Love in Week 6.

Market-based projections have Kenneth Walker at 22.1 points and Jeremiyah Love at 10.6, a gap of 11.5. 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. Drafters take Kenneth Walker at ADP 7 and Jeremiyah Love at 11. Market coverage on Kenneth Walker is 70 percent of what his position needs, so the market side of this carries proportionally less weight.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 10.6 fantasy points for Jeremiyah Love, with 100 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.

The market has Jeremiyah Love at 43.5 rushing yards and 1.5 receptions, with a 45% chance to score a touchdown (3, 3 and 6 market sources).

Player markets imply 22.1 fantasy points for Kenneth Walker, with 70 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.

The market has Kenneth Walker at 86.5 rushing yards, with a 61% chance to score a touchdown (9 and 12 market sources).

That puts Kenneth Walker 11.5 points ahead of Jeremiyah Love on the market projections.

Week 6 matchups

Jeremiyah Love and ARI visit LAR on Sunday at 4:05 PM ET.

LAR allowed 20.1 fantasy points a game to RBs this season over 5 games, the 15th fewest in the league.

Running backs ran for 88 yards and 0.4 touchdowns a game against LAR and caught passes for 43 more yards.

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.

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

Injury status

Jeremiyah Love is not on the injury report.

Kenneth Walker is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 6

Through Week 5, Jeremiyah Love played 50 percent of ARI snaps, took 56 percent of the carries, drew 7 percent of the targets and had 23 percent of the red zone chances.

Jeremiyah Love, Week 2 against SEA: 20 of 50 snaps, 9 carries for 29 yards, 3 targets and 3 catches for 16 yards.

Jeremiyah Love, Week 3 against SF: 56 of 87 snaps, 21 carries for 90 yards, 5 targets and 5 catches for 19 yards, 1 touchdown.

Jeremiyah Love, Week 4 against NYG: 30 of 66 snaps, 14 carries for 63 yards, 1 target and 1 catch for -8 yards.

Jeremiyah Love, Week 5 against DET: 36 of 73 snaps, 12 carries for 22 yards, 1 target and 0 catches for 0 yards.

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, 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 Ashton Jeanty over Jeremiyah Love.
• Start Bhayshul Tuten over Jeremiyah Love.
• Start Blake Corum over Jeremiyah Love.
• Start Kenneth Walker over Ashton Jeanty.
• Start Kenneth Walker over Bhayshul Tuten.
• Start Bijan Robinson over Kenneth Walker.