Start Jonathon Brooks or Kenny Gainwell? Week 2
Locks at kickoff, graded after.
Start Jonathon Brooks over Kenny Gainwell
- ATL D vs RB
- 14.4
- 9th fewest to RBs (2026)
- Snap share
- 19%
- Through Week 1
- Target share
- 6%
- Through Week 1
- CLE D vs RB
- 16.3
- 11th fewest to RBs (2026)
- Snap share
- 46%
- Through Week 1
- Target share
- 4%
- Through Week 1
Our Week 2 call
Start Jonathon Brooks over Kenny Gainwell in Week 2.
Neither player has a posted player market for this week, so this call is ADP and news based rather than priced against the betting market. Drafters take Jonathon Brooks at ADP 95 and Kenny Gainwell at 100.
What the books imply
No sportsbook posted a player market for Jonathon Brooks in Week 2.
No sportsbook posted a player market for Kenny Gainwell in Week 2.
Week 2 matchups
Jonathon Brooks and CAR visit ATL on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.
ATL allowed 14.4 fantasy points to RBs in its one game this season, the 9th fewest in the league.
Running backs ran for 61 yards and no touchdowns against ATL and caught passes for 33 more yards.
Kenny Gainwell and TB host CLE.
CLE allowed 16.3 fantasy points to RBs in its one game this season, the 11th fewest in the league.
Running backs ran for 121 yards and no touchdowns against CLE and caught passes for 22 more yards.
By points allowed to the position, Kenny Gainwell has the softer matchup.
Injury status
Jonathon Brooks is not on the injury report.
Kenny Gainwell is not on the injury report.
Usage before Week 2
Through Week 1, Jonathon Brooks played 19 percent of CAR snaps, took 18 percent of the carries, drew 6 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.
Jonathon Brooks, Week 1 against CHI: 13 of 68 snaps, 4 carries for 14 yards, 2 targets and 1 catch for 48 yards.
Through Week 1, Kenny Gainwell played 46 percent of TB snaps, took 26 percent of the carries, drew 4 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.
Kenny Gainwell, Week 1 against CIN: 26 of 57 snaps, 5 carries for 15 yards, 1 target and 1 catch for 3 yards.
Their 2025 seasons
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.
Kenny Gainwell, Week 18 of 2025 against BAL: 5 carries for 10 yards, 9 targets and 8 catches for 64 yards, 1 touchdown, 21.4 PPR points.
Kenny Gainwell, Week 17 of 2025 against CLE: 45 of 66 snaps, 7 carries for 26 yards, 4 targets and 3 catches for 12 yards, 6.8 PPR points.
Their other Week 2 calls
On the draft board
Ranked ahead
RB40 · CAR · bye 5
- Overall rank
- 160
- Draft pick
- no consensus
- Tier
- 10
Ranked behind
RB51 · TB · bye 10
2025 vs catches line 10-7
- Overall rank
- 196
- Draft pick
- no consensus
- Tier
- 11
The board cards are draft figures, not the week's call. Locks at kickoff, graded after. When the start/sit engine grades week 2, the call and the result appear on the public record, wrong ones included.
The gap between them
- Spots apart on the board36
- Pick differencenot comparable without a consensus on both
- Tierstier 10 and tier 11
- Board size244 draftable players
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