Start Kenneth Walker or Kyren Williams? Week 1
Locks at kickoff, graded after.
Start Kenneth Walker over Kyren Williams
Right: 34.1 to 15.5- Books imply
- 6.2
- fantasy pts
- DEN D vs RB
- 42.9
- 2nd most to RBs (2026)
- Scored
- 34.1
- PPR pts
- SF D vs RB
- 24.3
- 14th most to RBs (2026)
- Snap share
- 64%
- Week 1
- Target share
- 11%
- Week 1
- Scored
- 15.5
- PPR pts
Our Week 1 call
Start Kenneth Walker over Kyren Williams in Week 1.
Kenneth Walker is priced by the books at 6.2 projected points. Kyren Williams has no player market posted for this week, so his side of this call rests on consensus ADP and the news wire only. Drafters take Kenneth Walker at ADP 23 and Kyren Williams at 31. Market coverage on Kenneth Walker is 40 percent of what his position needs, so the market side of this carries proportionally less weight.
What the books imply
Player prop markets imply 6.2 fantasy points for Kenneth Walker, with 40 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.
No sportsbook posted a player market for Kyren Williams in Week 1.
Week 1 matchups
Kenneth Walker and KC host DEN on Monday at 8:15 PM ET.
DEN allowed 42.9 fantasy points to RBs in its one game this season, the 2nd most in the league.
Running backs ran for 197 yards and a touchdown against DEN and caught passes for 62 more yards.
Kyren Williams and LAR host SF.
SF allowed 24.3 fantasy points to RBs in its one game this season, the 14th most in the league.
Running backs ran for 114 yards and a touchdown against SF and caught passes for 29 more yards.
By points allowed to the position, Kenneth Walker has the softer matchup.
Injury status
Kenneth Walker was not on the injury report when the call was made.
Kyren Williams was not on the injury report when the call was made.
Their 2025 seasons
In 2025, Kyren Williams played 17 games for LAR and scored 263.3 PPR points, 15.5 a game, finishing RB9.
He ran 259 times for 1252 yards and 10 touchdowns, and caught 36 of 50 targets for 281 yards.
He was on the field for 68 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.
Kyren Williams, Week 18 of 2025 against ARI: 12 carries for 60 yards, 5 targets and 3 catches for 21 yards, 11.1 PPR points.
Kyren Williams, Week 17 of 2025 against ATL: 46 of 65 snaps, 13 carries for 92 yards, 3 targets and 3 catches for 38 yards, 16.0 PPR points.
Kyren Williams, Week 16 of 2025 against SEA: 65 of 92 snaps, 23 carries for 70 yards, 6 targets and 3 catches for 15 yards, 11.5 PPR points.
How Week 1 went
Kenneth Walker scored 34.1 PPR points and Kyren Williams scored 15.5.
The call was right: Kenneth Walker outscored Kyren Williams by 18.6.
Kenneth Walker finished 27.9 points above the 6.2 the props implied.
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, 34.1 PPR points.
Kenneth Walker finished as the week's RB2 in PPR scoring.
Kyren Williams, Week 1 against SF: 39 of 61 snaps, 11 carries for 41 yards, 3 targets and 3 catches for 24 yards, 1 touchdown, 15.5 PPR points.
Kyren Williams finished as the week's RB15 in PPR scoring.
Their other Week 1 calls
On the draft board
Ranked ahead
RB7 · KC · bye 5
2025 vs rush yds line 8-9
- Overall rank
- 15
- Draft pick
- no consensus
- Tier
- 4
Ranked behind
RB33 · LAR · bye 11
2025 vs rush yds line 10-7
- Overall rank
- 78
- Draft pick
- no consensus
- Tier
- 6
The board cards are draft figures, not the week's call. Locks at kickoff, graded after. When the start/sit engine grades week 1, the call and the result appear on the public record, wrong ones included.
The gap between them
- Spots apart on the board63
- Pick differencenot comparable without a consensus on both
- Tierstier 4 and tier 6
- Board size244 draftable players
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