Start Saquon Barkley or Kenneth Walker? Week 2

Our Week 2 call

Start Kenneth Walker over Saquon Barkley in Week 2.

De-vigged player props project Kenneth Walker at 19.9 points and Saquon Barkley at 15.0, a gap of 4.9. Drafters take Kenneth Walker at ADP 8 and Saquon Barkley at 5.

What the books imply

Player prop markets imply 15.0 fantasy points for Saquon Barkley, with 100 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.

Player prop markets imply 19.9 fantasy points for Kenneth Walker, with 100 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.

That puts Kenneth Walker 4.9 points ahead of Saquon Barkley on the books.

Week 2 matchups

Saquon Barkley and PHI visit TEN on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

TEN allowed 23.8 fantasy points to RBs in its one game this season, the 15th most in the league.

Running backs ran for 142 yards and a touchdown against TEN and caught passes for 16 more yards.

Kenneth Walker and KC host IND on Sunday at 8:20 PM ET.

IND allowed 39.1 fantasy points to RBs in its one game this season, the 3rd most in the league.

Running backs ran for 162 yards and 3 touchdowns against IND and caught passes for 29 more yards.

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

Injury status

Saquon Barkley is not on the injury report.

Kenneth Walker is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 2

Through Week 1, Saquon Barkley played 71 percent of PHI snaps, took 65 percent of the carries, drew 9 percent of the targets and had 33 percent of the red zone chances.

Saquon Barkley, Week 1 against WAS: 39 of 55 snaps, 15 carries for 83 yards, 2 targets and 1 catch for -3 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Saquon Barkley played 16 games for PHI and scored 232.3 PPR points, 14.5 a game, finishing RB14.

He ran 280 times for 1140 yards and 7 touchdowns, and caught 37 of 50 targets for 273 yards.

He was on the field for 78 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Saquon Barkley, Week 17 of 2025 against BUF: 43 of 54 snaps, 19 carries for 68 yards, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards, 6.8 PPR points.

Saquon Barkley, Week 16 of 2025 against WAS: 54 of 70 snaps, 21 carries for 132 yards, 2 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards, 1 touchdown, 21.2 PPR points.

Their other Week 2 calls

• Start Saquon Barkley over Ashton Jeanty.
• Start Bijan Robinson over Saquon Barkley.
• Start Saquon Barkley over Chase Brown.
• Start Ashton Jeanty over Kenneth Walker.
• Start Kenneth Walker over Breece Hall.
• Start Kenneth Walker over Chase Brown.