Start Kenny Gainwell or Seth McGowan? Week 6

Our Week 6 call

Start Kenny Gainwell over Seth McGowan in Week 6.

Market-based projections have Kenny Gainwell at 6.0 points and Seth McGowan at 3.3, a gap of 2.7. Seth McGowan'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.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 6.0 fantasy points for Kenny Gainwell, with 100 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.

The market-based projection for Kenny Gainwell is 10 rushing yards, 13 receiving yards and 2-3 receptions, with a 20% chance to score a touchdown (12, 7, 7 and 6 market sources).

Player markets imply 3.3 fantasy points for Seth McGowan, with 70 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.

The market-based projection for Seth McGowan is 14 rushing yards, with a 13% chance to score a touchdown (12 and 13 market sources).

That puts Kenny Gainwell 2.7 points ahead of Seth McGowan on the market projections.

Injury status

Kenny Gainwell is not on the injury report.

Seth McGowan is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 6

Through Week 5, Kenny Gainwell played 41 percent of TB snaps, took 13 percent of the carries, drew 11 percent of the targets and had 9 percent of the red zone chances.

Kenny Gainwell, Week 2 against CLE: 23 of 65 snaps, 2 carries for 10 yards, 4 targets and 3 catches for 5 yards.

Kenny Gainwell, Week 3 against MIN: 32 of 69 snaps, 3 carries for -4 yards, 5 targets and 2 catches for 14 yards.

Kenny Gainwell, Week 4 against GB: 27 of 64 snaps, 3 carries for 5 yards, 2 targets and 2 catches for 22 yards, 1 touchdown.

Kenny Gainwell, Week 5 against DAL: 26 of 72 snaps, 4 carries for 18 yards, 4 targets and 3 catches for 10 yards.

Through Week 5, Seth McGowan played 18 percent of IND snaps, took 13 percent of the carries, drew 2 percent of the targets and had 7 percent of the red zone chances.

Seth McGowan, Week 2 against KC: 4 of 65 snaps, 2 carries for 0 yards, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Seth McGowan, Week 3 against HOU: 11 of 71 snaps, 4 carries for 14 yards, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Seth McGowan, Week 4 against WAS: 19 of 66 snaps, 6 carries for 31 yards, 2 targets and 1 catch for 7 yards.

Seth McGowan, Week 5 against PIT: 19 of 71 snaps, 5 carries for 16 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.

Their other Week 6 calls

• Start Kenny Gainwell over AJ Dillon.
• Start Brian Robinson over Kenny Gainwell.
• Start Kenny Gainwell over Chris Rodriguez Jr..
• Start Seth McGowan over AJ Dillon.
• Start Chase Brown over Seth McGowan.
• Start Chris Rodriguez Jr. over Seth McGowan.