Start Kenny Gainwell or Sione Vaki? Week 7

Our Week 7 call

Start Kenny Gainwell over Sione Vaki in Week 7.

Market-based projections have Kenny Gainwell at 5.3 points and Sione Vaki at 2.4, a gap of 3.0. No player market is posted for Kenny Gainwell this week yet, so his 5.3 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 4, 5 and 6 (4.3, 5.3 and 6.5); the call is rebuilt when his market posts. No player market is posted for Sione Vaki this week yet, so his 2.4 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 4 and 5 (2.4 and 2.3); the call is rebuilt when his market posts.

What the market projects

No Week 7 player market is posted for Kenny Gainwell yet. His market-based projections were 4.3, 5.3 and 6.5 points in Weeks 4, 5 and 6, an average of 5.3, which stands in until his Week 7 market posts.

No Week 7 player market is posted for Sione Vaki yet. His market-based projections were 2.4 and 2.3 points in Weeks 4 and 5, an average of 2.4, which stands in until his Week 7 market posts.

The market-based projection for Sione Vaki is 0.1 touchdowns (12 market sources).

That puts Kenny Gainwell 3.0 points ahead of Sione Vaki on these projections.

Week 7 matchups

Kenny Gainwell and TB visit CAR on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

CAR allowed 25.7 fantasy points a game to RBs this season over 5 games, the 5th most in the league.

Running backs ran for 103 yards and 1.2 touchdowns a game against CAR and caught passes for 34 more yards.

Sione Vaki and DET host GB on Sunday at 4:25 PM ET.

GB allowed 26.2 fantasy points a game to RBs this season over 6 games, the 3rd most in the league.

Running backs ran for 91 yards and 1-2 touchdowns a game against GB and caught passes for 34 more yards.

By points allowed to the position, Sione Vaki has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Kenny Gainwell is not on the injury report.

Sione Vaki is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 7

Through Week 6, Kenny Gainwell played 36 percent of TB snaps, took 12 percent of the carries, drew 9 percent of the targets and had 10 percent of the red zone chances.

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.

Kenny Gainwell, Week 6 against PIT: 11 of 74 snaps, 2 carries for 17 yards, 1 target and 1 catch for 7 yards.

Through Week 5, Sione Vaki played 26 percent of DET snaps, took 12 percent of the carries, drew 3 percent of the targets and had 1 percent of the red zone chances.

Sione Vaki, Week 2 against BUF: 11 of 65 snaps, 1 carry for 7 yards, 1 target and 1 catch for 13 yards.

Sione Vaki, Week 3 against NYJ: 20 of 65 snaps, 6 carries for 26 yards, 1 target and 1 catch for 11 yards.

Sione Vaki, Week 4 against CAR: 12 of 71 snaps, 0 carries for 0 yards, 2 targets and 1 catch for 17 yards.

Sione Vaki, Week 5 against ARI: 23 of 66 snaps, 6 carries for 11 yards, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 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.

In 2025, Sione Vaki played 11 games for DET and scored 0.4 PPR points, 0.0 a game, finishing RB143.

He ran 1 time for 4 yards and 0 touchdowns, and caught 0 of 0 targets for 0 yards.

He was on the field for 0 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 7 calls

• Start Kenny Gainwell over Alvin Kamara.
• Start Kenny Gainwell over Blake Corum.
• Start Kenny Gainwell over Brian Robinson.
• Start Isaiah Davis over Sione Vaki.
• Start Jaylen Wright over Sione Vaki.
• Start Justice Hill over Sione Vaki.