Start Kenny Gainwell or Travis Homer? Week 6

Our Week 6 call

Start Kenny Gainwell over Travis Homer in Week 6.

Market-based projections have Kenny Gainwell at 6.0 points and Travis Homer at 1.1, a gap of 4.9. No player market is posted for Travis Homer this week yet, so his 1.1 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 3 and 4 (1.1 and 1.1); the call is rebuilt when his market posts.

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).

No Week 6 player market is posted for Travis Homer yet. His market-based projections were 1.1 and 1.1 points in Weeks 3 and 4, an average of 1.1, which stands in until his Week 6 market posts.

The market gives Travis Homer a 6% chance to score a touchdown (5 market sources).

That puts Kenny Gainwell 4.9 points ahead of Travis Homer on these projections.

Injury status

Kenny Gainwell is not on the injury report.

Travis Homer 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 4, Travis Homer played 3 percent of PIT snaps, took 8 percent of the carries, drew 0 percent of the targets and had 16 percent of the red zone chances.

Travis Homer, Week 2 against NE: 2 of 70 snaps, 2 carries for 16 yards, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Travis Homer, Week 3 against CIN: 3 of 62 snaps, 1 carry for 0 yards, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Travis Homer, Week 4 against CLE: 2 of 72 snaps, 2 carries for -1 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, Travis Homer played 10 games for CHI and scored -0.2 PPR points, 0.0 a game.

He ran 1 time for -2 yards and 0 touchdowns, and caught 0 of 0 targets for 0 yards.

He was on the field for 1 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 AJ Dillon over Travis Homer.
• Start Chris Rodriguez Jr. over Travis Homer.
• Start Devin Singletary over Travis Homer.