Start Travis Etienne Jr. or Kyren Williams? Week 2
Locks at kickoff, graded after.
Start Kyren Williams over Travis Etienne Jr.
- Books imply
- 12.8
- fantasy pts
- NYG D vs RB
- 24.9
- 13th most to RBs (2026)
- Snap share
- 64%
- Through Week 1
- Target share
- 11%
- Through Week 1
- Books imply
- 11.9
- fantasy pts
- BAL D vs RB
- 26.1
- 11th most to RBs (2026)
Our Week 2 call
Start Kyren Williams over Travis Etienne Jr. in Week 2.
De-vigged player props project Kyren Williams at 12.8 points and Travis Etienne Jr. at 11.9, a gap of 0.8. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. Drafters take Kyren Williams at ADP 32 and Travis Etienne Jr. at 39.
What the books imply
Player prop markets imply 12.8 fantasy points for Kyren Williams, with 80 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.
Player prop markets imply 11.9 fantasy points for Travis Etienne Jr., with 100 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.
That puts Kyren Williams 0.8 points ahead of Travis Etienne Jr. on the books.
Week 2 matchups
Kyren Williams and LAR host NYG on Monday at 8:15 PM ET.
NYG allowed 24.9 fantasy points to RBs in its one game this season, the 13th most in the league.
Running backs ran for 55 yards and a touchdown against NYG and caught passes for 31 more yards.
Travis Etienne Jr. and NO visit BAL on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.
BAL allowed 26.1 fantasy points to RBs in its one game this season, the 11th most in the league.
Running backs ran for 98 yards and 2 touchdowns against BAL and caught passes for 23 more yards.
By points allowed to the position, Travis Etienne Jr. has the softer matchup.
Injury status
Kyren Williams is not on the injury report.
Travis Etienne Jr. is not on the injury report.
Usage before Week 2
Through Week 1, Kyren Williams played 64 percent of LAR snaps, took 39 percent of the carries, drew 11 percent of the targets and had 44 percent of the red zone chances.
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.
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.
Their other Week 2 calls
On the draft board
Ranked ahead
RB13 · NO · bye 8
2025 vs rush yds line 9-8
- Overall rank
- 34
- 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 2, the call and the result appear on the public record, wrong ones included.
The gap between them
- Spots apart on the board44
- Pick differencenot comparable without a consensus on both
- Tierstier 4 and tier 6
- Board size244 draftable players
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