Start Kenneth Walker III. Walker III is projected for 21.4 PPR points vs 18.7 for Brock Bowers, and faces the 15th-softest defense against RBs this week.
Updated Nov 7, 4:39 PM ET
| Kenneth Walker III RB · KC | Brock Bowers TE · LV | |
|---|---|---|
| Projection (Week 9, avg of sources) | 21.4 | 18.7 |
| Floor (lowest source) | 20.0 | 17.9 |
| Ceiling (highest source) | 23.0 | 20.2 |
| StatChasers projection | 20.5 (RB4) | 18.7 (TE1) |
| Opponent | vs NYJ | vs SF |
| Opponent vs. position | 15th-softest (21.8 pts/g allowed) | 10th-toughest (12.0 pts/g allowed) |
| Recent usage | 81% carry share (last 3) | 25% target share (last 3) |
| Position | RB | TE |
| Our call | START · Strong RB1 | START · Strong TE1 |
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Start Kenneth Walker III. Walker III projects for 21.4 PPR points vs NYJ, against 18.7 for Brock Bowers vs SF: a 2.7-point edge.
The projection is the average of every source that carries each player this week, and a player listed Out or Doubtful is never the start.
Kenneth Walker III is projected to score more: 21.4 PPR points to 18.7 for Brock Bowers.
The sources range from 20.0 to 23.0 for Walker III and from 17.9 to 20.2 for Bowers. The ranges overlap, so Bowers outscoring Walker III is a realistic result.
Kenneth Walker III is the safer start: even the most cautious projection source has Walker III at 20.0 PPR points, against 17.9 for Brock Bowers.
Start the higher floor when you are favored and only need to avoid a dud.
Kenneth Walker III has the higher ceiling: the most optimistic projection source has Walker III at 23.0 PPR points, against 20.2 for Brock Bowers.
Start the higher ceiling when you are the underdog and need points more than safety.
Kenneth Walker III plays NYJ and Brock Bowers plays SF in Week 9.
By fantasy points allowed to each position, Walker III faces the 15th-softest defense against RBs and Bowers faces the 10th-toughest defense against TEs, so Kenneth Walker III has the softer matchup.
Each projection already accounts for the opponent, so a soft matchup is a tiebreaker, not a reason to bench the higher projection.
Over his recent games Kenneth Walker III has drawn 81% of his team's carries, and Brock Bowers 25% of his team's targets.
These numbers are in PPR. Full PPR adds a point per catch, so it helps whichever player sees more targets, which here is Brock Bowers.
Switch between PPR, Half PPR and Standard on the board above to rescore both players from the same sources.
Neither Kenneth Walker III nor Brock Bowers has an injury designation for Week 9.
Designations change through the week, so check again before kickoff; this page updates with each refresh.
Each figure is the average of the projection sources that carry the player this week: StatChasers, Sleeper, ESPN, numberFire, FFToday and the betting markets (sportsbook player props). Kenneth Walker III is projected by 6 of them and Brock Bowers by 5.
A source with no number for a player is left out of the average rather than counted as a zero.