Waiver Season 2026 · week 8 · updated Oct 30

Start or sit Kenny Gainwell in week 8?

Sit him Sit Kenny Gainwell in week 8 if you have another option. Waiver projects 4.9 points against ATL, which makes him RB50 this week, outside the RB30 who start in a twelve-team league. A bad week for him looks like 0.7 points and a good one 14.5.

Questionable Listed as questionable (hip), so his chance of playing is 69%. The projection counts that chance; the floor and ceiling are for a game he plays.

Projected points
4.9
Floor
0.7
Ceiling
14.5
Rank this week
RB50
Opponent
ATL
Chance he plays
69%

Others at his position this week

PlayerRankOpponentProjectedFloor–ceilingCompare
Emmett JohnsonRB48DEN5.10.0–12.5Compare
George HolaniRB49CHI5.10.0–12.4Compare
Roschon JohnsonRB51SEA4.90.0–12.1Compare
Corey KinerRB52MIA4.80.0–11.8Compare

See his rest-of-season outlook · All start or sit calls for week 8

Projected points count his chance of playing. The floor and the ceiling are for a game he plays: he should score below the floor about one week in ten, and above the ceiling about one week in ten. Tested on single games in the 2024 and 2025 seasons. The line between starting and sitting is the RB30 in a twelve-team league; deeper leagues start more.