Ron Stewart on Kenneth Gainwell

VideoThe ONLY RB Rankings You Can Trust for 2026 Fantasy Football (Top 40)June 8, 2026

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Kenneth Gainwell. This is a guy I've been pushing way up. I want to say he was in like my RB, he was probably outside of this list up until a week or two ago.

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STACKED’s take

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Kenneth Gainwell has been pushed up the rankings after receiving real money ($9.88M in guarantees) from Tampa Bay, the most among Buccaneers RBs after Kenneth Walker and Travis Etienne, and is ranked RB34 in an H-tier despite strong 2024 production.

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