Should I start Sione Vaki or Braelon Allen in Week 9?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Sione Vaki, and the board ranks him 93rd overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Braelon Allen, and the board ranks him 101st overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Sione Vaki is 4.4 PPR points a game off 2 markets across 8 market sources. That is 70 percent of what a running back's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

The market-based projection for Braelon Allen is 3.8 PPR points a game off 1 market across 3 market sources. That is 30 percent of what a running back's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

Sione Vaki's projection is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season through Week 8

Through Week 8, Sione Vaki has been on the field for 24 percent of DET snaps, taken 14 percent of the carries, drawn 2 percent of the targets and had 1 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 1 of the offence's 60 third down targets, had 0 of its 22 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 30 two minute targets.

His 6 targets have averaged 1.7 air yards.

In Week 5 against ARI he carried 6 times for 11 yards and did not score.

In Week 7 against GB he carried 1 time for 5 yards and did not score.

In Week 8 against MIN he carried 11 times for 65 yards, caught 1 of 1 target for 5 yards and did not score.

Through Week 8, Braelon Allen has been on the field for 66 percent of NYJ snaps, taken 56 percent of the carries, drawn 10 percent of the targets and had 32 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 4 of the offence's 61 third down targets, had 3 of its 14 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 34 two minute targets.

His 22 targets have come 0.1 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 6 against NE he carried 17 times for 78 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 26 yards and did not score.

In Week 7 against MIA he carried 17 times for 104 yards, caught 6 of 7 targets for 30 yards and did not score.

In Week 8 against LV he carried 21 times for 147 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 6 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Sione Vaki played 11 games and scored 0.4 PPR points, 0.0 a game, finishing RB143.

He carried 1 time for 4 yards and 0 touchdowns, and caught 0 of 0 targets for 0 more yards.

That came to 0.1 carries a game at 4.0 yards a carry.

He was on the field for 0 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 Braelon Allen played 4 games and scored 15.3 PPR points, 3.8 a game, finishing RB100.

He carried 18 times for 76 yards and 1 touchdown, and caught 2 of 3 targets for 17 more yards.

That came to 4-5 carries a game at 4.2 yards a carry and 0-1 catches a game.

He was on the field for 24 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Sione Vaki was available for 7 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Braelon Allen scored 3.8 PPR points a game and Sione Vaki 0.0, 3.8 a game between them.

Sione Vaki finished RB143 that year and Braelon Allen RB100.

Braelon Allen had 17 more carries than Sione Vaki, 18 to 1.

Braelon Allen had 2 more catches than Sione Vaki, 2 to 0.

This season Braelon Allen holds the bigger snap share, 66 percent against 24 percent.

This season Braelon Allen holds the bigger share of the carries, 56 percent against 14 percent.

Byes and availability

Braelon Allen is off in Week 13. No bye is listed for Sione Vaki.