Should I start Sione Vaki or Cam Skattebo in Week 9?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Sione Vaki, and the board ranks him 114th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Cam Skattebo, and the board ranks him 116th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Sione Vaki is 3.8 PPR points a game off 4 markets across 8 market sources. That is 90 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 Cam Skattebo is 3.7 PPR points a game off 1 market across 7 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 so far

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 7, Cam Skattebo has been on the field for 54 percent of NYG snaps, taken 50 percent of the carries, drawn 6 percent of the targets and had 23 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 3 of the offence's 61 third down targets, had 3 of its 13 chances inside the five and seen 4 of its 32 two minute targets.

His 13 targets have averaged 1.8 air yards.

In Week 5 against WAS he carried 13 times for 59 yards, caught 2 of 3 targets for 12 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against NO he carried 0 times for 0 yards and did not score.

In Week 7 against HOU he carried 17 times for 124 yards, caught 1 of 1 target for -3 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 Cam Skattebo played 8 games and scored 127.7 PPR points, 16.0 a game, finishing RB37.

He carried 101 times for 410 yards and 5 touchdowns, and caught 24 of 32 targets for 207 more yards.

That came to 12.6 carries a game at 4.1 yards a carry and 3.0 catches a game.

He was on the field for 54 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Sione Vaki was available for 3 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Cam Skattebo scored 16.0 PPR points a game and Sione Vaki 0.0, 15.9 a game between them.

Sione Vaki finished RB143 that year and Cam Skattebo RB37.

Cam Skattebo had 100 more carries than Sione Vaki, 101 to 1.

Cam Skattebo had 24 more catches than Sione Vaki, 24 to 0.

This season Cam Skattebo holds the bigger snap share, 54 percent against 24 percent.

This season Cam Skattebo holds the bigger share of the carries, 50 percent against 14 percent.

Byes and availability

Cam Skattebo is off in Week 8. No bye is listed for Sione Vaki.

Cam Skattebo is listed as questionable on the injury report.