Should I start Corey Kiner or Jordan Mason in Week 7?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Corey Kiner, and the board ranks him 141st overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Jordan Mason, and the board ranks him 143rd overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Corey Kiner is 3.1 PPR points a game off 2 markets across 13 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 Jordan Mason is 3.0 PPR points a game off 1 market across 4 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.

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

This season so far

Through Week 6, Corey Kiner has been on the field for 12 percent of NE snaps, taken 17 percent of the carries, drawn 1 percent of the targets and had 16 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 51 third down targets, had 0 of its 10 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 25 two minute targets.

His 2 targets have come 4.0 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 4 against BUF he carried 0 times for 0 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against LV he carried 6 times for 52 yards, caught 1 of 1 target for 7 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against NYJ he carried 11 times for 57 yards and did not score.

Through Week 1, Jordan Mason has been on the field for 45 percent of MIN snaps, taken 48 percent of the carries, drawn 0 percent of the targets and had 31 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 10 third down targets and had 1 of its 2 chances inside the five.

In Week 1 against GB he carried 15 times for 59 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Corey Kiner played 4 games and scored 9.3 PPR points, 2.3 a game, finishing RB112.

He carried 12 times for 58 yards and 0 touchdowns, and caught 2 of 3 targets for 15 more yards.

That came to 3.0 carries a game at 4.8 yards a carry and 0-1 catches a game.

He was on the field for 7 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 Jordan Mason played 16 games and scored 128.9 PPR points, 8.1 a game, finishing RB36.

He carried 159 times for 758 yards and 6 touchdowns, and caught 14 of 16 targets for 51 more yards.

That came to 9.9 carries a game at 4.8 yards a carry and 0.9 catches a game.

He was on the field for 44 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Jordan Mason was available for 12 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Jordan Mason scored 8.1 PPR points a game and Corey Kiner 2.3, 5.7 a game between them.

Corey Kiner finished RB112 that year and Jordan Mason RB36.

Jordan Mason had 147 more carries than Corey Kiner, 159 to 12.

Jordan Mason had 12 more catches than Corey Kiner, 14 to 2.

This season Jordan Mason holds the bigger snap share, 45 percent against 12 percent.

This season Jordan Mason holds the bigger share of the carries, 48 percent against 17 percent.

Byes and availability

Corey Kiner is off in Week 11 and Jordan Mason in Week 6, so either can cover the other's bye.

Jordan Mason is listed as ir on the injury report.