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Should I start Corey Kiner or Sione Vaki in Week 7?

Updated Oct 22, 3:06 AM ET.

Week 7 verdict

Start

RB · NE · at CHI

Market projects
3.5
fantasy pts
CHI D vs RB
17.0
4th fewest to RBs (2026)
Upside
Limited
33 of 100 at RB
Snap share
12%
Through Week 6
Target share
1%
Through Week 6
Sit

RB · DET · vs GB

Market projects
2.5
fantasy pts
GB D vs RB
26.2
3rd most to RBs (2026)
Upside
Moderate
48 of 100 at RB
Snap share
26%
Through Week 5
Target share
3%
Through Week 5
Start Kiner or Vaki? The full Week 7 breakdown

Start Corey Kiner over Sione Vaki in Week 7: 3.5 to 2.5 projected PPR points.

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Neither man carries a season projection right now, so this is their usage this season and their last full season's numbers, side by side.

RB43 · NE · bye 11

2026 vs anytime td line 0-5

Overall rank
133

RB48 · DET · bye unlisted

2026 vs anytime td line 0-5

Overall rank
147

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The gap

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Draft data is not current for these two, so the figures that depend on it are left out. The call above comes from each player's usage.

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Corey Kiner, and the board ranks him 133rd overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Sione Vaki, and the board ranks him 147th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Corey Kiner is 3.5 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 Sione Vaki is 2.5 PPR points a game off 2 markets across 12 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.

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 5, Sione Vaki has been on the field for 26 percent of DET snaps, taken 12 percent of the carries, drawn 3 percent of the targets and had 1 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 1 of the offence's 45 third down targets, had 0 of its 21 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 21 two minute targets.

His 5 targets have averaged 1.6 air yards.

In Week 3 against NYJ he carried 6 times for 26 yards, caught 1 of 1 target for 11 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against CAR he carried 0 times for 0 yards, caught 1 of 2 targets for 17 yards and did not score.

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

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 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.

Sione Vaki was available for 7 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Corey Kiner scored 2.3 PPR points a game and Sione Vaki 0.0, 2.3 a game between them.

Corey Kiner finished RB112 that year and Sione Vaki RB143.

Corey Kiner had 11 more carries than Sione Vaki, 12 to 1.

Corey Kiner had 2 more catches than Sione Vaki, 2 to 0.

This season Sione Vaki holds the bigger snap share, 26 percent against 12 percent.

This season Corey Kiner holds the bigger share of the carries, 17 percent against 12 percent.

Byes and availability

Corey Kiner is off in Week 11. No bye is listed for Sione Vaki.

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