Should I start Dameon Pierce or Keaton Mitchell in Week 8?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Dameon Pierce, and the board ranks him 85th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Keaton Mitchell, and the board ranks him 188th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Dameon Pierce is 3.2 PPR points a game off 1 market across 1 market source. That is 30 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 Keaton Mitchell is 1.4 PPR points a game off 1 market across 1 market source. That is 30 percent of what a running back's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

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

This season so far

Through Week 7, Dameon Pierce has been on the field for 80 percent of PHI snaps, taken 66 percent of the carries, drawn 10 percent of the targets and had 47 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 2 of the offence's 36 third down targets, had 4 of its 7 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 13 two minute targets.

His 11 targets have come 0.9 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 5 against JAX he carried 11 times for 14 yards, caught 2 of 5 targets for -2 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against CAR he carried 12 times for 35 yards, caught 4 of 5 targets for 15 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 7 against DAL he carried 14 times for 47 yards, caught 1 of 1 target for 1 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Through Week 6, Keaton Mitchell has been on the field for 32 percent of LAC snaps, taken 21 percent of the carries, drawn 9 percent of the targets and had 9 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 4 of the offence's 56 third down targets, had 1 of its 7 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 26 two minute targets.

His 15 targets have come 1.8 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 4 against SEA he carried 10 times for 39 yards, caught 5 of 6 targets for 24 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against DEN he carried 6 times for 11 yards, caught 3 of 4 targets for 18 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against KC he carried 2 times for 4 yards, caught 0 of 1 target for 0 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Dameon Pierce played 5 games and scored 3.6 PPR points, 0.7 a game, finishing RB128.

He carried 14 times for 36 yards and 0 touchdowns, and caught 0 of 1 target for 0 more yards.

That came to 2.8 carries a game at 2.6 yards a carry.

He was on the field for 8 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 Keaton Mitchell played 13 games and scored 55.4 PPR points, 4.3 a game, finishing RB67.

He carried 59 times for 341 yards and 1 touchdown, and caught 9 of 12 targets for 63 more yards.

That came to 4-5 carries a game at 5.8 yards a carry and 0.7 catches a game.

He was on the field for 17 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Keaton Mitchell was available for 8 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Keaton Mitchell scored 4.3 PPR points a game and Dameon Pierce 0.7, 3.5 a game between them.

Dameon Pierce finished RB128 that year and Keaton Mitchell RB67.

Keaton Mitchell had 45 more carries than Dameon Pierce, 59 to 14.

Keaton Mitchell had 9 more catches than Dameon Pierce, 9 to 0.

This season Dameon Pierce holds the bigger snap share, 80 percent against 32 percent.

This season Dameon Pierce holds the bigger share of the carries, 66 percent against 21 percent.

Byes and availability

Dameon Pierce is off in Week 10 and Keaton Mitchell in Week 7, so either can cover the other's bye.

Dameon Pierce is listed as questionable on the injury report.