Should I start Dameon Pierce or Pierre Strong Jr. in Week 8?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Dameon Pierce, and the board ranks him 71st overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Pierre Strong Jr., and the board ranks him 189th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

No season market is posted for Dameon Pierce, so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.

The market has Pierre Strong Jr. at 0.5 PPR points a game off 1 market across 12 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.

This season through Week 6

Through Week 6, Dameon Pierce has been on the field for 87 percent of PHI snaps, taken 74 percent of the carries, drawn 12 percent of the targets and had 43 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 2 of the offence's 25 third down targets, had 2 of its 4 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 5 two minute targets.

His 10 targets have come 0.4 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.

Through Week 6, Pierre Strong Jr. has been on the field for 49 percent of GB snaps, taken 33 percent of the carries, drawn 14 percent of the targets and had 30 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 4 of the offence's 23 third down targets, had 1 of its 4 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 9 two minute targets.

His 10 targets have come 0.7 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 5 against CHI he carried 5 times for 7 yards, caught 3 of 4 targets for 11 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against DAL he carried 11 times for 28 yards, caught 5 of 6 targets for 39 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.

The season feed carries no line for Pierre Strong Jr. in the last completed season.

Head to head

This season Dameon Pierce holds the bigger snap share, 87 percent against 49 percent.

This season Dameon Pierce holds the bigger share of the carries, 74 percent against 33 percent.

Byes and availability

Dameon Pierce is off in Week 10 and Pierre Strong Jr. in Week 11, so either can cover the other's bye.