Sione Vaki or Drew Sample: who should I start in Week 5?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Sione Vaki: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 219th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Drew Sample: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 220th overall on the rest of his evidence.

What the player markets price

The market has Sione Vaki at 2.4 PPR points a game off 2 markets across 15 market sources. That is 70 percent of what a running back's price needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

The player markets price Drew Sample at 1.7 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 14 market sources. That is the 199th highest figure of the 213 players the market prices.

Sione Vaki's price is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season through Week 4

Through Week 4, Sione Vaki has been on the field for 23 percent of DET snaps, taken 9 percent of the carries, drawn 3 percent of the targets and had 2 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 1 of the offence's 36 third down targets, had 0 of its 13 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 20 two minute targets.

His 5 targets have averaged 1.6 air yards.

In Week 2 against BUF he carried 1 time for 7 yards, caught 1 of 1 target for 13 yards and did not score.

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.

Through Week 4, Drew Sample has been on the field for 49 percent of CIN snaps, drawn 3 percent of the targets and had 3 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 37 third down targets, had 0 of its 8 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 31 two minute targets.

His 5 targets have averaged 0.6 air yards.

In Week 2 against HOU he was not given the ball.

In Week 3 against PIT he caught 1 of 2 targets for 0 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against JAX he was not given the ball.

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 Drew Sample played 17 games and scored 31.9 PPR points, 1.9 a game, finishing TE64.

He caught 15 of 20 targets for 106 yards and 1 touchdown, with 1 red zone target.

That came to 1.2 targets a game, a 75 percent catch rate and 7.1 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 52 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Drew Sample was available for 6 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Drew Sample scored 1.9 PPR points a game and Sione Vaki 0.0, 1.8 a game between them.

Sione Vaki finished RB143 and Drew Sample TE64, which are two different ladders.

Sione Vaki is a running back and Drew Sample a tight end, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

What would change the answer

Sione Vaki is only part priced, so the market half of this page is whole for only one of them.