Should I start Dylan Sampson or Kimani Vidal in Week 9?
Updated Nov 3, 6:16 AM ET. Week 10 answers post Tuesday.
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Week 9 verdict
Start Dylan Sampson over Kimani Vidal
- Market projects
- 6.1
- recent weeks avg
- NO D vs RB
- 30.0
- most to RBs (2026)
- Snap share
- 46%
- Through Week 8
- Target share
- 15%
- Through Week 8
- Market projects
- 5.5
- recent weeks avg
- HOU D vs RB
- 22.3
- 12th most to RBs (2026)
- Snap share
- 27%
- Through Week 8
- Target share
- 7%
- Through Week 8
Start Dylan Sampson: 46 percent of the snaps and 21 percent of the carries over their last 3 games, against Kimani Vidal's 38 percent of the snaps and 23 percent of the carries. No market projection is posted on either of them this week, so this is a usage call, and a lower confidence one than a call made on a projection. What follows is what each of them has done.
Should I drop Dylan Sampson for Kimani Vidal?
Yes, on the rest of the season. Kimani Vidal projects 39 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (4.3 a game over 9 games), Dylan Sampson 33 (4.1 a game over 8 games). For Week 9 the call starts Dylan Sampson over Kimani Vidal. So make the move after his Week 9 game.
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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.
RB47 · CLE · bye 11
2025 vs anytime td line 2-13
- Market-based projection
- 6.4 pts a game Wk 8 price
- Overall rank
- 192
RB48 · LAC · bye 7
2026 vs anytime td line 2-5
- Market-based projection
- 5.8 pts a game Wk 8 price
- Overall rank
- 194
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The gap
- Board size297 draftable players
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 Dylan Sampson, and the board ranks him 192nd overall on the rest of his evidence.
Live drafts hold no current pick on Kimani Vidal, and the board ranks him 194th overall on the rest of his evidence.
The market-based projections
The market-based projection for Dylan Sampson is 1.7 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 Kimani Vidal 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.
Dylan Sampson's projection is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.
This season through Week 8
Through Week 8, Dylan Sampson has been on the field for 46 percent of CLE snaps, taken 16 percent of the carries, drawn 15 percent of the targets and had 6 percent of the red zone chances.
He has taken 2 of the offence's 18 third down targets, had 0 of its 6 chances inside the five and seen 5 of its 19 two minute targets.
His 11 targets have come 0.3 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.
In Week 7 against TEN he carried 6 times for 45 yards, caught 3 of 3 targets for 32 yards and did not score.
In Week 8 against PIT he carried 1 time for 7 yards, caught 6 of 8 targets for 62 yards and did not score.
Through Week 8, Kimani Vidal has been on the field for 27 percent of LAC snaps, taken 15 percent of the carries, drawn 7 percent of the targets and had 8 percent of the red zone chances.
He has taken 3 of the offence's 68 third down targets, had 0 of its 7 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 28 two minute targets.
His 14 targets have averaged 0.0 air yards.
In Week 5 against DEN he carried 8 times for 57 yards, caught 1 of 2 targets for -1 yards and scored 1 touchdown.
In Week 6 against KC he carried 7 times for 21 yards, caught 3 of 4 targets for 19 yards and did not score.
In Week 8 against LAR he carried 8 times for 23 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 7 yards and did not score.
Their 2025 seasons
In 2025 Dylan Sampson played 15 games and scored 87.6 PPR points, 5.8 a game, finishing RB55.
He carried 65 times for 175 yards and 0 touchdowns, and caught 33 of 40 targets for 271 more yards.
That came to 4.3 carries a game at 2.7 yards a carry and 2.2 catches a game.
He was on the field for 25 percent of the snaps in the games he played.
In 2025 Kimani Vidal played 13 games and scored 117.9 PPR points, 9.1 a game, finishing RB42.
He carried 155 times for 643 yards and 3 touchdowns, and caught 16 of 22 targets for 136 more yards.
That came to 11.9 carries a game at 4.1 yards a carry and 1.2 catches a game.
He was on the field for 58 percent of the snaps in the games he played.
Dylan Sampson was available for 2 games more.
Head to head
In 2025 Kimani Vidal scored 9.1 PPR points a game and Dylan Sampson 5.8, 3.2 a game between them.
Dylan Sampson finished RB55 that year and Kimani Vidal RB42.
Kimani Vidal had 90 more carries than Dylan Sampson, 155 to 65.
Dylan Sampson had 17 more catches than Kimani Vidal, 33 to 16.
This season Dylan Sampson holds the bigger snap share, 46 percent against 27 percent.
This season Dylan Sampson holds the bigger share of the carries, 16 percent against 15 percent.
Byes and availability
Dylan Sampson is off in Week 11 and Kimani Vidal in Week 7, so either can cover the other's bye.
Drop or keep
Should I drop Dylan Sampson for Kimani Vidal?
Yes, on the rest of the season. Kimani Vidal projects 39 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (4.3 a game over 9 games), Dylan Sampson 33 (4.1 a game over 8 games). For Week 9 the call starts Dylan Sampson over Kimani Vidal. So make the move after his Week 9 game.
Should I drop Kimani Vidal for Dylan Sampson?
No. Keep Kimani Vidal: he projects 39 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (4.3 a game over 9 games), Dylan Sampson 33 (4.1 a game over 8 games). For Week 9 the call starts Dylan Sampson over Kimani Vidal.
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