Should I start Pierre Strong Jr. or Dylan Sampson in Week 10?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Pierre Strong Jr., and the board ranks him 97th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Dylan Sampson, and the board ranks him 171st overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market has Pierre Strong Jr. at 4.5 PPR points a game off 2 markets across 6 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 Dylan Sampson is 1.2 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.

Pierre Strong Jr.'s projection is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season through Week 9

Through Week 9, Pierre Strong Jr. has been on the field for 23 percent of GB snaps, taken 12 percent of the carries, drawn 2 percent of the targets and had 6 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 1 of the offence's 30 third down targets, had 0 of its 8 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 6 two minute targets.

His 2 targets have come 4.0 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 7 against DET he carried 0 times for 0 yards and did not score.

In Week 8 against CAR he carried 1 time for 2 yards and did not score.

In Week 9 against NE he carried 8 times for 22 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 11 yards and did not score.

Through Week 9, Dylan Sampson has been on the field for 55 percent of CLE snaps, taken 20 percent of the carries, drawn 16 percent of the targets and had 8 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 3 of the offence's 24 third down targets, had 0 of its 9 chances inside the five and seen 5 of its 28 two minute targets.

His 17 targets have come 0.8 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.

In Week 9 against NO he carried 8 times for 21 yards, caught 3 of 6 targets for 27 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

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

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.

Head to head

This season Dylan Sampson holds the bigger snap share, 55 percent against 23 percent.

This season Dylan Sampson holds the bigger share of the carries, 20 percent against 12 percent.

Byes and availability

Both are off in Week 11, so a roster holding the pair has that one week to cover twice.