Should I start Dylan Sampson or Ray Davis in Week 8?

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 Ray Davis, 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 0.9 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 Ray Davis is 0.7 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.

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

This season so far

Through Week 7, Dylan Sampson has been on the field for 46 percent of CLE snaps, taken 21 percent of the carries, drawn 9 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 1 of the offence's 9 third down targets, had 0 of its 1 chance inside the five and seen 2 of its 11 two minute targets.

His 3 targets have come 3.3 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.

Through Week 6, Ray Davis has been on the field for 11 percent of BUF snaps, taken 3 percent of the carries, drawn 2 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 42 third down targets, had 0 of its 19 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 25 two minute targets.

His 3 targets have come 4.0 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 4 against NE he carried 1 time for 3 yards, caught 1 of 1 target for 4 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against LAR he carried 2 times for 2 yards, caught 1 of 1 target for 31 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against LV he carried 1 time for 4 yards, caught 1 of 1 target for 5 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 Ray Davis played 17 games and scored 64.1 PPR points, 3.8 a game, finishing RB61.

He carried 58 times for 275 yards and 0 touchdowns, and caught 10 of 13 targets for 86 more yards.

That came to 3.4 carries a game at 4.7 yards a carry and 0.6 catches a game.

He was on the field for 11 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Ray Davis was available for 2 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Dylan Sampson scored 5.8 PPR points a game and Ray Davis 3.8, 2.1 a game between them.

Dylan Sampson finished RB55 that year and Ray Davis RB61.

Dylan Sampson had 7 more carries than Ray Davis, 65 to 58.

Dylan Sampson had 23 more catches than Ray Davis, 33 to 10.

This season Dylan Sampson holds the bigger snap share, 46 percent against 11 percent.

This season Dylan Sampson holds the bigger share of the carries, 21 percent against 3 percent.

Byes and availability

Dylan Sampson is off in Week 11 and Ray Davis in Week 7, so either can cover the other's bye.