Should I start Sione Vaki or Dylan Sampson in Week 7?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Sione Vaki, and the board ranks him 149th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Dylan Sampson, and the board ranks him 156th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Sione Vaki is 2.5 PPR points a game off 2 markets across 12 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 1.9 PPR points a game off 1 market across 3 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.

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

This season through Week 5

Through Week 5, Sione Vaki has been on the field for 26 percent of DET snaps, taken 12 percent of the carries, drawn 3 percent of the targets and had 1 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 1 of the offence's 45 third down targets, had 0 of its 21 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 21 two minute targets.

His 5 targets have averaged 1.6 air yards.

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.

In Week 5 against ARI he carried 6 times for 11 yards and did not score.

The usage feed holds no snap or target counts for Dylan Sampson this season.

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 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.

Dylan Sampson was available for 4 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Dylan Sampson scored 5.8 PPR points a game and Sione Vaki 0.0, 5.8 a game between them.

Sione Vaki finished RB143 that year and Dylan Sampson RB55.

Dylan Sampson had 64 more carries than Sione Vaki, 65 to 1.

Dylan Sampson had 33 more catches than Sione Vaki, 33 to 0.

Byes and availability

Dylan Sampson is off in Week 11. No bye is listed for Sione Vaki.

Dylan Sampson is listed as ir on the injury report.