Should I start Tyler Goodson or Dylan Sampson in Week 10?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Tyler Goodson, and the board ranks him 204th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Dylan Sampson, and the board ranks him 206th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Tyler Goodson 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.

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.

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

This season through Week 9

Through Week 9, Tyler Goodson has been on the field for 19 percent of DAL snaps, taken 21 percent of the carries, drawn 3 percent of the targets and had 14 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 66 third down targets, had 0 of its 25 chances inside the five and seen 2 of its 50 two minute targets.

His 8 targets have come 1 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 7 against PHI he carried 10 times for 38 yards and did not score.

In Week 8 against ARI he carried 7 times for 14 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 19 yards and did not score.

In Week 9 against IND he carried 12 times for 77 yards, caught 0 of 1 target for 0 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

In 2025 Tyler Goodson played 11 games and scored 5.2 PPR points, 0.5 a game, finishing RB121.

He carried 9 times for 24 yards and 0 touchdowns, and caught 2 of 3 targets for 8 more yards.

That came to 0.8 carries a game at 2.7 yards a carry and 0.2 catches a game.

He was on the field for 5 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 Tyler Goodson 0.5, 5.4 a game between them.

Tyler Goodson finished RB121 that year and Dylan Sampson RB55.

Dylan Sampson had 56 more carries than Tyler Goodson, 65 to 9.

Dylan Sampson had 31 more catches than Tyler Goodson, 33 to 2.

This season Dylan Sampson holds the bigger snap share, 55 percent against 19 percent.

This season Tyler Goodson holds the bigger share of the carries, 21 percent against 20 percent.

Byes and availability

Tyler Goodson is off in Week 14 and Dylan Sampson in Week 11, so either can cover the other's bye.

Tyler Goodson is listed as out on the injury report.