Should I start Ollie Gordon II or Eli Raridon in Week 9?
Updated Nov 3, 9:21 AM ET. Week 10 answers post Tuesday.
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Start Ollie Gordon II: 82 percent of the snaps and 71 percent of the carries over their last 3 games, against Eli Raridon's 68 percent of the snaps and 14 percent of the targets. 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.
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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.
RB36 · MIA · bye 6
2026 vs anytime td line 4-3
- Market-based projection
- 11.4 pts a game Wk 8 price
- Overall rank
- 114
TE20 · NE · bye 11
2026 vs anytime td line 2-5
- Market-based projection
- 6.8 pts a game Wk 8 price
- Overall rank
- 115
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The gap
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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 Ollie Gordon II, and the board ranks him 114th overall on the rest of his evidence.
Live drafts hold no current pick on Eli Raridon, and the board ranks him 115th overall on the rest of his evidence.
The market-based projections
The market-based projection for Ollie Gordon II is 3.3 PPR points a game off 1 market across 5 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.
The market-based projection for Eli Raridon is 2.3 PPR points a game off 1 market across 7 market sources. That is 30 percent of what a tight end's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.
Ollie Gordon II's projection is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.
This season through Week 8
Through Week 8, Ollie Gordon II has been on the field for 82 percent of MIA snaps, taken 71 percent of the carries, drawn 8 percent of the targets and had 50 percent of the red zone chances.
He has taken 0 of the offence's 16 third down targets, had 5 of its 7 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 8 two minute targets.
His 4 targets have come 1.8 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.
In Week 7 against NYJ he carried 25 times for 103 yards, caught 1 of 3 targets for 0 yards and scored 1 touchdown.
In Week 8 against NE he carried 19 times for 69 yards, caught 0 of 1 target for 0 yards and did not score.
Through Week 8, Eli Raridon has been on the field for 56 percent of NE snaps, drawn 10 percent of the targets and had 10 percent of the red zone chances.
He has taken 2 of the offence's 50 third down targets, had 2 of its 8 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 30 two minute targets.
His 20 targets have averaged 7.2 air yards.
In Week 6 against NYJ he caught 1 of 3 targets for 11 yards and did not score.
In Week 7 against CHI he caught 3 of 4 targets for 56 yards and scored 1 touchdown.
In Week 8 against MIA he caught 1 of 4 targets for 5 yards and did not score.
Their 2025 seasons
In 2025 Ollie Gordon II played 17 games and scored 54.1 PPR points, 3.2 a game, finishing RB68.
He carried 70 times for 199 yards and 3 touchdowns, and caught 7 of 9 targets for 32 more yards.
That came to 4.1 carries a game at 2.8 yards a carry and 0.4 catches a game.
He was on the field for 22 percent of the snaps in the games he played.
Eli Raridon is a rookie, so there is no NFL season behind him to price him against.
Side by side
Ollie Gordon II is a running back and Eli Raridon a tight end, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.
Byes and availability
Ollie Gordon II is off in Week 6 and Eli Raridon in Week 11, so either can cover the other's bye.
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