Should I start Eli Raridon or Omarion Hampton in Week 10?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Eli Raridon, and the board ranks him 135th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Omarion Hampton, and the board ranks him 150th overall on the rest of his evidence.

By format he goes standard: ADP 7; 2QB: ADP 22.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Eli Raridon is 1.8 PPR points a game off 1 market across 8 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.

The market-based projection for Omarion Hampton is 2.8 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.

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

This season through Week 9

Through Week 9, Eli Raridon has been on the field for 57 percent of NE snaps, drawn 11 percent of the targets and had 11 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 2 of the offence's 56 third down targets, had 2 of its 10 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 34 two minute targets.

His 26 targets have averaged 7.5 air yards.

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.

In Week 9 against GB he caught 3 of 6 targets for 52 yards and did not score.

Through Week 9, Omarion Hampton has been on the field for 43 percent of LAC snaps, taken 46 percent of the carries, drawn 6 percent of the targets and had 32 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 1 of the offence's 79 third down targets, had 4 of its 7 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 33 two minute targets.

His 13 targets have come 0.8 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 6 against KC he carried 7 times for 18 yards, caught 4 of 4 targets for 21 yards and did not score.

In Week 8 against LAR he carried 9 times for 20 yards, caught 2 of 3 targets for 7 yards and did not score.

In Week 9 against HOU he carried 13 times for 60 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

Eli Raridon is a rookie, so there is no NFL season behind him to price him against.

In 2025 Omarion Hampton played 9 games and scored 135.7 PPR points, 15.1 a game, finishing RB35.

He carried 124 times for 545 yards and 4 touchdowns, and caught 32 of 35 targets for 192 more yards.

That came to 13.8 carries a game at 4.4 yards a carry and 3.6 catches a game.

He was on the field for 63 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Side by side

Eli Raridon is a tight end and Omarion Hampton a running back, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Eli Raridon is off in Week 11 and Omarion Hampton in Week 7, so either can cover the other's bye.