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Should I start Rachaad White or Eli Raridon in Week 8?

Updated Nov 3, 1:06 AM ET.

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Start Rachaad White: 57 percent of the snaps and 29 percent of the carries over their last 3 games, against Eli Raridon's 56 percent of the snaps and 13 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.

Should I drop Rachaad White for Eli Raridon?

Not on these numbers alone. Rachaad White projects 34 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (3.8 a game over 9 games) and Eli Raridon 35 (4.4 a game over 8 games), too close to separate, so the roster spot decides it.

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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.

Rachaad White

RB36 · WAS · bye 7

2026 vs carries line 4-2

Market-based projection
11.5 pts a game Wk 8 price
Overall rank
113

Eli Raridon

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 Rachaad White, and the board ranks him 113th 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 Rachaad White is 3.4 PPR points a game off 1 market across 4 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 2.2 PPR points a game off 1 market across 6 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.

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

This season through Week 8

Through Week 8, Rachaad White has been on the field for 53 percent of WAS snaps, taken 28 percent of the carries, drawn 10 percent of the targets and had 20 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 8 of the offence's 47 third down targets, had 3 of its 11 chances inside the five and seen 2 of its 22 two minute targets.

His 18 targets have averaged 0.5 air yards.

In Week 5 against NYG he carried 7 times for 18 yards, caught 1 of 1 target for 2 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against SF he carried 7 times for 27 yards, caught 4 of 5 targets for 30 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 8 against PHI he carried 11 times for 55 yards, caught 2 of 3 targets for 5 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Through Week 8, Eli Raridon has been on the field for 51 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 Rachaad White played 17 games and scored 143.0 PPR points, 8.4 a game, finishing RB32.

He carried 132 times for 572 yards and 4 touchdowns, and caught 40 of 45 targets for 218 more yards.

That came to 7.8 carries a game at 4.3 yards a carry and 2.4 catches a game.

He was on the field for 51 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

Rachaad White 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

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

Drop or keep

  • Should I drop Rachaad White for Eli Raridon?

    Not on these numbers alone. Rachaad White projects 34 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (3.8 a game over 9 games) and Eli Raridon 35 (4.4 a game over 8 games), too close to separate, so the roster spot decides it.

  • Should I drop Eli Raridon for Rachaad White?

    Not on these numbers alone. Eli Raridon projects 35 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (4.4 a game over 8 games) and Rachaad White 34 (3.8 a game over 9 games), too close to separate, so the roster spot decides it.

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