Should I start Elijah Mitchell or Raheim Sanders in Week 8?
Updated Nov 3, 12:11 AM ET. Week 9 answers post Tuesday.
Start Raheim Sanders: 36 percent of the snaps and 8 percent of the carries over their last 3 games, against Elijah Mitchell's 0 percent of the snaps and 12 percent of the carries. 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.
RB · PHI · bye 10
- Overall rank
- 285
RB · CLE · bye 11
2026 vs anytime td line 0-5
- Overall rank
- 294
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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 Elijah Mitchell, and the board ranks him 285th overall on the rest of his evidence.
Live drafts hold no current pick on Raheim Sanders, and the board ranks him 294th overall on the rest of his evidence.
The market-based projections
No season market is posted for Elijah Mitchell, so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.
No season market is posted for Raheim Sanders, so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.
Neither carries a posted market, so this page rests on the draft room and on what the two have already done.
This season so far
Through Week 8, Elijah Mitchell has been on the field for 0 percent of PHI snaps, taken 26 percent of the carries, drawn 15 percent of the targets and had 13 percent of the red zone chances.
He has taken 4 of the offence's 20 third down targets, had 0 of its 5 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 17 two minute targets.
His 10 targets have come 4.0 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.
In Week 7 against DAL he carried 3 times for 11 yards, caught 3 of 4 targets for 23 yards and did not score.
In Week 8 against WAS he carried 11 times for 34 yards, caught 4 of 6 targets for 3 yards and did not score.
Through Week 5, Raheim Sanders has been on the field for 32 percent of CLE snaps, taken 8 percent of the carries, drawn 8 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.
He has taken 6 of the offence's 35 third down targets, had 0 of its 7 chances inside the five and seen 2 of its 22 two minute targets.
His 12 targets have come 1.8 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.
In Week 3 against CAR he carried 1 time for 17 yards, caught 4 of 5 targets for 34 yards and did not score.
In Week 4 against PIT he carried 2 times for 9 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 7 yards and did not score.
In Week 5 against NYJ he carried 3 times for 12 yards, caught 1 of 1 target for 1 yards and did not score.
Their 2025 seasons
In 2025 Elijah Mitchell played 1 game, finishing RB149.
He carried 0 times for 0 yards and 0 touchdowns, and caught 0 of 1 target for 0 more yards.
He was on the field for 10 percent of the snaps in the games he played.
In 2025 Raheim Sanders played 4 games and scored 20.3 PPR points, 5.1 a game, finishing RB95.
He carried 27 times for 92 yards and 1 touchdown, and caught 3 of 4 targets for 21 more yards.
That came to 6.8 carries a game at 3.4 yards a carry and 0.8 catches a game.
He was on the field for 12 percent of the snaps in the games he played.
Raheim Sanders was available for 3 games more.
Head to head
Elijah Mitchell finished RB149 that year and Raheim Sanders RB95.
Raheim Sanders had 27 more carries than Elijah Mitchell, 27 to 0.
Raheim Sanders had 3 more catches than Elijah Mitchell, 3 to 0.
This season Raheim Sanders holds the bigger snap share, 32 percent against 0 percent.
This season Elijah Mitchell holds the bigger share of the carries, 26 percent against 8 percent.
Byes and availability
Elijah Mitchell is off in Week 10 and Raheim Sanders in Week 11, so either can cover the other's bye.
Raheim Sanders is listed as ir on the injury report.
Both players in full
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