Should I start Kimani Vidal or Jaylen Warren in Week 8?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Kimani Vidal, and the board ranks him 153rd overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Jaylen Warren, and the board ranks him 154th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Kimani Vidal is 1.7 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 Jaylen Warren is 1.7 PPR points a game off 1 market across 2 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.

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

This season so far

Through Week 6, Kimani Vidal has been on the field for 27 percent of LAC snaps, taken 12 percent of the carries, drawn 7 percent of the targets and had 9 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 2 of the offence's 56 third down targets, had 0 of its 7 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 26 two minute targets.

His 12 targets have averaged 0.4 air yards.

In Week 4 against SEA he carried 5 times for 25 yards, caught 2 of 3 targets for 11 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 5 against DEN he carried 8 times for 57 yards, caught 1 of 2 targets for -1 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 6 against KC he carried 7 times for 21 yards, caught 3 of 4 targets for 19 yards and did not score.

Through Week 7, Jaylen Warren has been on the field for 74 percent of PIT snaps, taken 68 percent of the carries, drawn 14 percent of the targets and had 24 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 4 of the offence's 58 third down targets, had 1 of its 7 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 41 two minute targets.

His 34 targets have come 1.2 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 5 against IND he carried 15 times for 101 yards, caught 6 of 6 targets for 87 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.

In Week 6 against TB he carried 14 times for 50 yards, caught 2 of 4 targets for 28 yards and did not score.

In Week 7 against NO he carried 18 times for 101 yards, caught 3 of 4 targets for 36 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Kimani Vidal played 13 games and scored 117.9 PPR points, 9.1 a game, finishing RB42.

He carried 155 times for 643 yards and 3 touchdowns, and caught 16 of 22 targets for 136 more yards.

That came to 11.9 carries a game at 4.1 yards a carry and 1.2 catches a game.

He was on the field for 58 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 Jaylen Warren played 16 games and scored 217.1 PPR points, 13.6 a game, finishing RB17.

He carried 211 times for 958 yards and 6 touchdowns, and caught 40 of 45 targets for 333 more yards.

That came to 13.2 carries a game at 5 yards a carry and 2-3 catches a game.

He was on the field for 51 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Jaylen Warren was available for 3 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Jaylen Warren scored 13.6 PPR points a game and Kimani Vidal 9.1, 4.5 a game between them.

Kimani Vidal finished RB42 that year and Jaylen Warren RB17.

Jaylen Warren had 56 more carries than Kimani Vidal, 211 to 155.

Jaylen Warren had 24 more catches than Kimani Vidal, 40 to 16.

This season Jaylen Warren holds the bigger snap share, 74 percent against 27 percent.

This season Jaylen Warren holds the bigger share of the carries, 68 percent against 12 percent.

Byes and availability

Kimani Vidal is off in Week 7 and Jaylen Warren in Week 9, so either can cover the other's bye.