Should I start Kimani Vidal or Jeremy McNichols in Week 9?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Kimani Vidal, and the board ranks him 194th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Jeremy McNichols, and the board ranks him 195th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Kimani Vidal is 1.4 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 Jeremy McNichols is 1.4 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.

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

This season through Week 8

Through Week 8, Kimani Vidal has been on the field for 27 percent of LAC snaps, taken 15 percent of the carries, drawn 7 percent of the targets and had 8 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 3 of the offence's 68 third down targets, had 0 of its 7 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 28 two minute targets.

His 14 targets have averaged 0.0 air yards.

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.

In Week 8 against LAR he carried 8 times for 23 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 7 yards and did not score.

Through Week 8, Jeremy McNichols has been on the field for 18 percent of WAS snaps, taken 24 percent of the carries, drawn 2 percent of the targets and had 21 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 16 third down targets, had 1 of its 4 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 7 two minute targets.

His 1 target have averaged 1.0 air yards.

In Week 6 against SF he carried 5 times for 13 yards and did not score.

In Week 8 against PHI he carried 5 times for 21 yards, caught 1 of 1 target for 7 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 Jeremy McNichols played 17 games and scored 72.7 PPR points, 4.3 a game, finishing RB58.

He carried 44 times for 221 yards and 1 touchdown, and caught 25 of 31 targets for 196 more yards.

That came to 2.6 carries a game at 5.0 yards a carry and 1-2 catches a game.

He was on the field for 33 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Jeremy McNichols was available for 4 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Kimani Vidal scored 9.1 PPR points a game and Jeremy McNichols 4.3, 4.8 a game between them.

Kimani Vidal finished RB42 that year and Jeremy McNichols RB58.

Kimani Vidal had 111 more carries than Jeremy McNichols, 155 to 44.

Jeremy McNichols had 9 more catches than Kimani Vidal, 25 to 16.

This season Kimani Vidal holds the bigger snap share, 27 percent against 18 percent.

This season Jeremy McNichols holds the bigger share of the carries, 24 percent against 15 percent.

Byes and availability

Both are off in Week 7, so a roster holding the pair has that one week to cover twice.

Jeremy McNichols is listed as questionable on the injury report.