Should I start Sione Vaki or Jonah Coleman in Week 9?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Sione Vaki, and the board ranks him 109th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Jonah Coleman, and the board ranks him 121st overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Sione Vaki is 4.2 PPR points a game off 4 markets across 12 market sources. That is 90 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 Jonah Coleman is 3.7 PPR points a game off 1 market across 13 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.

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

This season through Week 8

Through Week 8, Sione Vaki has been on the field for 24 percent of DET snaps, taken 14 percent of the carries, drawn 2 percent of the targets and had 1 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 1 of the offence's 60 third down targets, had 0 of its 22 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 30 two minute targets.

His 6 targets have averaged 1.7 air yards.

In Week 5 against ARI he carried 6 times for 11 yards and did not score.

In Week 7 against GB he carried 1 time for 5 yards and did not score.

In Week 8 against MIN he carried 11 times for 65 yards, caught 1 of 1 target for 5 yards and did not score.

Through Week 8, Jonah Coleman has been on the field for 42 percent of DEN snaps, taken 35 percent of the carries, drawn 9 percent of the targets and had 34 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 2 of the offence's 31 third down targets, had 6 of its 13 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 6 two minute targets.

His 10 targets have come 2.2 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 2 against JAX he carried 10 times for 39 yards, caught 3 of 3 targets for 19 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 7 against ARI he carried 9 times for 54 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 15 yards and did not score.

In Week 8 against KC he carried 11 times for 41 yards, caught 4 of 5 targets for 63 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Sione Vaki played 11 games and scored 0.4 PPR points, 0.0 a game, finishing RB143.

He carried 1 time for 4 yards and 0 touchdowns, and caught 0 of 0 targets for 0 more yards.

That came to 0.1 carries a game at 4.0 yards a carry.

He was on the field for 0 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Jonah Coleman is a rookie, so there is no NFL season behind him to price him against.

Head to head

This season Jonah Coleman holds the bigger snap share, 42 percent against 24 percent.

This season Jonah Coleman holds the bigger share of the carries, 35 percent against 14 percent.

Byes and availability

Jonah Coleman is off in Week 10. No bye is listed for Sione Vaki.