Should I start Jordan Mason or Sione Vaki in Week 7?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Jordan Mason, and the board ranks him 141st overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Sione Vaki, and the board ranks him 146th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Jordan Mason is 2.9 PPR points a game off 1 market across 3 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 Sione Vaki is 2.5 PPR points a game off 2 markets across 12 market sources. That is 70 percent of what a running back's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

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

This season so far

Through Week 1, Jordan Mason has been on the field for 45 percent of MIN snaps, taken 48 percent of the carries, drawn 0 percent of the targets and had 31 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 10 third down targets and had 1 of its 2 chances inside the five.

In Week 1 against GB he carried 15 times for 59 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Through Week 5, Sione Vaki has been on the field for 26 percent of DET snaps, taken 12 percent of the carries, drawn 3 percent of the targets and had 1 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 1 of the offence's 45 third down targets, had 0 of its 21 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 21 two minute targets.

His 5 targets have averaged 1.6 air yards.

In Week 3 against NYJ he carried 6 times for 26 yards, caught 1 of 1 target for 11 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against CAR he carried 0 times for 0 yards, caught 1 of 2 targets for 17 yards and did not score.

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

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Jordan Mason played 16 games and scored 128.9 PPR points, 8.1 a game, finishing RB36.

He carried 159 times for 758 yards and 6 touchdowns, and caught 14 of 16 targets for 51 more yards.

That came to 9.9 carries a game at 4.8 yards a carry and 0.9 catches a game.

He was on the field for 44 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

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.

Jordan Mason was available for 5 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Jordan Mason scored 8.1 PPR points a game and Sione Vaki 0.0, 8.0 a game between them.

Jordan Mason finished RB36 that year and Sione Vaki RB143.

Jordan Mason had 158 more carries than Sione Vaki, 159 to 1.

Jordan Mason had 14 more catches than Sione Vaki, 14 to 0.

This season Jordan Mason holds the bigger snap share, 45 percent against 26 percent.

This season Jordan Mason holds the bigger share of the carries, 48 percent against 12 percent.

Byes and availability

Jordan Mason is off in Week 6. No bye is listed for Sione Vaki.

Jordan Mason is listed as ir on the injury report.