Jordan Whittington or Sione Vaki: who should I start in Week 5?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Jordan Whittington: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 215th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Sione Vaki: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 218th overall on the rest of his evidence.

What the player markets price

The player markets price Jordan Whittington at 2.0 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 16 market sources. That is the 198th highest figure of the 214 players the market prices.

The market has Sione Vaki at 2.5 PPR points a game off 2 markets across 15 market sources. That is 70 percent of what a running back's price needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

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

This season through Week 4

Through Week 4, Jordan Whittington has been on the field for 38 percent of LAR snaps, drawn 2 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 30 third down targets, had 0 of its 8 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 18 two minute targets.

His 3 targets have averaged 4.7 air yards.

In Week 1 against SF he caught 1 of 1 target for 8 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against DEN he was not given the ball.

In Week 4 against PHI he caught 1 of 2 targets for 4 yards and did not score.

Through Week 4, Sione Vaki has been on the field for 23 percent of DET snaps, taken 9 percent of the carries, drawn 3 percent of the targets and had 2 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 1 of the offence's 36 third down targets, had 0 of its 13 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 20 two minute targets.

His 5 targets have averaged 1.6 air yards.

In Week 2 against BUF he carried 1 time for 7 yards, caught 1 of 1 target for 13 yards and did not score.

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.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Jordan Whittington played 17 games and scored 36.3 PPR points, 2.1 a game, finishing WR125.

He caught 18 of 25 targets for 171 yards and 0 touchdowns, with 1 red zone target.

That came to 1.5 targets a game, a 72 percent catch rate and 9.5 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 42 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 Whittington was available for 6 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Jordan Whittington scored 2.1 PPR points a game and Sione Vaki 0.0, 2.1 a game between them.

Jordan Whittington finished WR125 and Sione Vaki RB143, which are two different ladders.

Jordan Whittington is a wide receiver and Sione Vaki a running back, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

What would change the answer

Sione Vaki is only part priced, so the market half of this page is whole for only one of them.