Should I start Kimani Vidal or MarShawn Lloyd in Week 9?
Updated Nov 3, 5:21 AM ET. Week 10 answers post Tuesday.
Week 9 verdict
Start MarShawn Lloyd over Kimani Vidal
- Market projects
- 6.6
- recent weeks avg
- NE D vs RB
- 20.6
- 13th fewest to RBs (2026)
- Snap share
- 35%
- Through Week 8
- Target share
- 6%
- Through Week 8
- Market projects
- 5.5
- recent weeks avg
- HOU D vs RB
- 22.3
- 12th most to RBs (2026)
- Snap share
- 27%
- Through Week 8
- Target share
- 7%
- Through Week 8
Start MarShawn Lloyd over Kimani Vidal in Week 9: 6.6 to 5.5 PPR points a game over recent weeks.
Should I drop Kimani Vidal for MarShawn Lloyd?
Yes, on the rest of the season. MarShawn Lloyd projects 50 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (6.3 a game over 8 games), Kimani Vidal 39 (4.3 a game over 9 games). For Week 9 the call starts MarShawn Lloyd over Kimani Vidal.
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Neither man carries a season projection right now, so this is their usage this season and their last full season's numbers, side by side.
RB48 · LAC · bye 7
2026 vs anytime td line 2-5
- Market-based projection
- 5.8 pts a game Wk 8 price
- Overall rank
- 194
RB50 · GB · bye 11
2026 vs carries line 4-4
- Market-based projection
- 4.9 pts a game Wk 8 price
- Overall rank
- 197
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The gap
- Board size297 draftable players
Draft data is not current for these two, so the figures that depend on it are left out. The call above comes from each player's usage.
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 MarShawn Lloyd, and the board ranks him 197th overall on the rest of his evidence.
In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 48.
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 MarShawn Lloyd is 1.2 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, MarShawn Lloyd has been on the field for 35 percent of GB snaps, taken 35 percent of the carries, drawn 6 percent of the targets and had 19 percent of the red zone chances.
He has taken 1 of the offence's 88 third down targets, had 3 of its 21 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 37 two minute targets.
His 17 targets have come 0.8 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.
In Week 6 against DAL he carried 8 times for 10 yards, caught 0 of 1 target for 0 yards and did not score.
In Week 7 against DET he carried 6 times for 20 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 10 yards and did not score.
In Week 8 against CAR he carried 3 times for 7 yards, caught 1 of 1 target for 9 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.
The season feed carries no line for MarShawn Lloyd in the last completed season.
Head to head
This season MarShawn Lloyd holds the bigger snap share, 35 percent against 27 percent.
This season MarShawn Lloyd holds the bigger share of the carries, 35 percent against 15 percent.
Byes and availability
Kimani Vidal is off in Week 7 and MarShawn Lloyd in Week 11, so either can cover the other's bye.
Drop or keep
Should I drop Kimani Vidal for MarShawn Lloyd?
Yes, on the rest of the season. MarShawn Lloyd projects 50 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (6.3 a game over 8 games), Kimani Vidal 39 (4.3 a game over 9 games). For Week 9 the call starts MarShawn Lloyd over Kimani Vidal.
Should I drop MarShawn Lloyd for Kimani Vidal?
No. Keep MarShawn Lloyd: he projects 50 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (6.3 a game over 8 games), Kimani Vidal 39 (4.3 a game over 9 games). For Week 9 the call starts MarShawn Lloyd over Kimani Vidal.
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