Should I start Ted Hurst III or Kimani Vidal in Week 8?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Ted Hurst III, and the board ranks him 136th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Kimani Vidal, and the board ranks him 137th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Ted Hurst III is 1.5 PPR points a game off 1 market across 6 market sources. That is 30 percent of what a wide receiver's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

The market-based projection for Kimani Vidal is 1.7 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.

Ted Hurst III's projection is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season so far

Through Week 7, Ted Hurst III has been on the field for 56 percent of TB snaps, drawn 9 percent of the targets and had 6 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 1 of the offence's 4 third down targets, had 1 of its 6 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 3 two minute targets.

His 1 target have averaged 4.0 air yards.

In Week 7 against CAR he caught 0 of 1 target for 0 yards and did not score.

Through Week 6, Kimani Vidal has been on the field for 27 percent of LAC snaps, taken 12 percent of the carries, drawn 7 percent of the targets and had 9 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 2 of the offence's 56 third down targets, had 0 of its 7 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 26 two minute targets.

His 12 targets have averaged 0.4 air yards.

In Week 4 against SEA he carried 5 times for 25 yards, caught 2 of 3 targets for 11 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

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.

Their 2025 seasons

Ted Hurst III is a rookie, so there is no NFL season behind him to price him against.

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.

Side by side

Ted Hurst III is a wide receiver and Kimani Vidal a running back, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Ted Hurst III is off in Week 10 and Kimani Vidal in Week 7, so either can cover the other's bye.