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Should I start Kimani Vidal or Tyler Goodson in Week 10?

Updated Nov 10, 11:56 AM ET.

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Start Kimani Vidal: 40 percent of the snaps and 29 percent of the carries over their last 3 games, against Tyler Goodson's 24 percent of the snaps and 27 percent of the carries. No market projection is posted on either of them this week, so this is a usage call, and a lower confidence one than a call made on a projection. What follows is what each of them has done.

Should I drop Tyler Goodson for Kimani Vidal?

Yes, on the rest of the season. Kimani Vidal projects 45 market-implied PPR points from Week 10 through Week 17 (5.6 a game over 8 games), Tyler Goodson 22 (3.1 a game over 7 games). Tyler Goodson is listed out.

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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.

RB50 · LAC · bye 7

2026 vs anytime td line 2-6

Market-based projection
5.3 pts a game Wk 9 price
Overall rank
203

RB51 · DAL · bye 14

2026 vs anytime td line 0-7

Market-based projection
4.7 pts a game Wk 9 price
Overall rank
204

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The gap

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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 203rd overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Tyler Goodson, and the board ranks him 204th overall on the rest of his evidence.

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 Tyler Goodson 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.

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

This season through Week 9

Through Week 9, Kimani Vidal has been on the field for 31 percent of LAC snaps, taken 16 percent of the carries, drawn 7 percent of the targets and had 7 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 4 of the offence's 79 third down targets, had 0 of its 7 chances inside the five and seen 4 of its 33 two minute targets.

His 17 targets have come 1 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

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.

In Week 9 against HOU he carried 7 times for 30 yards, caught 1 of 3 targets for 6 yards and did not score.

Through Week 9, Tyler Goodson has been on the field for 19 percent of DAL snaps, taken 21 percent of the carries, drawn 3 percent of the targets and had 14 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 66 third down targets, had 0 of its 25 chances inside the five and seen 2 of its 50 two minute targets.

His 8 targets have come 1 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 7 against PHI he carried 10 times for 38 yards and did not score.

In Week 8 against ARI he carried 7 times for 14 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 19 yards and did not score.

In Week 9 against IND he carried 12 times for 77 yards, caught 0 of 1 target for 0 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.

In 2025 Tyler Goodson played 11 games and scored 5.2 PPR points, 0.5 a game, finishing RB121.

He carried 9 times for 24 yards and 0 touchdowns, and caught 2 of 3 targets for 8 more yards.

That came to 0.8 carries a game at 2.7 yards a carry and 0.2 catches a game.

He was on the field for 5 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Kimani Vidal was available for 2 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Kimani Vidal scored 9.1 PPR points a game and Tyler Goodson 0.5, 8.6 a game between them.

Kimani Vidal finished RB42 that year and Tyler Goodson RB121.

Kimani Vidal had 146 more carries than Tyler Goodson, 155 to 9.

Kimani Vidal had 14 more catches than Tyler Goodson, 16 to 2.

This season Kimani Vidal holds the bigger snap share, 31 percent against 19 percent.

This season Tyler Goodson holds the bigger share of the carries, 21 percent against 16 percent.

Byes and availability

Kimani Vidal is off in Week 7 and Tyler Goodson in Week 14, so either can cover the other's bye.

Tyler Goodson is listed as out on the injury report.

Drop or keep

  • Should I drop Tyler Goodson for Kimani Vidal?

    Yes, on the rest of the season. Kimani Vidal projects 45 market-implied PPR points from Week 10 through Week 17 (5.6 a game over 8 games), Tyler Goodson 22 (3.1 a game over 7 games). Tyler Goodson is listed out.

  • Should I drop Kimani Vidal for Tyler Goodson?

    No. Keep Kimani Vidal: he projects 45 market-implied PPR points from Week 10 through Week 17 (5.6 a game over 8 games), Tyler Goodson 22 (3.1 a game over 7 games). Tyler Goodson is listed out.

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