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Should I start Sione Vaki or MarShawn Lloyd in Week 10?

Updated Nov 10, 4:06 PM ET.

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  • : MarShawn Lloyd: Questionable to Out (Knee) (Sleeper injury feed)
  • : Sione Vaki: Listed Questionable (Ankle) (Sleeper injury feed)
  • : MarShawn Lloyd: Listed Questionable (Knee) (Sleeper injury feed)

Week 10 verdict

Start

RB · DET · vs NE

Market projects
3.9
fantasy pts
NE D vs RB
18.9
6th fewest to RBs (2026)
Upside
Limited
21 of 100 at RB
Snap share
25%
Through Week 9
Target share
3%
Through Week 9
Sit

RB · GB · vs MIN · Out

Market projects
3.6
recent weeks avg
MIN D vs RB
18.4
5th fewest to RBs (2026)
Snap share
35%
Through Week 8
Target share
6%
Through Week 8
Start Vaki or Lloyd? The full Week 10 breakdown

Start Sione Vaki over MarShawn Lloyd in Week 10. Lloyd faces MIN, which allows the 5th fewest fantasy points to RBs. Lloyd is listed out.

Should I drop Sione Vaki for MarShawn Lloyd?

Yes, on the rest of the season. MarShawn Lloyd projects 42 market-implied PPR points from Week 10 through Week 17 (6.0 a game over 7 games), Sione Vaki 13 (1.6 a game over 8 games). For Week 10 the call starts Sione Vaki over MarShawn Lloyd. So make the move after his Week 10 game. MarShawn Lloyd is listed out.

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Your next move

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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.

RB27 · DET · bye unlisted

2026 vs anytime td line 0-8

Overall rank
76

RB36 · GB · bye 11

2026 vs carries line 4-4

Market-based projection
1.9 pts a game Wk 9 price
Overall rank
138

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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 Sione Vaki, and the board ranks him 76th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on MarShawn Lloyd, and the board ranks him 138th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 48.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Sione Vaki is 3.9 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.

The market-based projection for MarShawn Lloyd is 2.8 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.

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

This season so far

Through Week 9, Sione Vaki has been on the field for 25 percent of DET snaps, taken 13 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 67 third down targets, had 0 of its 23 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 30 two minute targets.

His 8 targets have averaged 2.0 air yards.

In Week 7 against GB he carried 1 time for 5 yards and did not score.

In Week 8 against MIN he carried 11 times for 65 yards, caught 1 of 1 target for 5 yards and did not score.

In Week 9 against MIA he carried 3 times for 14 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 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.

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 25 percent.

This season MarShawn Lloyd holds the bigger share of the carries, 35 percent against 13 percent.

Byes and availability

MarShawn Lloyd is off in Week 11. No bye is listed for Sione Vaki.

MarShawn Lloyd is listed as out on the injury report.

Drop or keep

  • Should I drop Sione Vaki for MarShawn Lloyd?

    Yes, on the rest of the season. MarShawn Lloyd projects 42 market-implied PPR points from Week 10 through Week 17 (6.0 a game over 7 games), Sione Vaki 13 (1.6 a game over 8 games). For Week 10 the call starts Sione Vaki over MarShawn Lloyd. So make the move after his Week 10 game. MarShawn Lloyd is listed out.

  • Should I drop MarShawn Lloyd for Sione Vaki?

    No. Keep MarShawn Lloyd: he projects 42 market-implied PPR points from Week 10 through Week 17 (6.0 a game over 7 games), Sione Vaki 13 (1.6 a game over 8 games). For Week 10 the call starts Sione Vaki over MarShawn Lloyd. MarShawn Lloyd is listed out.

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