Should I start Pierre Strong Jr. or Omarion Hampton in Week 7?

Updated Oct 21, 11:16 PM ET. Week 8 answers post Tuesday.

Start Pierre Strong Jr.: 49 percent of the snaps and 33 percent of the carries over their last 3 games, against Omarion Hampton's 38 percent of the snaps and 34 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 Pierre Strong Jr. for Omarion Hampton?

Yes, on the rest of the season. Omarion Hampton projects 84 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (8.4 a game over 10 games), Pierre Strong Jr. 63 (6.3 a game over 10 games).

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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.

Pierre Strong Jr.

RB40 · GB · bye 11

Overall rank: 122

Omarion Hampton

RB · LAC · on bye this week

2026 vs carries line 2-4

Market-based projection: 7.2 pts a game Wk 6 price
Overall rank: 240

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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 Pierre Strong Jr., and the board ranks him 122nd overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Omarion Hampton, and the board ranks him 240th overall on the rest of his evidence.

By format he goes standard: ADP 7; 2QB: ADP 22.

The market-based projections

The market has Pierre Strong Jr. at 4.0 PPR points a game off 2 markets across 13 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.

No season market is posted for Omarion Hampton, so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.

This season through Week 6

Through Week 6, Pierre Strong Jr. has been on the field for 49 percent of GB snaps, taken 33 percent of the carries, drawn 14 percent of the targets and had 30 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 4 of the offence's 23 third down targets, had 1 of its 4 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 9 two minute targets.

His 10 targets have come 0.7 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 5 against CHI he carried 5 times for 7 yards, caught 3 of 4 targets for 11 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against DAL he carried 11 times for 28 yards, caught 5 of 6 targets for 39 yards and did not score.

Through Week 6, Omarion Hampton has been on the field for 46 percent of LAC snaps, taken 47 percent of the carries, drawn 6 percent of the targets and had 30 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 1 of the offence's 56 third down targets, had 4 of its 7 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 26 two minute targets.

His 10 targets have come 1.8 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 4 against SEA he carried 9 times for 45 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 8 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 5 against DEN he carried 14 times for 33 yards, caught 1 of 1 target for 6 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against KC he carried 7 times for 18 yards, caught 4 of 4 targets for 21 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

The season feed carries no line for Pierre Strong Jr. in the last completed season.

In 2025 Omarion Hampton played 9 games and scored 135.7 PPR points, 15.1 a game, finishing RB35.

He carried 124 times for 545 yards and 4 touchdowns, and caught 32 of 35 targets for 192 more yards.

That came to 13.8 carries a game at 4.4 yards a carry and 3.6 catches a game.

He was on the field for 63 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Head to head

This season Pierre Strong Jr. holds the bigger snap share, 49 percent against 46 percent.

This season Omarion Hampton holds the bigger share of the carries, 47 percent against 33 percent.

Byes and availability

Pierre Strong Jr. is off in Week 11 and Omarion Hampton in Week 7, so either can cover the other's bye.

Drop or keep

Should I drop Pierre Strong Jr. for Omarion Hampton?
Yes, on the rest of the season. Omarion Hampton projects 84 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (8.4 a game over 10 games), Pierre Strong Jr. 63 (6.3 a game over 10 games).
Should I drop Omarion Hampton for Pierre Strong Jr.?
No. Keep Omarion Hampton: he projects 84 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (8.4 a game over 10 games), Pierre Strong Jr. 63 (6.3 a game over 10 games).