Should I start Sione Vaki or Tyler Goodson in Week 10?

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 Tyler Goodson, and the board ranks him 184th overall on the rest of his evidence.

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 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.

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

This season through Week 9

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 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 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.

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.

Both were available for 11 games that season.

Head to head

In 2025 Tyler Goodson scored 0.5 PPR points a game and Sione Vaki 0.0, 0.4 a game between them.

Sione Vaki finished RB143 that year and Tyler Goodson RB121.

Tyler Goodson had 8 more carries than Sione Vaki, 9 to 1.

Tyler Goodson had 2 more catches than Sione Vaki, 2 to 0.

This season Sione Vaki holds the bigger snap share, 25 percent against 19 percent.

This season Tyler Goodson holds the bigger share of the carries, 21 percent against 13 percent.

Byes and availability

Tyler Goodson is off in Week 14. No bye is listed for Sione Vaki.

Tyler Goodson is listed as out on the injury report.