Start Chris Rodriguez Jr. or Sione Vaki? Week 8
Updated Oct 27, 2:21 PM ET. Locks at kickoff, graded after. Week 9 answer posts Tuesday.
Start Chris Rodriguez Jr. over Sione Vaki
- Market projects
- 4.0
- recent weeks avg
- IND D vs RB
- 22.0
- 13th most to RBs (2026)
- Market projects
- 2.3
- recent weeks avg
- MIN D vs RB
- 16.0
- fewest to RBs (2026)
- Snap share
- 24%
- Through Week 7
- Target share
- 2%
- Through Week 7
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Our Week 8 call
Start Chris Rodriguez Jr. over Sione Vaki in Week 8.
Market-based projections have Chris Rodriguez Jr. at 4.0 points and Sione Vaki at 2.3, a gap of 1.7. No player market is posted for Chris Rodriguez Jr. this week yet, so his 4.0 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 5 and 6 (4.0 and 3.9); the call is rebuilt when his market posts. No player market is posted for Sione Vaki this week yet, so his 2.3 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 5 and 7 (2.3 and 2.3); the call is rebuilt when his market posts.
What the market projects
No Week 8 player market is posted for Chris Rodriguez Jr. yet. His market-based projections were 4.1 and 3.9 points in Weeks 5 and 6, an average of 4.0, which stands in until his Week 8 market posts.
No Week 8 player market is posted for Sione Vaki yet. His market-based projections were 2.3 and 2.3 points in Weeks 5 and 7, an average of 2.3, which stands in until his Week 8 market posts.
The market-based projection for Sione Vaki is 0.1 touchdowns (12 market sources).
That puts Chris Rodriguez Jr. 1.7 points ahead of Sione Vaki on these projections.
Week 8 matchups
Chris Rodriguez Jr. and JAX host IND on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.
IND allowed 22.0 fantasy points a game to RBs this season over 7 games, the 13th most in the league.
Running backs ran for 96 yards and 0.7 touchdowns a game against IND and caught passes for 39 more yards.
Sione Vaki and DET host MIN on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.
MIN allowed 16.0 fantasy points a game to RBs this season over 6 games, the fewest in the league.
Running backs ran for 84 yards and 0-1 touchdowns a game against MIN and caught passes for 18 more yards.
By points allowed to the position, Chris Rodriguez Jr. has the softer matchup.
Injury status
Chris Rodriguez Jr. is not on the injury report.
Sione Vaki is not on the injury report.
Usage before Week 8
Through Week 7, Sione Vaki played 24 percent of DET snaps, took 10 percent of the carries, drew 2 percent of the targets and had 1 percent of the red zone chances.
Sione Vaki, Week 3 against NYJ: 20 of 65 snaps, 6 carries for 26 yards, 1 target and 1 catch for 11 yards.
Sione Vaki, Week 4 against CAR: 12 of 71 snaps, 0 carries for 0 yards, 2 targets and 1 catch for 17 yards.
Sione Vaki, Week 5 against ARI: 23 of 66 snaps, 6 carries for 11 yards, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.
Sione Vaki, Week 7 against GB: 9 of 68 snaps, 1 carry for 5 yards, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.
Their 2025 seasons
In 2025, Chris Rodriguez Jr. played 13 games for WAS and scored 92.0 PPR points, 7.1 a game, finishing RB51.
He ran 112 times for 500 yards and 6 touchdowns, and caught 3 of 4 targets for 30 yards.
He was on the field for 30 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.
Chris Rodriguez Jr., Week 18 of 2025 against PHI: 16 carries for 65 yards, 1 target and 1 catch for 18 yards, 1 touchdown, 15.3 PPR points.
Chris Rodriguez Jr., Week 16 of 2025 against PHI: 28 of 54 snaps, 15 carries for 63 yards, 1 target and 1 catch for 6 yards, 1 touchdown, 13.9 PPR points.
In 2025, Sione Vaki played 11 games for DET and scored 0.4 PPR points, 0.0 a game, finishing RB143.
He ran 1 time for 4 yards and 0 touchdowns, and caught 0 of 0 targets for 0 yards.
He was on the field for 0 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.
Their other Week 8 calls
Locks at kickoff, graded after. When the start/sit engine grades week 8, the call and the result appear on the public record, wrong ones included.
Week 8 on the board
- Is Chris Rodriguez Jr. playing Week 8?
- Is Sione Vaki playing Week 8?
- Jaguars depth chart
- Lions depth chart
- Week 8 RB rankings
- Week 8 fantasy rankings
- Week 8 start or sit
- Week 8 waiver wire
- Week 8 trade value chart
- Trade deadline buy low, sell high
- Fantasy football rankings
- Start 'em sit 'em Week 8
- Waiver wire pickups
- Fantasy sleepers
- Rest of season rankings
- Week 8 kicker rankings
- Week 8 defense rankings