Start Corey Kiner or Dylan Sampson? Week 9
Updated Nov 3, 3:46 AM ET. Locks at kickoff, graded after. Week 10 answer posts Tuesday.
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- : TreVeyon Henderson: Questionable to Out (Illness) (Sleeper injury feed)
- : Dylan Sampson: Listed Questionable (Knee) (Sleeper injury feed)
Start Dylan Sampson over Corey Kiner
- Market projects
- 6.1
- recent weeks avg
- NO D vs RB
- 30.0
- most to RBs (2026)
- Snap share
- 46%
- Through Week 8
- Target share
- 15%
- Through Week 8
- Market projects
- 4.4
- recent weeks avg
- GB D vs RB
- 25.0
- 6th most to RBs (2026)
- Snap share
- 12%
- Through Week 8
- Target share
- 1%
- Through Week 8
Should I drop Corey Kiner for Dylan Sampson?
Yes, on the rest of the season. Dylan Sampson projects 33 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (4.1 a game over 8 games), Corey Kiner 22 (2.7 a game over 8 games). For Week 9 the call starts Dylan Sampson over Corey Kiner.
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Our Week 9 call
Start Dylan Sampson over Corey Kiner in Week 9.
Market-based projections have Dylan Sampson at 6.1 points and Corey Kiner at 4.4, a gap of 1.8. No player market is posted for Dylan Sampson this week yet, so his 6.1 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 7 and 8 (5.9 and 6.4); the call is rebuilt when his market posts. No player market is posted for Corey Kiner this week yet, so his 4.4 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 6, 7 and 8 (3.2, 3.3 and 6.6); the call is rebuilt when his market posts.
What the market projects
No Week 9 player market is posted for Dylan Sampson yet. His market-based projections were 5.9 and 6.4 points in Weeks 7 and 8, an average of 6.1, which stands in until his Week 9 market posts.
No Week 9 player market is posted for Corey Kiner yet. His market-based projections were 3.2, 3.3 and 6.6 points in Weeks 6, 7 and 8, an average of 4.4, which stands in until his Week 9 market posts.
The market-based projection for Corey Kiner is 0.3 touchdowns (6 market sources).
That puts Dylan Sampson 1.8 points ahead of Corey Kiner on these projections.
Week 9 matchups
Dylan Sampson and CLE visit NO on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.
NO allowed 30.0 fantasy points a game to RBs this season over 7 games, the most in the league.
Running backs ran for 120 yards and 1.6 touchdowns a game against NO and caught passes for 38 more yards.
Corey Kiner and NE host GB on Sunday at 4:25 PM ET.
GB allowed 25.0 fantasy points a game to RBs this season over 7 games, the 6th most in the league.
Running backs ran for 95 yards and 1.3 touchdowns a game against GB and caught passes for 33 more yards.
By points allowed to the position, Dylan Sampson has the softer matchup.
Injury status
Dylan Sampson is not on the injury report.
Corey Kiner is not on the injury report.
Usage before Week 9
Through Week 8, Dylan Sampson played 46 percent of CLE snaps, took 16 percent of the carries, drew 15 percent of the targets and had 6 percent of the red zone chances.
Dylan Sampson, Week 7 against TEN: 32 of 70 snaps, 6 carries for 45 yards, 3 targets and 3 catches for 32 yards.
Dylan Sampson, Week 8 against PIT: 1 carry for 7 yards, 8 targets and 6 catches for 62 yards.
Through Week 8, Corey Kiner played 12 percent of NE snaps, took 18 percent of the carries, drew 1 percent of the targets and had 14 percent of the red zone chances.
Corey Kiner, Week 5 against LV: 15 of 75 snaps, 6 carries for 52 yards, 1 target and 1 catch for 7 yards.
Corey Kiner, Week 6 against NYJ: 12 of 68 snaps, 11 carries for 57 yards, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.
Corey Kiner, Week 7 against CHI: 6 of 54 snaps, 4 carries for 13 yards, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.
Corey Kiner, Week 8 against MIA: 7 carries for 38 yards, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.
Their 2025 seasons
In 2025, Dylan Sampson played 15 games for CLE and scored 87.6 PPR points, 5.8 a game, finishing RB55.
He ran 65 times for 175 yards and 0 touchdowns, and caught 33 of 40 targets for 271 yards.
He was on the field for 25 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.
Dylan Sampson, Week 18 of 2025 against CIN: 10 carries for 32 yards, 3 targets and 2 catches for 12 yards, 6.4 PPR points.
In 2025, Corey Kiner played 4 games for ARI and scored 9.3 PPR points, 2.3 a game, finishing RB112.
He ran 12 times for 58 yards and 0 touchdowns, and caught 2 of 3 targets for 15 yards.
He was on the field for 7 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.
Their other Week 9 calls
Locks at kickoff, graded after. When the start/sit engine grades week 9, the call and the result appear on the public record, wrong ones included.
Drop or keep
Should I drop Corey Kiner for Dylan Sampson?
Yes, on the rest of the season. Dylan Sampson projects 33 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (4.1 a game over 8 games), Corey Kiner 22 (2.7 a game over 8 games). For Week 9 the call starts Dylan Sampson over Corey Kiner.
Should I drop Dylan Sampson for Corey Kiner?
No. Keep Dylan Sampson: he projects 33 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (4.1 a game over 8 games), Corey Kiner 22 (2.7 a game over 8 games). For Week 9 the call starts Dylan Sampson over Corey Kiner.
Week 8 on the board
- Is Corey Kiner playing Week 8?
- Is Dylan Sampson playing Week 8?
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