Start Corey Kiner or Isaiah Davis? Week 8

Our Week 8 call

Start Corey Kiner over Isaiah Davis in Week 8.

Market-based projections have Corey Kiner at 3.2 points and Isaiah Davis at 2.4, a gap of 0.8. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. No player market is posted for Corey Kiner this week yet, so his 3.2 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 6 and 7 (3.2 and 3.3); the call is rebuilt when his market posts. No player market is posted for Isaiah Davis this week yet, so his 2.4 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 5 and 6 (2.9 and 1.9); the call is rebuilt when his market posts.

What the market projects

No Week 8 player market is posted for Corey Kiner yet. His market-based projections were 3.2 and 3.3 points in Weeks 6 and 7, an average of 3.2, which stands in until his Week 8 market posts.

No Week 8 player market is posted for Isaiah Davis yet. His market-based projections were 2.9 and 1.9 points in Weeks 5 and 6, an average of 2.4, which stands in until his Week 8 market posts.

That puts Corey Kiner 0.8 points ahead of Isaiah Davis on these projections.

Week 8 matchups

Corey Kiner and NE visit MIA on Sunday at 4:25 PM ET.

MIA allowed 26.4 fantasy points a game to RBs this season over 6 games, the 4th most in the league.

Running backs ran for 103 yards and 0-1 touchdowns a game against MIA and caught passes for 46 more yards.

Isaiah Davis and NYJ host LV on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

LV allowed 25.4 fantasy points a game to RBs this season over 7 games, the 5th most in the league.

Running backs ran for 125 yards and a touchdown a game against LV and caught passes for 37 more yards.

By points allowed to the position, Corey Kiner has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Corey Kiner is not on the injury report.

Isaiah Davis is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 8

Through Week 7, Corey Kiner played 12 percent of NE snaps, took 18 percent of the carries, drew 1 percent of the targets and had 15 percent of the red zone chances.

Corey Kiner, Week 4 against BUF: 2 of 76 snaps, 0 carries for 0 yards, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

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.

Through Week 7, Isaiah Davis played 15 percent of NYJ snaps, took 11 percent of the carries, drew 6 percent of the targets and had 16 percent of the red zone chances.

Isaiah Davis, Week 4 against CHI: 2 of 32 snaps, 0 carries for 0 yards, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Isaiah Davis, Week 5 against CLE: 10 of 70 snaps, 2 carries for 8 yards, 2 targets and 1 catch for 9 yards.

Isaiah Davis, Week 6 against NE: 8 of 62 snaps, 7 carries for 16 yards, 1 target and 1 catch for 10 yards.

Isaiah Davis, Week 7 against MIA: 13 of 59 snaps, 1 carry for 5 yards, 3 targets and 3 catches for 49 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

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.

In 2025, Isaiah Davis played 16 games for NYJ and scored 71.2 PPR points, 4.5 a game, finishing RB59.

He ran 43 times for 236 yards and 1 touchdown, and caught 21 of 28 targets for 186 yards.

He was on the field for 29 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 8 calls

• Start Chris Rodriguez Jr. over Corey Kiner.
• Start George Holani over Corey Kiner.
• Start Jaylen Wright over Corey Kiner.
• Start Chris Rodriguez Jr. over Isaiah Davis.
• Start George Holani over Isaiah Davis.
• Start Jaylen Wright over Isaiah Davis.