Start Corey Kiner or Ray Davis? Week 8

Our Week 8 call

Start Corey Kiner over Ray Davis in Week 8.

Market-based projections have Corey Kiner at 3.2 points and Ray Davis at 1.7, a gap of 1.6. 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 Ray Davis this week yet, so his 1.7 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 5 and 6 (0.9 and 2.4); 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 Ray Davis yet. His market-based projections were 0.9 and 2.4 points in Weeks 5 and 6, an average of 1.7, which stands in until his Week 8 market posts.

That puts Corey Kiner 1.6 points ahead of Ray 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.

Ray Davis and BUF host BAL on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

BAL allowed 18.5 fantasy points a game to RBs this season over 7 games, the 5th fewest in the league.

Running backs ran for 77 yards and 0.9 touchdowns a game against BAL and caught passes for 15 more yards.

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

Injury status

Corey Kiner is not on the injury report.

Ray 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 6, Ray Davis played 11 percent of BUF snaps, took 3 percent of the carries, drew 2 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

Ray Davis, Week 3 against LAC: 5 of 66 snaps, 0 carries for 0 yards, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Ray Davis, Week 4 against NE: 4 of 59 snaps, 1 carry for 3 yards, 1 target and 1 catch for 4 yards.

Ray Davis, Week 5 against LAR: 10 of 64 snaps, 2 carries for 2 yards, 1 target and 1 catch for 31 yards.

Ray Davis, Week 6 against LV: 9 of 68 snaps, 1 carry for 4 yards, 1 target and 1 catch for 5 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, Ray Davis played 17 games for BUF and scored 64.1 PPR points, 3.8 a game, finishing RB61.

He ran 58 times for 275 yards and 0 touchdowns, and caught 10 of 13 targets for 86 yards.

He was on the field for 11 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 Corey Kiner over Isaiah Davis.
• Start Chris Rodriguez Jr. over Ray Davis.
• Start Isaiah Davis over Ray Davis.
• Start Jaylen Wright over Ray Davis.