Start Dameon Pierce or Jaylen Wright? Week 8

Our Week 8 call

Start Dameon Pierce over Jaylen Wright in Week 8.

Market-based projections have Dameon Pierce at 6.0 points and Jaylen Wright at 4.2, a gap of 1.7. No player market is posted for Dameon Pierce this week yet, so his 6.0 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 5, 6 and 7 (3.8, 10.4 and 3.6); the call is rebuilt when his market posts. No player market is posted for Jaylen Wright this week yet, so his 4.2 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 5 and 7 (4.5 and 3.9); the call is rebuilt when his market posts.

What the market projects

No Week 8 player market is posted for Dameon Pierce yet. His market-based projections were 3.8, 10.4 and 3.6 points in Weeks 5, 6 and 7, an average of 6.0, which stands in until his Week 8 market posts.

No Week 8 player market is posted for Jaylen Wright yet. His market-based projections were 4.5 and 3.9 points in Weeks 5 and 7, an average of 4.2, which stands in until his Week 8 market posts.

That puts Dameon Pierce 1.7 points ahead of Jaylen Wright on these projections.

Week 8 matchups

Dameon Pierce and PHI visit WAS on Sunday at 8:20 PM ET.

WAS allowed 19.0 fantasy points a game to RBs this season over 6 games, the 7th fewest in the league.

Running backs ran for 78 yards and 0.7 touchdowns a game against WAS and caught passes for 36 more yards.

Jaylen Wright and MIA host NE on Sunday at 4:25 PM ET.

NE allowed 20.6 fantasy points a game to RBs this season over 7 games, the 13th fewest in the league.

Running backs ran for 83 yards and 0.7 touchdowns a game against NE and caught passes for 35 more yards.

By points allowed to the position, Jaylen Wright has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Dameon Pierce is listed as questionable with a undisclosed injury.

Jaylen Wright is listed as questionable with a quadriceps injury.

Usage before Week 8

Through Week 7, Dameon Pierce played 80 percent of PHI snaps, took 66 percent of the carries, drew 10 percent of the targets and had 47 percent of the red zone chances.

Dameon Pierce, Week 5 against JAX: 48 of 62 snaps, 11 carries for 14 yards, 5 targets and 2 catches for -2 yards.

Dameon Pierce, Week 6 against CAR: 61 of 64 snaps, 12 carries for 35 yards, 5 targets and 4 catches for 15 yards, 1 touchdown.

Dameon Pierce, Week 7 against DAL: 42 of 62 snaps, 14 carries for 47 yards, 1 target and 1 catch for 1 yards, 1 touchdown.

Through Week 7, Jaylen Wright played 13 percent of MIA snaps, took 14 percent of the carries, drew 1 percent of the targets and had 9 percent of the red zone chances.

Jaylen Wright, Week 2 against SF: 3 of 59 snaps, 2 carries for 11 yards, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Jaylen Wright, Week 4 against MIN: 12 of 39 snaps, 5 carries for 7 yards, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Jaylen Wright, Week 5 against CIN: 9 of 66 snaps, 6 carries for 11 yards, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Jaylen Wright, Week 7 against NYJ: 8 of 65 snaps, 6 carries for 8 yards, 1 target and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Dameon Pierce played 5 games for KC and scored 3.6 PPR points, 0.7 a game, finishing RB128.

He ran 14 times for 36 yards and 0 touchdowns, and caught 0 of 1 target for 0 yards.

He was on the field for 8 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

In 2025, Jaylen Wright played 10 games for MIA and scored 48.2 PPR points, 4.8 a game, finishing RB70.

He ran 70 times for 288 yards and 2 touchdowns, and caught 5 of 9 targets for 44 yards.

He was on the field for 14 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 8 calls

• Start Blake Corum over Dameon Pierce.
• Start Dameon Pierce over George Holani.
• Start J.K. Dobbins over Dameon Pierce.
• Start Jaylen Wright over Chris Rodriguez Jr..
• Start Jaylen Wright over Corey Kiner.
• Start George Holani over Jaylen Wright.