Start Dameon Pierce or Justice Hill? Week 8

Updated Oct 27, 8:11 PM ET. Locks at kickoff, graded after. Week 9 answer posts Tuesday.

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Oct 27, 10:58 AM ET: Dameon Pierce: Listed Questionable (Undisclosed) (Sleeper injury feed)

Start Dameon Pierce over Justice Hill

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Dameon Pierce

RB · PHI · at WAS · Questionable

Market projects: 6.0; recent weeks avg
WAS D vs RB: 19.0; 7th fewest to RBs (2026)
Upside: Limited; 32 of 100 at RB
Snap share: 80%; Through Week 7
Target share: 10%; Through Week 7

Sit

Justice Hill

RB · BAL · at BUF

Market projects: 4.4; fantasy pts
BUF D vs RB: 27.3; 3rd most to RBs (2026)
Upside: Moderate; 57 of 100 at RB
Snap share: 43%; Through Week 7
Target share: 9%; Through Week 7

Should I drop Dameon Pierce for Justice Hill?

Yes, on the rest of the season. Justice Hill projects 40 market-implied PPR points from Week 8 through Week 17 (4.4 a game over 9 games), Dameon Pierce 21 (2.3 a game over 9 games). For Week 8 the call starts Dameon Pierce over Justice Hill. So make the move after his Week 8 game. Dameon Pierce is listed questionable.

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Our Week 8 call

Start Dameon Pierce over Justice Hill in Week 8.

Market-based projections have Dameon Pierce at 6.0 points and Justice Hill at 4.4, a gap of 1.5. 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.

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.

Player markets imply 4.4 fantasy points for Justice Hill, with 100 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.

The market-based projection for Justice Hill is 12 rushing yards, 10 receiving yards and 0.2 touchdowns (8, 7 and 10 market sources).

That puts Dameon Pierce 1.5 points ahead of Justice Hill 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.

Justice Hill and BAL visit BUF on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

BUF allowed 27.3 fantasy points a game to RBs this season over 6 games, the 3rd most in the league.

Running backs ran for 83 yards and a touchdown a game against BUF and caught passes for 47 more yards.

By points allowed to the position, Justice Hill has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Dameon Pierce is listed as questionable with a undisclosed injury.

Justice Hill is not on the injury report.

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, Justice Hill played 43 percent of BAL snaps, took 10 percent of the carries, drew 9 percent of the targets and had 1 percent of the red zone chances.

Justice Hill, Week 4 against TEN: 24 of 64 snaps, 1 carry for 3 yards, 3 targets and 2 catches for 22 yards.

Justice Hill, Week 5 against ATL: 35 of 76 snaps, 4 carries for 73 yards, 4 targets and 2 catches for 5 yards.

Justice Hill, Week 6 against CLE: 24 of 57 snaps, 0 carries for 0 yards, 3 targets and 3 catches for 9 yards.

Justice Hill, Week 7 against CIN: 31 of 67 snaps, 3 carries for 7 yards, 4 targets and 3 catches for 26 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, Justice Hill played 10 games for BAL and scored 65.2 PPR points, 6.5 a game, finishing RB60.

He ran 18 times for 93 yards and 2 touchdowns, and caught 21 of 27 targets for 169 yards.

He was on the field for 37 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.

Drop or keep

Should I drop Dameon Pierce for Justice Hill?
Yes, on the rest of the season. Justice Hill projects 40 market-implied PPR points from Week 8 through Week 17 (4.4 a game over 9 games), Dameon Pierce 21 (2.3 a game over 9 games). For Week 8 the call starts Dameon Pierce over Justice Hill. So make the move after his Week 8 game. Dameon Pierce is listed questionable.
Should I drop Justice Hill for Dameon Pierce?
No. Keep Justice Hill: he projects 40 market-implied PPR points from Week 8 through Week 17 (4.4 a game over 9 games), Dameon Pierce 21 (2.3 a game over 9 games). For Week 8 the call starts Dameon Pierce over Justice Hill. Dameon Pierce is listed questionable.

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