Start Kendre Miller or Dameon Pierce? Week 7

Our Week 7 call

Start Kendre Miller over Dameon Pierce in Week 7.

Market-based projections have Kendre Miller at 8.1 points and Dameon Pierce at 7.1, a gap of 1.0. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. No player market is posted for Dameon Pierce this week yet, so his 7.1 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 5 and 6 (3.8 and 10.4); the call is rebuilt when his market posts.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 8.1 fantasy points for Kendre Miller, with 100 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.

The market-based projection for Kendre Miller is 45 rushing yards and 0-1 touchdowns (11 and 12 market sources).

No Week 7 player market is posted for Dameon Pierce yet. His market-based projections were 3.8 and 10.4 points in Weeks 5 and 6, an average of 7.1, which stands in until his Week 7 market posts.

The market-based projection for Dameon Pierce is 0.6 touchdowns (8 market sources).

That puts Kendre Miller 1.0 points ahead of Dameon Pierce on these projections.

Week 7 matchups

Kendre Miller and NO host PIT on Sunday at 9:30 AM ET.

PIT allowed 20.5 fantasy points a game to RBs this season over 6 games, the 15th fewest in the league.

Running backs ran for 86 yards and 0-1 touchdowns a game against PIT and caught passes for 35 more yards.

Dameon Pierce and PHI host DAL on Monday at 8:15 PM ET.

DAL allowed 23.2 fantasy points a game to RBs this season over 6 games, the 10th most in the league.

Running backs ran for 104 yards and 0.8 touchdowns a game against DAL and caught passes for 24 more yards.

By points allowed to the position, Dameon Pierce has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Kendre Miller is not on the injury report.

Dameon Pierce is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 7

Through Week 6, Kendre Miller played 30 percent of NO snaps, took 39 percent of the carries, drew 4 percent of the targets and had 22 percent of the red zone chances.

Kendre Miller, Week 3 against LV: 14 of 74 snaps, 4 carries for 14 yards, 3 targets and 2 catches for 5 yards.

Kendre Miller, Week 4 against ATL: 19 of 74 snaps, 6 carries for 9 yards, 3 targets and 2 catches for 10 yards.

Kendre Miller, Week 5 against MIN: 14 of 45 snaps, 10 carries for 30 yards, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards, 1 touchdown.

Kendre Miller, Week 6 against NYG: 32 of 72 snaps, 20 carries for 70 yards, 2 targets and 2 catches for 0 yards.

Through Week 6, Dameon Pierce played 87 percent of PHI snaps, took 74 percent of the carries, drew 12 percent of the targets and had 43 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.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Kendre Miller played 7 games for NO and scored 33.3 PPR points, 4.8 a game, finishing RB79.

He ran 47 times for 193 yards and 1 touchdown, and caught 5 of 5 targets for 30 yards.

He was on the field for 24 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

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.

Dameon Pierce, Week 18 of 2025 against LV: 4 carries for 10 yards, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards, 1.0 PPR points.

Their other Week 7 calls

• Start Aaron Jones Sr. over Kendre Miller.
• Start Kendre Miller over Alvin Kamara.
• Start Kendre Miller over Blake Corum.
• Start Alvin Kamara over Dameon Pierce.
• Start Blake Corum over Dameon Pierce.
• Start Brian Robinson over Dameon Pierce.