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Start Sione Vaki or Dylan Sampson? Week 10

Updated Nov 10, 10:46 AM ET.

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Start Dylan Sampson over Sione Vaki

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Dylan Sampson

RB · CLE · vs HOU

Market projects
6.5
recent weeks avg
HOU D vs RB
22.3
12th most to RBs (2026)
Upside
Limited
39 of 100 at RB
Snap share
55%
Through Week 9
Target share
16%
Through Week 9
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Sione Vaki

RB · DET · vs NE

Market projects
3.9
fantasy pts
NE D vs RB
18.9
6th fewest to RBs (2026)
Upside
Limited
21 of 100 at RB
Snap share
25%
Through Week 9
Target share
3%
Through Week 9

Should I drop Dylan Sampson for Sione Vaki?

Not on these numbers alone. Dylan Sampson projects 13 market-implied PPR points from Week 10 through Week 17 (1.9 a game over 7 games) and Sione Vaki 13 (1.6 a game over 8 games), too close to separate, so the roster spot decides it. For Week 10 the call starts Dylan Sampson over Sione Vaki.

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Our Week 10 call

Start Dylan Sampson over Sione Vaki in Week 10.

Market-based projections have Dylan Sampson at 6.5 points and Sione Vaki at 3.9, a gap of 2.6. Sione Vaki's number is scaled up from a partial market: not every stat the position needs is posted yet, so the rest is estimated from what is. No player market is posted for Dylan Sampson this week yet, so his 6.5 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 7, 8 and 9 (5.9, 6.4 and 7.2); the call is rebuilt when his market posts.

What the market projects

No Week 10 player market is posted for Dylan Sampson yet. His market-based projections were 5.9, 6.4 and 7.2 points in Weeks 7, 8 and 9, an average of 6.5, which stands in until his Week 10 market posts.

Player markets imply 3.9 fantasy points for Sione Vaki, with 70 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.

The market-based projection for Sione Vaki is 14 rushing yards and 0.2 touchdowns (12 and 12 market sources).

That puts Dylan Sampson 2.6 points ahead of Sione Vaki on these projections.

Week 10 matchups

Dylan Sampson and CLE host HOU on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

HOU allowed 22.3 fantasy points a game to RBs this season over 7 games, the 12th most in the league.

Running backs ran for 91 yards and 0.9 touchdowns a game against HOU and caught passes for 21 more yards.

Sione Vaki and DET host NE on Sunday at 9:30 AM ET.

NE allowed 19.0 fantasy points a game to RBs this season over 8 games, the 6th fewest in the league.

Running backs ran for 82 yards and 0.6 touchdowns a game against NE and caught passes for 31 more yards.

By points allowed to the position, Dylan Sampson has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Dylan Sampson is not on the injury report.

Sione Vaki is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 10

Through Week 9, Dylan Sampson played 55 percent of CLE snaps, took 20 percent of the carries, drew 16 percent of the targets and had 8 percent of the red zone chances.

Dylan Sampson, Week 7 against TEN: 32 of 70 snaps, 6 carries for 45 yards, 3 targets and 3 catches for 32 yards.

Dylan Sampson, Week 8 against PIT: 39 of 70 snaps, 1 carry for 7 yards, 8 targets and 6 catches for 62 yards.

Dylan Sampson, Week 9 against NO: 47 of 73 snaps, 8 carries for 21 yards, 6 targets and 3 catches for 27 yards.

Through Week 9, Sione Vaki played 25 percent of DET snaps, took 13 percent of the carries, drew 3 percent of the targets and had 1 percent of the red zone chances.

Sione Vaki, Week 5 against ARI: 23 of 66 snaps, 6 carries for 11 yards, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Sione Vaki, Week 7 against GB: 9 of 68 snaps, 1 carry for 5 yards, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Sione Vaki, Week 8 against MIN: 20 of 72 snaps, 11 carries for 65 yards, 1 target and 1 catch for 5 yards.

Sione Vaki, Week 9 against MIA: 19 of 59 snaps, 3 carries for 14 yards, 2 targets and 2 catches for 7 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Dylan Sampson played 15 games for CLE and scored 87.6 PPR points, 5.8 a game, finishing RB55.

He ran 65 times for 175 yards and 0 touchdowns, and caught 33 of 40 targets for 271 yards.

He was on the field for 25 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

In 2025, Sione Vaki played 11 games for DET and scored 0.4 PPR points, 0.0 a game, finishing RB143.

He ran 1 time for 4 yards and 0 touchdowns, and caught 0 of 0 targets for 0 yards.

He was on the field for 0 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 10 calls

Locks at kickoff, graded after. When the start/sit engine grades week 10, the call and the result appear on the public record, wrong ones included.

Drop or keep

  • Should I drop Dylan Sampson for Sione Vaki?

    Not on these numbers alone. Dylan Sampson projects 13 market-implied PPR points from Week 10 through Week 17 (1.9 a game over 7 games) and Sione Vaki 13 (1.6 a game over 8 games), too close to separate, so the roster spot decides it. For Week 10 the call starts Dylan Sampson over Sione Vaki.

  • Should I drop Sione Vaki for Dylan Sampson?

    Not on these numbers alone. Sione Vaki projects 13 market-implied PPR points from Week 10 through Week 17 (1.6 a game over 8 games) and Dylan Sampson 13 (1.9 a game over 7 games), too close to separate, so the roster spot decides it. For Week 10 the call starts Dylan Sampson over Sione Vaki.

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