Start Kimani Vidal or Isaiah Davis? Week 9

Our Week 9 call

Start Kimani Vidal over Isaiah Davis in Week 9.

Market-based projections have Kimani Vidal at 5.5 points and Isaiah Davis at 2.8, a gap of 2.7. No player market is posted for Kimani Vidal this week yet, so his 5.5 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 6 and 8 (5.1 and 5.8); the call is rebuilt when his market posts. No player market is posted for Isaiah Davis this week yet, so his 2.8 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 6 and 8 (1.9 and 3.7); the call is rebuilt when his market posts.

What the market projects

No Week 9 player market is posted for Kimani Vidal yet. His market-based projections were 5.1 and 5.8 points in Weeks 6 and 8, an average of 5.5, which stands in until his Week 9 market posts.

No Week 9 player market is posted for Isaiah Davis yet. His market-based projections were 1.9 and 3.7 points in Weeks 6 and 8, an average of 2.8, which stands in until his Week 9 market posts.

That puts Kimani Vidal 2.7 points ahead of Isaiah Davis on these projections.

Week 9 matchups

Kimani Vidal and LAC host HOU on Sunday at 4:05 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.

Isaiah Davis and NYJ visit KC on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

KC allowed 19.5 fantasy points a game to RBs this season over 6 games, the 9th fewest in the league.

Running backs ran for 72 yards and 0.7 touchdowns a game against KC and caught passes for 37 more yards.

By points allowed to the position, Kimani Vidal has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Kimani Vidal is not on the injury report.

Isaiah Davis is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 9

Through Week 8, Kimani Vidal played 27 percent of LAC snaps, took 15 percent of the carries, drew 7 percent of the targets and had 8 percent of the red zone chances.

Kimani Vidal, Week 4 against SEA: 25 of 71 snaps, 5 carries for 25 yards, 3 targets and 2 catches for 11 yards, 1 touchdown.

Kimani Vidal, Week 5 against DEN: 28 of 67 snaps, 8 carries for 57 yards, 2 targets and 1 catch for -1 yards, 1 touchdown.

Kimani Vidal, Week 6 against KC: 25 of 68 snaps, 7 carries for 21 yards, 4 targets and 3 catches for 19 yards.

Kimani Vidal, Week 8 against LAR: 8 carries for 23 yards, 2 targets and 2 catches for 7 yards.

Through Week 8, Isaiah Davis played 15 percent of NYJ snaps, took 13 percent of the carries, drew 5 percent of the targets and had 15 percent of the red zone chances.

Isaiah Davis, Week 5 against CLE: 10 of 70 snaps, 2 carries for 8 yards, 2 targets and 1 catch for 9 yards.

Isaiah Davis, Week 6 against NE: 8 of 62 snaps, 7 carries for 16 yards, 1 target and 1 catch for 10 yards.

Isaiah Davis, Week 7 against MIA: 13 of 59 snaps, 1 carry for 5 yards, 3 targets and 3 catches for 49 yards.

Isaiah Davis, Week 8 against LV: 5 carries for 15 yards, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Kimani Vidal played 13 games for LAC and scored 117.9 PPR points, 9.1 a game, finishing RB42.

He ran 155 times for 643 yards and 3 touchdowns, and caught 16 of 22 targets for 136 yards.

He was on the field for 58 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

In 2025, Isaiah Davis played 16 games for NYJ and scored 71.2 PPR points, 4.5 a game, finishing RB59.

He ran 43 times for 236 yards and 1 touchdown, and caught 21 of 28 targets for 186 yards.

He was on the field for 29 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 9 calls

• Start Kimani Vidal over Corey Kiner.
• Start Dylan Sampson over Kimani Vidal.
• Start Kimani Vidal over George Holani.
• Start Corey Kiner over Isaiah Davis.
• Start George Holani over Isaiah Davis.
• Start Jaylen Wright over Isaiah Davis.