Start Kimani Vidal or Jaylen Wright? Week 9

Our Week 9 call

Start Kimani Vidal over Jaylen Wright in Week 9.

Market-based projections have Kimani Vidal at 5.5 points and Jaylen Wright at 3.8, a gap of 1.7. 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 Jaylen Wright this week yet, so his 3.8 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 7 and 8 (3.9 and 3.6); 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 Jaylen Wright yet. His market-based projections were 3.9 and 3.6 points in Weeks 7 and 8, an average of 3.8, which stands in until his Week 9 market posts.

That puts Kimani Vidal 1.7 points ahead of Jaylen Wright 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.

Jaylen Wright and MIA host DET on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

DET allowed 19.8 fantasy points a game to RBs this season over 6 games, the 10th fewest in the league.

Running backs ran for 80 yards and 0.7 touchdowns a game against DET and caught passes for 25 more yards.

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

Injury status

Kimani Vidal is not on the injury report.

Jaylen Wright 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, Jaylen Wright played 13 percent of MIA snaps, took 14 percent of the carries, drew 1 percent of the targets and had 8 percent of the red zone chances.

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.

Jaylen Wright, Week 8 against NE: 2 carries for 5 yards, 1 target 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, 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 9 calls

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