Start Sione Vaki or Jaylen Wright? Week 10

Our Week 10 call

Start Sione Vaki over Jaylen Wright in Week 10.

Jaylen Wright is listed out on the injury report, so this is not a close call: start Sione Vaki. Market coverage on Sione Vaki is 70 percent of what his position needs, so the market side of this carries proportionally less weight.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 3.8 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 (11 and 12 market sources).

No Week 10 player market is posted for Jaylen Wright yet. His market-based projections were 3.9, 3.6 and 2.7 points in Weeks 7, 8 and 9, an average of 3.4, which stands in until his Week 10 market posts.

That puts Sione Vaki 0.4 points ahead of Jaylen Wright on these projections.

Week 10 matchups

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.

Jaylen Wright and MIA visit IND on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

IND allowed 24.8 fantasy points a game to RBs this season over 8 games, the 9th most in the league.

Running backs ran for 103 yards and 0.9 touchdowns a game against IND and caught passes for 43 more yards.

By points allowed to the position, Jaylen Wright has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Sione Vaki is not on the injury report.

Jaylen Wright is listed as out with a quadriceps injury.

Usage before Week 10

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.

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: 8 of 65 snaps, 2 carries for 5 yards, 1 target and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

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.

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 10 calls

• Start Austin Ekeler over Sione Vaki.
• Start Corey Kiner over Sione Vaki.
• Start Dylan Sampson over Sione Vaki.