Start Sione Vaki or Khalil Herbert? Week 10

Our Week 10 call

Start Sione Vaki over Khalil Herbert in Week 10.

Market-based projections have Sione Vaki at 3.9 points and Khalil Herbert at 2.9, a gap of 1.0. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. 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 Khalil Herbert this week yet, so his 2.9 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 7 and 9 (2.6 and 3.2); the call is rebuilt when his market posts. 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 3.9 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).

No Week 10 player market is posted for Khalil Herbert yet. His market-based projections were 2.6 and 3.2 points in Weeks 7 and 9, an average of 2.9, which stands in until his Week 10 market posts.

That puts Sione Vaki 1.0 points ahead of Khalil Herbert 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.

Khalil Herbert and ATL host KC on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

KC allowed 19.8 fantasy points a game to RBs this season over 7 games, the 10th fewest in the league.

Running backs ran for 69 yards and 0.7 touchdowns a game against KC and caught passes for 42 more yards.

By points allowed to the position, Khalil Herbert has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Sione Vaki is not on the injury report.

Khalil Herbert is not on the injury report.

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 9, Khalil Herbert played 17 percent of ATL snaps, took 9 percent of the carries, drew 6 percent of the targets and had 8 percent of the red zone chances.

Khalil Herbert, Week 7 against SF: 11 of 69 snaps, 2 carries for 9 yards, 1 target and 1 catch for 19 yards.

Khalil Herbert, Week 8 against TB: 10 of 53 snaps, 4 carries for 12 yards, 1 target and 1 catch for 3 yards.

Khalil Herbert, Week 9 against CIN: 11 of 62 snaps, 1 carry for 7 yards, 3 targets and 2 catches for 2 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, Khalil Herbert played 7 games for NYJ and scored 6.6 PPR points, 0.9 a game, finishing RB118.

He ran 16 times for 52 yards and 0 touchdowns, and caught 1 of 4 targets for 4 yards.

He was on the field for 4 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.
• Start Austin Ekeler over Khalil Herbert.
• Start Corey Kiner over Khalil Herbert.
• Start Dylan Sampson over Khalil Herbert.