Start Sione Vaki or MarShawn Lloyd? Week 10
Updated Nov 10, 10:01 AM ET. Locks at kickoff, graded after. Week 11 answer posts Tuesday.
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Latest
- : MarShawn Lloyd: Questionable to Out (Knee) (Sleeper injury feed)
- : Sione Vaki: Listed Questionable (Ankle) (Sleeper injury feed)
- : MarShawn Lloyd: Listed Questionable (Knee) (Sleeper injury feed)
Start Sione Vaki over MarShawn Lloyd
- Market projects
- 3.9
- fantasy pts
- NE D vs RB
- 18.9
- 6th fewest to RBs (2026)
- Snap share
- 25%
- Through Week 9
- Target share
- 3%
- Through Week 9
- Market projects
- 3.6
- recent weeks avg
- MIN D vs RB
- 18.4
- 5th fewest to RBs (2026)
- Snap share
- 35%
- Through Week 8
- Target share
- 6%
- Through Week 8
Should I drop Sione Vaki for MarShawn Lloyd?
Yes, on the rest of the season. MarShawn Lloyd projects 42 market-implied PPR points from Week 10 through Week 17 (6.0 a game over 7 games), Sione Vaki 13 (1.6 a game over 8 games). For Week 10 the call starts Sione Vaki over MarShawn Lloyd. So make the move after his Week 10 game. MarShawn Lloyd is listed out.
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Our Week 10 call
Start Sione Vaki over MarShawn Lloyd in Week 10.
MarShawn Lloyd 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 3.9 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 MarShawn Lloyd yet. His market-based projections were 3.5, 4.9 and 2.4 points in Weeks 7, 8 and 9, an average of 3.6, which stands in until his Week 10 market posts.
That puts Sione Vaki 0.3 points ahead of MarShawn Lloyd 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.
MarShawn Lloyd and GB host MIN on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.
MIN allowed 18.4 fantasy points a game to RBs this season over 7 games, the 5th fewest in the league.
Running backs ran for 103 yards and 0.6 touchdowns a game against MIN and caught passes for 18 more yards.
By points allowed to the position, Sione Vaki has the softer matchup.
Injury status
Sione Vaki is not on the injury report.
MarShawn Lloyd is listed as out with a knee 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, MarShawn Lloyd played 35 percent of GB snaps, took 35 percent of the carries, drew 6 percent of the targets and had 19 percent of the red zone chances.
MarShawn Lloyd, Week 5 against CHI: 27 of 61 snaps, 10 carries for 31 yards, 2 targets and 1 catch for 6 yards, 2 touchdowns.
MarShawn Lloyd, Week 6 against DAL: 30 of 75 snaps, 8 carries for 10 yards, 1 target and 0 catches for 0 yards.
MarShawn Lloyd, Week 7 against DET: 24 of 67 snaps, 6 carries for 20 yards, 2 targets and 2 catches for 10 yards.
MarShawn Lloyd, Week 8 against CAR: 11 of 69 snaps, 3 carries for 7 yards, 1 target and 1 catch for 9 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.
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 Sione Vaki for MarShawn Lloyd?
Yes, on the rest of the season. MarShawn Lloyd projects 42 market-implied PPR points from Week 10 through Week 17 (6.0 a game over 7 games), Sione Vaki 13 (1.6 a game over 8 games). For Week 10 the call starts Sione Vaki over MarShawn Lloyd. So make the move after his Week 10 game. MarShawn Lloyd is listed out.
Should I drop MarShawn Lloyd for Sione Vaki?
No. Keep MarShawn Lloyd: he projects 42 market-implied PPR points from Week 10 through Week 17 (6.0 a game over 7 games), Sione Vaki 13 (1.6 a game over 8 games). For Week 10 the call starts Sione Vaki over MarShawn Lloyd. MarShawn Lloyd is listed out.
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Week 10 on the board
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