Start Pierre Strong Jr. or Sione Vaki? Week 7
Updated Oct 22, 12:31 AM ET. Locks at kickoff, graded after. Week 8 answer posts Tuesday.
Start Pierre Strong Jr. over Sione Vaki
- Market projects
- 4.9
- fantasy pts
- DET D vs RB
- 18.7
- 8th fewest to RBs (2026)
- Market projects
- 2.5
- fantasy pts
- GB D vs RB
- 26.2
- 3rd most to RBs (2026)
- Snap share
- 26%
- Through Week 5
- Target share
- 3%
- Through Week 5
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Our Week 7 call
Start Pierre Strong Jr. over Sione Vaki in Week 7.
Market-based projections have Pierre Strong Jr. at 4.9 points and Sione Vaki at 2.5, a gap of 2.4. 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.
What the market projects
Player markets imply 4.9 fantasy points for Pierre Strong Jr., with 100 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.
The market-based projection for Pierre Strong Jr. is 11 rushing yards, 8 receiving yards, 1-2 receptions and 0.3 touchdowns (6, 5, 4 and 13 market sources).
Player markets imply 2.5 fantasy points for Sione Vaki, with 70 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.
The market-based projection for Sione Vaki is 9 rushing yards and 0.1 touchdowns (6 and 12 market sources).
That puts Pierre Strong Jr. 2.4 points ahead of Sione Vaki on the market projections.
Week 7 matchups
Pierre Strong Jr. and GB visit DET on Sunday at 4:25 PM ET.
DET allowed 18.7 fantasy points a game to RBs this season over 5 games, the 8th fewest in the league.
Running backs ran for 84 yards and 0.8 touchdowns a game against DET and caught passes for 16 more yards.
Sione Vaki and DET host GB on Sunday at 4:25 PM ET.
GB allowed 26.2 fantasy points a game to RBs this season over 6 games, the 3rd most in the league.
Running backs ran for 91 yards and 1-2 touchdowns a game against GB and caught passes for 34 more yards.
By points allowed to the position, Sione Vaki has the softer matchup.
Injury status
Pierre Strong Jr. is not on the injury report.
Sione Vaki is not on the injury report.
Usage before Week 7
Through Week 5, Sione Vaki played 26 percent of DET snaps, took 12 percent of the carries, drew 3 percent of the targets and had 1 percent of the red zone chances.
Sione Vaki, Week 2 against BUF: 11 of 65 snaps, 1 carry for 7 yards, 1 target and 1 catch for 13 yards.
Sione Vaki, Week 3 against NYJ: 20 of 65 snaps, 6 carries for 26 yards, 1 target and 1 catch for 11 yards.
Sione Vaki, Week 4 against CAR: 12 of 71 snaps, 0 carries for 0 yards, 2 targets and 1 catch for 17 yards.
Sione Vaki, Week 5 against ARI: 23 of 66 snaps, 6 carries for 11 yards, 0 targets 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.
Their other Week 7 calls
Locks at kickoff, graded after. When the start/sit engine grades week 7, the call and the result appear on the public record, wrong ones included.
Week 7 on the board
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- Is Sione Vaki playing Week 7?
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