Start Seth McGowan or Sione Vaki? Week 7

Our Week 7 call

Start Sione Vaki over Seth McGowan in Week 7.

Market-based projections have Sione Vaki at 2.4 points and Seth McGowan at 2.2, a gap of 0.2. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. No player market is posted for Sione Vaki this week yet, so his 2.4 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 4 and 5 (2.4 and 2.3); the call is rebuilt when his market posts. No player market is posted for Seth McGowan this week yet, so his 2.2 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 4 and 5 (2.0 and 2.4); the call is rebuilt when his market posts.

What the market projects

No Week 7 player market is posted for Sione Vaki yet. His market-based projections were 2.4 and 2.3 points in Weeks 4 and 5, an average of 2.4, which stands in until his Week 7 market posts.

The market-based projection for Sione Vaki is 0.1 touchdowns (7 market sources).

No Week 7 player market is posted for Seth McGowan yet. His market-based projections were 2.0 and 2.4 points in Weeks 4 and 5, an average of 2.2, which stands in until his Week 7 market posts.

That puts Sione Vaki 0.2 points ahead of Seth McGowan on these projections.

Week 7 matchups

Seth McGowan and IND visit MIN on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

MIN allowed 14.3 fantasy points a game to RBs this season over 5 games, the fewest in the league.

Running backs ran for 72 yards and 0.4 touchdowns a game against MIN and caught passes for 18 more yards.

Injury status

Sione Vaki is not on the injury report.

Seth McGowan 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.

Through Week 6, Seth McGowan played 18 percent of IND snaps, took 13 percent of the carries, drew 2 percent of the targets and had 5 percent of the red zone chances.

Seth McGowan, Week 3 against HOU: 11 of 71 snaps, 4 carries for 14 yards, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Seth McGowan, Week 4 against WAS: 19 of 66 snaps, 6 carries for 31 yards, 2 targets and 1 catch for 7 yards.

Seth McGowan, Week 5 against PIT: 19 of 71 snaps, 5 carries for 16 yards, 1 target and 1 catch for 3 yards.

Seth McGowan, Week 6 against TEN: 4 carries for 27 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

• Start Isaiah Davis over Sione Vaki.
• Start Jaylen Wright over Sione Vaki.
• Start Justice Hill over Sione Vaki.
• Start Isaiah Davis over Seth McGowan.
• Start Jaylen Wright over Seth McGowan.
• Start Kenny Gainwell over Seth McGowan.