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Sione Vaki or Jacob Saylors

Who Should I Start? - Week 1 • Start New
Sione Vaki

Sione Vaki

RB • Detroit Lions DET
Jacob Saylors

Jacob Saylors

RB • Detroit Lions DET
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Outlook Jacob Saylors

Jacob Saylors In Line for Committee Work in Detroit's High-Scoring Attack

Saylors has earned rotational consideration after leading the NFL with 227 scrimmage yards in the preseason. With Isiah Pacheco recently placed on injured reserve, head coach Dan Campbell indicated the Lions may deploy a committee for the secondary running back role alongside Sione Vaki, slotting Saylors into backup duties behind Jahmyr Gibbs.

Despite his expanded opportunity, Saylors remains primarily a deep-league stash. Our weekly projection expects just 3.5 rushing attempts and roughly 18 total yards, culminating in around 3 fantasy points. Even in a favorable high-scoring offensive environment, Saylors is rostered in roughly 5% of leagues and should remain firmly on fantasy benches until standalone volume materializes.

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Next Up ❱ Performance Comparison
Performance Sione Vaki
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Next Up ❱ Redzone Touches
Redzone Touches Sione Vaki
REDZONE
WK OPP ATT TAR REC
1 NO 🔓 🔓 🔓
2 @BUF 🔓 🔓 🔓
3 NYJ 🔓 🔓 🔓
4 @CAR 🔓 🔓 🔓
5 @ARI 🔓 🔓 🔓
6 BYE 🔓 🔓 🔓
7 GB 🔓 🔓 🔓
9 MIN 🔓 🔓 🔓
10 @MIA 🔓 🔓 🔓
11 NE 🔓 🔓 🔓
12 TB 🔓 🔓 🔓
12 CHI 🔓 🔓 🔓
13 @ATL 🔓 🔓 🔓
14 TEN 🔓 🔓 🔓
15 @MIN 🔓 🔓 🔓
16 NYG 🔓 🔓 🔓
17 @CHI 🔓 🔓 🔓
18 @GB 🔓 🔓 🔓

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Redzone Touches Jacob Saylors
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WK OPP ATT TAR REC
1 NO 🔓 🔓 🔓
2 @BUF 🔓 🔓 🔓
3 NYJ 🔓 🔓 🔓
4 @CAR 🔓 🔓 🔓
5 @ARI 🔓 🔓 🔓
6 BYE 🔓 🔓 🔓
7 GB 🔓 🔓 🔓
9 MIN 🔓 🔓 🔓
10 @MIA 🔓 🔓 🔓
11 NE 🔓 🔓 🔓
12 TB 🔓 🔓 🔓
12 CHI 🔓 🔓 🔓
13 @ATL 🔓 🔓 🔓
14 TEN 🔓 🔓 🔓
15 @MIN 🔓 🔓 🔓
16 NYG 🔓 🔓 🔓
17 @CHI 🔓 🔓 🔓
18 @GB 🔓 🔓 🔓

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Next Up ❱ Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START Sione Vaki
OWN
 
1%
+0.63 compared to last week
START
 
0%
0 compared to last week
OWN/START Jacob Saylors
OWN
 
5%
+5.08 compared to last week
START
 
0%
+0.32 compared to last week
Next Up ❱ Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Sione Vaki
Not Ranked
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Jacob Saylors
Not Ranked
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Next Up ❱ Player Breakdowns
Breakdown Sione Vaki

    Overview

  • Just about every team utilizies the dreaded 'running backs by comittee' policy. Two solid #1 starters are hard to find.
  • Experts don't even rank him among RB's. Either he is on a bye week or is just plain bad. Based on his stats from the past 30 days, he is currently ranked 138th with 0.40 total points (0.02 avg).
  • Currently 365.2 points behind the leader: Christian McCaffrey

    • Receiving Stats

  • Ranked 150th in targets and is currently among RB.
  • Top 100 in Rec TDs with 0, though that isn't saying much, and is currently ranked 96th among RB.
  • Ranked 153rd in targets and is currently among RB.
  • Ranked 150th in targets and is currently among RB.

    • Rushing Stats

    Bonus Qualities

  • Played in 2 more games this year than last year.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: Rush Yards: -10, Rush AVG: +1.7 Rush TDs: EVEN, Receptions: -3, Rec Yards: -37 Rec TDs: EVEN,
  • He is not getting enough touches to make a significant impact on the ground
  • You do realize that this guy has no rushing touchdowns right?

    • Season Outlook

  • RUSH ATT: 3, RUSH YDS: 12, RUSH TDS: 0, REC: 1, REC YDS: 8, REC TDS: 0
Breakdown Jacob Saylors

    Overview

  • Just about every team utilizies the dreaded 'running backs by comittee' policy. Two solid #1 starters are hard to find.
  • Experts don't even rank him among RB's. Either he is on a bye week or is just plain bad. Based on his stats from the past 30 days, he is currently ranked 130th with 1.10 total points (0.06 avg).
  • Currently 364.5 points behind the leader: Christian McCaffrey

    • Receiving Stats

  • Ranked 156th in targets and is currently among RB.
  • Ranked 119th in Rec TDs among RB.

    • Rushing Stats

    Bonus Qualities

  • Played in 18 more games this year than last year.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: Rush Yards: +11, Rush AVG: +5.5 Rush TDs: EVEN, Receptions: EVEN, Rec Yards: EVEN Rec TDs: EVEN,
  • He is not getting enough touches to make a significant impact on the ground
  • You do realize that this guy has no rushing touchdowns right?

    • Season Outlook

  • RUSH ATT: 0, RUSH YDS: 0, RUSH TDS: 0, REC: 0, REC YDS: 0, REC TDS: 0
Next Up ❱ Health Check
Injury Sione Vaki

No Injury Reported

Injury Jacob Saylors

No Injury Reported

Next Up ❱ Matchup Comparison
Matchups Sione Vaki

Week 1
Detroit Lions VS New Orleans Saints

PA/G YDS/G TO INT SACK TDs FSP
22.53335.6520104534.18
Compare to same point last season

Overview

  • Experts don"t even rank him among DST's. Either he is on a bye week or is just plain bad. Based on his stats from the past 30 days, he is currently ranked 14th with 114.00 total points (6.71 avg).
  • Currently 113 points behind the leader: Seahawks DST
  • Average points in the past two weeks have dipped quite a bit at 6.7.

Defensive Stats

  • Top 12 in total yards against with 335.65 per game and is currently ranked 11th among DST.
  • Ranked 19th in rush defense with 2171 (127.71 per game).
  • Top 6 in pass defense with 3535 (207.94 per game) and is currently ranked 5th among DST.
  • Top 12 in sacks with 45 (2.65 per game) and currently ranked 11th among DST.
  • Top 16 in points against with 22.53 per game and currently ranked 16th among DST.
  • Top 8 in Total TDs with 3 (0.18 per game) and currently ranked 8th among DST.

Bonus Qualities

  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: Total Yards Against: -64.94, Turnovers: -2 Sacks: +5, INTs: -6, TDs: +2, Points Allowed: +0.29,

Season Outlook

  • SACK: 45, INT: 13, TDS: 3, PA/G: 23.9, YDS/G: 318.5
Matchups Jacob Saylors

Week 1
Detroit Lions VS New Orleans Saints

PA/G YDS/G TO INT SACK TDs FSP
22.53335.6520104534.18
Compare to same point last season

Overview

  • Experts don"t even rank him among DST's. Either he is on a bye week or is just plain bad. Based on his stats from the past 30 days, he is currently ranked 14th with 114.00 total points (6.71 avg).
  • Currently 113 points behind the leader: Seahawks DST
  • Average points in the past two weeks have dipped quite a bit at 6.7.

Defensive Stats

  • Top 12 in total yards against with 335.65 per game and is currently ranked 11th among DST.
  • Ranked 19th in rush defense with 2171 (127.71 per game).
  • Top 6 in pass defense with 3535 (207.94 per game) and is currently ranked 5th among DST.
  • Top 12 in sacks with 45 (2.65 per game) and currently ranked 11th among DST.
  • Top 16 in points against with 22.53 per game and currently ranked 16th among DST.
  • Top 8 in Total TDs with 3 (0.18 per game) and currently ranked 8th among DST.

Bonus Qualities

  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: Total Yards Against: -64.94, Turnovers: -2 Sacks: +5, INTs: -6, TDs: +2, Points Allowed: +0.29,

Season Outlook

  • SACK: 45, INT: 13, TDS: 3, PA/G: 23.9, YDS/G: 318.5
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Career Sione Vaki
RUSH RECEIVING
YEAR TEAM GP ATT YD AVG TD TGTS REC YD AVG TD
2024 DET 4 6 14 2.3 0 3 3 37 12.3 0
2025 DET 1 1 4 4.0 0 0 0 0 0
ON PACE 5 5 18 4.0 0 0 0 0 0
3-YEAR AVG 2 2 6 2.6 0 1 1 12 12.3 0
Totals 5 7 18 2.6 0 3 3 37 12.3 0
Career Jacob Saylors
RUSH RECEIVING
YEAR TEAM GP ATT YD AVG TD TGTS REC YD AVG TD
2025 DET 1 2 11 5.5 0 0 0 0 0
ON PACE 5 9 50 5.5 0 0 0 0 0
3-YEAR AVG 1 1 6 5.5 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 1 2 11 5.5 0 0 0 0 0
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