Jadarian Price · Omarion Hampton · 2026 week 9

Jadarian Price or Omarion Hampton?

Wondering who you should start this week — Jadarian Price or Omarion Hampton? The start/sit call and the numbers behind it are below, plus who wins a straight-up trade. Rebuilt nightly.

Start Omarion Hampton — barelyThis one is a coin flip — the projections are within 0.1 points. The matchup leans Omarion Hampton (HOU allow the 14th-most RB points), but you can defend either call.

Player	Wk 9	Proj (PPR)	Matchup	Form L3	Trade value	Status
Jadarian Price	vs ARI	9.4	15th	4	1,189	healthy
Omarion Hampton START	vs HOU	9.5	14th	5.8	1,636	healthy

RBs vs ARI recently: Blake Corum 12 pts (W6) · RJ Harvey 12 pts (W7) · Javonte Williams 5.7 pts (W8).

RBs vs HOU recently: Tony Pollard 5.2 pts (W5) · Bhayshul Tuten 20.7 pts (W6) · Cam Skattebo 18.1 pts (W7).

🎓 The coach's read

Projections are 0.1 apart — too close to call on projection alone.
Omarion Hampton has the higher floor (3.7) — the safer start if you are favoured.
Jadarian Price has the higher ceiling (19) — the play if you need points.
Omarion Hampton is steady — about 19% less volatile week to week than a typical RB projected here — higher floor, lower ceiling.
Jadarian Price faces ARI, 15th most generous to RBs.
Omarion Hampton faces HOU, 14th most generous to RBs.

Who wins a straight-up trade?

Omarion Hampton carries the higher trade value — 1,636 against 1,189 (a 27% gap). In a one-for-one, the side receiving Omarion Hampton gets the most. Momentum: Jadarian Price +53 and Omarion Hampton -1366 over the last 30 days.

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All numbers are the 2026 season, refreshed nightly.