Najee Harris · Sione Vaki · 2026 week 4

Najee Harris or Sione Vaki?

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

Start Najee Harris — barelyThis one is a coin flip — the projections are within 0.6 points. The matchup leans Najee Harris (ARI allow the 20th-most RB points), but you can defend either call.

Player	Wk 4	Proj (PPR)	Matchup	Form L3	Trade value	Status
Najee Harris START	vs ARI	5.0	20th	2.9	–	healthy
Sione Vaki	@ CAR	4.4	2nd · soft	3.5	–	healthy

RBs vs ARI recently: Omarion Hampton 8.3 pts (W1) · Emanuel Wilson 9.2 pts (W2) · Christian McCaffrey 17.6 pts (W3).

RBs vs CAR recently: D'Andre Swift 31.4 pts (W1) · Bijan Robinson 8.1 pts (W2) · Quinshon Judkins 7.9 pts (W3).

🎓 The coach's read

Projections are 0.6 apart — too close to call on projection alone.
Najee Harris has the higher floor (0.8) — the safer start if you are favoured.
Sione Vaki has the higher ceiling (10.8) — the play if you need points.
Najee Harris faces ARI, 20th most generous to RBs.
Sione Vaki faces CAR, 2nd most generous to RBs.

Who wins a straight-up trade?

Their trade values are effectively even — a one-for-one is a fair swap on the numbers.

Open in Start/Sit (any scoring) Open in the Trade Analyzer

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All numbers are the 2026 season, refreshed nightly.