Should I start Blake Corum or Jordan Mason in Week 9?
Updated Nov 3, 4:36 AM ET. Week 10 answers post Tuesday.
Week 9 verdict
Start Jordan Mason over Blake Corum
- Market projects
- 11.7
- recent weeks avg
- BUF D vs RB
- 27.3
- 3rd most to RBs (2026)
- Snap share
- 54%
- Through Week 8
- Target share
- 3%
- Through Week 8
- Market projects
- 9.2
- recent weeks avg
- WAS D vs RB
- 19.0
- 7th fewest to RBs (2026)
- Snap share
- 30%
- Through Week 8
- Target share
- 5%
- Through Week 8
Start Jordan Mason: 54 percent of the snaps and 52 percent of the carries over their last 3 games, against Blake Corum's 33 percent of the snaps and 40 percent of the carries. No market projection is posted on either of them this week, so this is a usage call, and a lower confidence one than a call made on a projection. What follows is what each of them has done.
Should I drop Jordan Mason for Blake Corum?
Yes, on the rest of the season. Blake Corum projects 65 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (8.1 a game over 8 games), Jordan Mason 50 (5.6 a game over 9 games). For Week 9 the call starts Jordan Mason over Blake Corum. So make the move after his Week 9 game.
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Neither man carries a season projection right now, so this is their usage this season and their last full season's numbers, side by side.
RB28 · LAR · bye 11
2026 vs carries line 3-5
- Market-based projection
- 9.5 pts a game Wk 8 price
- Overall rank
- 82
RB36 · MIN · bye 6
2025 vs rush yds line 8-8
- Market-based projection
- 11.7 pts a game Wk 8 price
- Overall rank
- 118
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The gap
- Board size297 draftable players
Draft data is not current for these two, so the figures that depend on it are left out. The call above comes from each player's usage.
Where the draft room stands
Live drafts hold no current pick on Blake Corum, and the board ranks him 82nd overall on the rest of his evidence.
Live drafts hold no current pick on Jordan Mason, and the board ranks him 118th overall on the rest of his evidence.
The market-based projections
The market-based projection for Blake Corum is 3.9 PPR points a game off 1 market across 5 market sources. That is 30 percent of what a running back's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.
The market-based projection for Jordan Mason is 3.2 PPR points a game off 1 market across 1 market source. That is 30 percent of what a running back's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.
Blake Corum's projection is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.
This season through Week 8
Through Week 8, Blake Corum has been on the field for 30 percent of LAR snaps, taken 37 percent of the carries, drawn 5 percent of the targets and had 15 percent of the red zone chances.
He has taken 0 of the offence's 66 third down targets, had 2 of its 21 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 39 two minute targets.
His 15 targets have averaged 0.3 air yards.
In Week 6 against ARI he carried 9 times for 42 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 18 yards and scored 1 touchdown.
In Week 7 against LV he carried 17 times for 93 yards, caught 1 of 1 target for 8 yards and scored 1 touchdown.
In Week 8 against LAC he carried 11 times for 73 yards, caught 0 of 1 target for 0 yards and scored 1 touchdown.
Through Week 8, Jordan Mason has been on the field for 54 percent of MIN snaps, taken 51 percent of the carries, drawn 3 percent of the targets and had 26 percent of the red zone chances.
He has taken 0 of the offence's 27 third down targets, had 1 of its 4 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 2 two minute targets.
His 2 targets have averaged 0.0 air yards.
In Week 1 against GB he carried 15 times for 59 yards and scored 1 touchdown.
In Week 7 against IND he carried 15 times for 68 yards, caught 0 of 2 targets for 0 yards and did not score.
In Week 8 against DET he carried 8 times for 20 yards and did not score.
Their 2025 seasons
In 2025 Blake Corum played 17 games and scored 122.2 PPR points, 7.2 a game, finishing RB40.
He carried 145 times for 746 yards and 6 touchdowns, and caught 8 of 14 targets for 36 more yards.
That came to 8-9 carries a game at 5.1 yards a carry and 0-1 catches a game.
He was on the field for 29 percent of the snaps in the games he played.
In 2025 Jordan Mason played 16 games and scored 128.9 PPR points, 8.1 a game, finishing RB36.
He carried 159 times for 758 yards and 6 touchdowns, and caught 14 of 16 targets for 51 more yards.
That came to 9.9 carries a game at 4.8 yards a carry and 0.9 catches a game.
He was on the field for 44 percent of the snaps in the games he played.
Blake Corum was available for 1 game more.
Head to head
In 2025 Jordan Mason scored 8.1 PPR points a game and Blake Corum 7.2, 0.9 a game between them.
Blake Corum finished RB40 that year and Jordan Mason RB36.
Jordan Mason had 14 more carries than Blake Corum, 159 to 145.
Jordan Mason had 6 more catches than Blake Corum, 14 to 8.
This season Jordan Mason holds the bigger snap share, 54 percent against 30 percent.
This season Jordan Mason holds the bigger share of the carries, 51 percent against 37 percent.
Byes and availability
Blake Corum is off in Week 11 and Jordan Mason in Week 6, so either can cover the other's bye.
Drop or keep
Should I drop Jordan Mason for Blake Corum?
Yes, on the rest of the season. Blake Corum projects 65 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (8.1 a game over 8 games), Jordan Mason 50 (5.6 a game over 9 games). For Week 9 the call starts Jordan Mason over Blake Corum. So make the move after his Week 9 game.
Should I drop Blake Corum for Jordan Mason?
No. Keep Blake Corum: he projects 65 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (8.1 a game over 8 games), Jordan Mason 50 (5.6 a game over 9 games). For Week 9 the call starts Jordan Mason over Blake Corum.
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