Should I start Blake Corum or MarShawn Lloyd in Week 9?
Updated Nov 4, 10:11 AM ET. Week 10 answers post Tuesday.
Week 9 verdict
Start Blake Corum over MarShawn Lloyd

- Market projects
- 13.4
- fantasy pts
- WAS D vs RB
- 19.5
- 9th fewest to RBs (2026)
- Snap share
- 30%
- Through Week 8
- Target share
- 5%
- Through Week 8

- Market projects
- 6.6
- recent weeks avg
- NE D vs RB
- 18.9
- 6th fewest to RBs (2026)
- Snap share
- 35%
- Through Week 8
- Target share
- 6%
- Through Week 8
Start Blake Corum: 35 percent of the snaps and 45 percent of the carries over their last 3 games, against MarShawn Lloyd's 31 percent of the snaps and 25 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 MarShawn Lloyd for Blake Corum?
Yes, on the rest of the season. Blake Corum projects 70 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (8.7 a game over 8 games), MarShawn Lloyd 48 (6.0 a game over 8 games). For Week 9 the call starts Blake Corum over MarShawn Lloyd.
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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.
RB15 · LAR · bye 11
2026 vs carries line 3-5
- Overall rank
- 29
RB54 · GB · bye 11
2026 vs carries line 4-4
- Market-based projection
- 4.9 pts a game Wk 8 price
- Overall rank
- 155
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The gap
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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 29th overall on the rest of his evidence.
Live drafts hold no current pick on MarShawn Lloyd, and the board ranks him 155th overall on the rest of his evidence.
In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 48.
The market-based projections
The market-based projection for Blake Corum is 13.4 PPR points a game off 2 markets across 10 market sources. That is 70 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 MarShawn Lloyd is 1.2 PPR points a game off 1 market across 3 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.
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, MarShawn Lloyd has been on the field for 35 percent of GB snaps, taken 35 percent of the carries, drawn 6 percent of the targets and had 19 percent of the red zone chances.
He has taken 1 of the offence's 88 third down targets, had 3 of its 21 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 37 two minute targets.
His 17 targets have come 0.8 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.
In Week 6 against DAL he carried 8 times for 10 yards, caught 0 of 1 target for 0 yards and did not score.
In Week 7 against DET he carried 6 times for 20 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 10 yards and did not score.
In Week 8 against CAR he carried 3 times for 7 yards, caught 1 of 1 target for 9 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.
The season feed carries no line for MarShawn Lloyd in the last completed season.
Head to head
This season MarShawn Lloyd holds the bigger snap share, 35 percent against 30 percent.
This season Blake Corum holds the bigger share of the carries, 37 percent against 35 percent.
Byes and availability
Both are off in Week 11, so a roster holding the pair has that one week to cover twice.
Drop or keep
Should I drop MarShawn Lloyd for Blake Corum?
Yes, on the rest of the season. Blake Corum projects 70 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (8.7 a game over 8 games), MarShawn Lloyd 48 (6.0 a game over 8 games). For Week 9 the call starts Blake Corum over MarShawn Lloyd.
Should I drop Blake Corum for MarShawn Lloyd?
No. Keep Blake Corum: he projects 70 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (8.7 a game over 8 games), MarShawn Lloyd 48 (6.0 a game over 8 games). For Week 9 the call starts Blake Corum over MarShawn Lloyd.
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