Should I start Cam Skattebo or Jordan James in Week 8?
Updated Oct 27, 12:21 PM ET. Week 9 answers post Tuesday.
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- : Cam Skattebo: Listed Questionable (Hamstring) (Sleeper injury feed)
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Start Cam Skattebo: 43 percent of the snaps and 38 percent of the carries over their last 3 games, against Jordan James's 10 percent of the snaps and 10 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.
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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.
RB · NYG · on bye this week
2026 vs carries line 4-3
- Market-based projection
- 7.0 pts a game Wk 7 price
- Overall rank
- 237
RB · SF · on bye this week
- Overall rank
- 238
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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 Cam Skattebo, and the board ranks him 237th overall on the rest of his evidence.
Live drafts hold no current pick on Jordan James, and the board ranks him 238th overall on the rest of his evidence.
The market-based projections
No season market is posted for Cam Skattebo, so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.
No season market is posted for Jordan James, so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.
Neither carries a posted market, so this page rests on the draft room and on what the two have already done.
This season through Week 7
Through Week 7, Cam Skattebo has been on the field for 54 percent of NYG snaps, taken 50 percent of the carries, drawn 6 percent of the targets and had 23 percent of the red zone chances.
He has taken 3 of the offence's 61 third down targets, had 3 of its 13 chances inside the five and seen 4 of its 32 two minute targets.
His 13 targets have averaged 1.8 air yards.
In Week 5 against WAS he carried 13 times for 59 yards, caught 2 of 3 targets for 12 yards and did not score.
In Week 6 against NO he carried 0 times for 0 yards and did not score.
In Week 7 against HOU he carried 17 times for 124 yards, caught 1 of 1 target for -3 yards and scored 1 touchdown.
Through Week 7, Jordan James has been on the field for 10 percent of SF snaps, taken 10 percent of the carries, drawn 2 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.
He has taken 0 of the offence's 12 third down targets, had 0 of its 10 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 5 two minute targets.
His 1 target have come 4.0 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.
In Week 2 against MIA he carried 4 times for 15 yards and did not score.
In Week 7 against ATL he carried 1 time for 6 yards, caught 1 of 1 target for 11 yards and did not score.
Their 2025 seasons
In 2025 Cam Skattebo played 8 games and scored 127.7 PPR points, 16.0 a game, finishing RB37.
He carried 101 times for 410 yards and 5 touchdowns, and caught 24 of 32 targets for 207 more yards.
That came to 12.6 carries a game at 4.1 yards a carry and 3.0 catches a game.
He was on the field for 54 percent of the snaps in the games he played.
In 2025 Jordan James played 3 games.
He carried 0 times for 0 yards and 0 touchdowns, and caught 0 of 0 targets for 0 more yards.
He was on the field for 1 percent of the snaps in the games he played.
Cam Skattebo was available for 5 games more.
Head to head
Cam Skattebo had 101 more carries than Jordan James, 101 to 0.
Cam Skattebo had 24 more catches than Jordan James, 24 to 0.
This season Cam Skattebo holds the bigger snap share, 54 percent against 10 percent.
This season Cam Skattebo holds the bigger share of the carries, 50 percent against 10 percent.
Byes and availability
Both are off in Week 8, so a roster holding the pair has that one week to cover twice.
Cam Skattebo is listed as questionable on the injury report.
Both players in full
Week 8 on the board
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