Jacory Croskey-Merritt or Chris Brooks: who should I start in Week 3?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Jacory Croskey-Merritt: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 124th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 107.

Our board does not carry Chris Brooks at all right now: the consensus draft sample has dropped him and the sportsbooks have no priced market on him this week, so he has no rank, no tier and no ADP here.

What the sportsbooks price

The player markets price Jacory Croskey-Merritt at 7.0 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 14 books. That is the 144th highest figure of the 186 players the books price.

No sportsbook has posted a season market for Chris Brooks, so the only market pricing him on this page is the draft room.

This season through Week 2

Through Week 2, Jacory Croskey-Merritt has been on the field for 43 percent of WAS snaps, taken 44 percent of the carries, drawn 3 percent of the targets and had 9 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 18 third down targets, had 1 of its 7 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 5 two minute targets.

His 2 targets have come 4.0 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 1 against PHI he carried 16 times for 63 yards, caught 1 of 1 target for -7 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 2 against DAL he carried 12 times for 43 yards, caught 1 of 1 target for 5 yards and did not score.

Through Week 2, Chris Brooks has been on the field for 51 percent of GB snaps, taken 28 percent of the carries, drawn 4 percent of the targets and had 22 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 19 third down targets, had 0 of its 2 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 12 two minute targets.

His 3 targets have come 2.7 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 1 against MIN he carried 7 times for 29 yards, caught 0 of 1 target for 0 yards and did not score.

In Week 2 against NYJ he carried 4 times for 11 yards, caught 1 of 2 targets for 15 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Jacory Croskey-Merritt played 17 games and scored 140.3 PPR points, 8.3 a game, finishing RB33.

He carried 175 times for 805 yards and 8 touchdowns, and caught 9 of 13 targets for 68 more yards.

That came to 10.3 carries a game at 4.6 yards a carry and 0.5 catches a game.

He was on the field for 39 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 Chris Brooks played 17 games and scored 32.7 PPR points, 1.9 a game, finishing RB81.

He carried 27 times for 106 yards and 0 touchdowns, and caught 13 of 17 targets for 91 more yards.

That came to 1.6 carries a game at 3.9 yards a carry and 0.8 catches a game.

He was on the field for 18 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Both were available for 17 games that season.

Head to head

In 2025 Jacory Croskey-Merritt scored 8.3 PPR points a game and Chris Brooks 1.9, 6.3 a game between them.

Jacory Croskey-Merritt finished RB33 that year and Chris Brooks RB81.

Jacory Croskey-Merritt had 148 more carries than Chris Brooks, 175 to 27.

Chris Brooks had 4 more catches than Jacory Croskey-Merritt, 13 to 9.

This season Chris Brooks holds the bigger snap share, 51 percent against 43 percent.

This season Jacory Croskey-Merritt holds the bigger share of the carries, 44 percent against 28 percent.

Byes and availability

Jacory Croskey-Merritt is off in Week 7. No bye is listed for Chris Brooks.

What would change the answer

Chris Brooks has no posted market, so one half of the evidence on this page exists for only one of them.