Start Blake Corum or Chris Rodriguez Jr.? Week 1
Locks at kickoff, graded after.
Start Blake Corum over Chris Rodriguez Jr.
- SF D vs RB
- 24.3
- 14th most to RBs (2026)
- CLE D vs RB
- 16.3
- 11th fewest to RBs (2026)
Our Week 1 call
Start Blake Corum over Chris Rodriguez Jr. in Week 1.
Neither player has a posted player market for this week, so this call is ADP and news based rather than priced against the betting market. Drafters take Blake Corum at ADP 118 and Chris Rodriguez Jr. at 141.
What the books imply
No sportsbook posted a player market for Blake Corum in Week 1.
No sportsbook posted a player market for Chris Rodriguez Jr. in Week 1.
Week 1 matchups
Blake Corum and LAR host SF.
SF allowed 24.3 fantasy points to RBs in its one game this season, the 14th most in the league.
Running backs ran for 114 yards and a touchdown against SF and caught passes for 29 more yards.
Chris Rodriguez Jr. and JAX host CLE.
CLE allowed 16.3 fantasy points to RBs in its one game this season, the 11th fewest in the league.
Running backs ran for 121 yards and no touchdowns against CLE and caught passes for 22 more yards.
By points allowed to the position, Blake Corum has the softer matchup.
Injury status
Blake Corum was not on the injury report when the call was made.
Chris Rodriguez Jr. was not on the injury report when the call was made.
Their 2025 seasons
In 2025, Blake Corum played 17 games for LAR and scored 122.2 PPR points, 7.2 a game, finishing RB40.
He ran 145 times for 746 yards and 6 touchdowns, and caught 8 of 14 targets for 36 yards.
He was on the field for 29 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.
Blake Corum, Week 18 of 2025 against ARI: 13 carries for 59 yards, 1 target and 1 catch for 10 yards, 7.9 PPR points.
Blake Corum, Week 17 of 2025 against ATL: 16 of 65 snaps, 6 carries for 18 yards, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards, 1.8 PPR points.
Blake Corum, Week 16 of 2025 against SEA: 27 of 92 snaps, 14 carries for 48 yards, 2 targets and 1 catch for 13 yards, 1 touchdown, 13.1 PPR points.
Their other Week 1 calls
On the draft board
Ranked ahead
RB41 · LAR · bye 11
2025 vs anytime td line 5-12
- Overall rank
- 161
- Draft pick
- no consensus
- Tier
- 10
Ranked behind
RB43 · JAX · bye 7
2025 vs anytime td line 6-7
- Overall rank
- 167
- Draft pick
- no consensus
- Tier
- 10
The board cards are draft figures, not the week's call. Locks at kickoff, graded after. When the start/sit engine grades week 1, the call and the result appear on the public record, wrong ones included.
The gap between them
- Spots apart on the board6
- Pick differencenot comparable without a consensus on both
- Tiersboth in tier 10
- Board size244 draftable players
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