Start Chris Rodriguez Jr. or Blake Corum? Week 8

Updated Oct 27, 6:51 PM ET. Locks at kickoff, graded after. Week 9 answer posts Tuesday.

Start Blake Corum over Chris Rodriguez Jr.

Corum projects lower, 8.0 to 8.3, and still gets the call because it also weighs where drafters take each player: ADP 128 for Corum, 178 for Rodriguez.

Start

Blake Corum

RB · LAR · vs LAC

Market projects: 8.0; recent weeks avg
LAC D vs RB: 23.5; 9th most to RBs (2026)
Upside: High; 88 of 100 at RB
Snap share: 30%; Through Week 7
Target share: 5%; Through Week 7

Sit

Chris Rodriguez Jr.

RB · JAX · vs IND

Market projects: 8.3; fantasy pts
IND D vs RB: 22.0; 13th most to RBs (2026)
Upside: Rising; 67 of 100 at RB

Should I drop Chris Rodriguez Jr. for Blake Corum?

Yes, on the rest of the season. Blake Corum projects 59 market-implied PPR points from Week 8 through Week 17 (6.5 a game over 9 games), Chris Rodriguez Jr. 47 (4.7 a game over 10 games). For Week 8 the call starts Blake Corum over Chris Rodriguez Jr.

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Our Week 8 call

Start Blake Corum over Chris Rodriguez Jr. in Week 8.

Market-based projections have Blake Corum at 8.0 points and Chris Rodriguez Jr. at 8.3, a gap of 0.3. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. Blake Corum still gets the call because it also weighs where drafters take each player, ADP 128 against 178, and that outweighs a gap this size. Chris Rodriguez Jr.'s number is scaled up from a partial market: not every stat the position needs is posted yet, so the rest is estimated from what is. No player market is posted for Blake Corum this week yet, so his 8.0 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 5, 6 and 7 (6.1, 9.4 and 8.5); the call is rebuilt when his market posts.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 8.3 fantasy points for Chris Rodriguez Jr., with 70 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.

The market-based projection for Chris Rodriguez Jr. is 24 rushing yards and 0-1 touchdowns (7 and 3 market sources).

No Week 8 player market is posted for Blake Corum yet. His market-based projections were 6.1, 9.5 and 8.5 points in Weeks 5, 6 and 7, an average of 8.0, which stands in until his Week 8 market posts.

The market-based projection for Blake Corum is 0-1 touchdowns (8 market sources).

That puts Chris Rodriguez Jr. 0.3 points ahead of Blake Corum on these projections.

Week 8 matchups

Chris Rodriguez Jr. and JAX host IND on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

IND allowed 22.0 fantasy points a game to RBs this season over 7 games, the 13th most in the league.

Running backs ran for 96 yards and 0.7 touchdowns a game against IND and caught passes for 39 more yards.

Blake Corum and LAR host LAC on Sunday at 4:05 PM ET.

LAC allowed 23.5 fantasy points a game to RBs this season over 6 games, the 9th most in the league.

Running backs ran for 105 yards and a touchdown a game against LAC and caught passes for 26 more yards.

By points allowed to the position, Blake Corum has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Chris Rodriguez Jr. is not on the injury report.

Blake Corum is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 8

Through Week 7, Blake Corum played 30 percent of LAR snaps, took 36 percent of the carries, drew 5 percent of the targets and had 16 percent of the red zone chances.

Blake Corum, Week 4 against PHI: 13 of 84 snaps, 5 carries for 14 yards, 2 targets and 1 catch for 7 yards.

Blake Corum, Week 5 against BUF: 22 of 82 snaps, 5 carries for 19 yards, 4 targets and 3 catches for 53 yards, 1 touchdown.

Blake Corum, Week 6 against ARI: 16 of 58 snaps, 9 carries for 42 yards, 2 targets and 2 catches for 18 yards, 1 touchdown.

Blake Corum, Week 7 against LV: 32 of 72 snaps, 17 carries for 93 yards, 1 target and 1 catch for 8 yards, 1 touchdown.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Chris Rodriguez Jr. played 13 games for WAS and scored 92.0 PPR points, 7.1 a game, finishing RB51.

He ran 112 times for 500 yards and 6 touchdowns, and caught 3 of 4 targets for 30 yards.

He was on the field for 30 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Chris Rodriguez Jr., Week 18 of 2025 against PHI: 16 carries for 65 yards, 1 target and 1 catch for 18 yards, 1 touchdown, 15.3 PPR points.

Chris Rodriguez Jr., Week 16 of 2025 against PHI: 28 of 54 snaps, 15 carries for 63 yards, 1 target and 1 catch for 6 yards, 1 touchdown, 13.9 PPR points.

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.

Their other Week 8 calls

Locks at kickoff, graded after. When the start/sit engine grades week 8, the call and the result appear on the public record, wrong ones included.

Drop or keep

Should I drop Chris Rodriguez Jr. for Blake Corum?
Yes, on the rest of the season. Blake Corum projects 59 market-implied PPR points from Week 8 through Week 17 (6.5 a game over 9 games), Chris Rodriguez Jr. 47 (4.7 a game over 10 games). For Week 8 the call starts Blake Corum over Chris Rodriguez Jr.
Should I drop Blake Corum for Chris Rodriguez Jr.?
No. Keep Blake Corum: he projects 59 market-implied PPR points from Week 8 through Week 17 (6.5 a game over 9 games), Chris Rodriguez Jr. 47 (4.7 a game over 10 games). For Week 8 the call starts Blake Corum over Chris Rodriguez Jr.