Start Jacory Croskey-Merritt or Blake Corum? Week 1
Locked at kickoff. Graded after.
Start Blake Corum over Jacory Croskey-Merritt
Wrong: 5.4 to 12.6
- Books implied
- 4.5
- pre-game
- SF D vs RB
- 24.3
- 14th most to RBs (2026)
- Snap share
- 23%
- Week 1
- Target share
- 0%
- Week 1
- Scored
- 5.4
- PPR pts
- PHI D vs RB
- 18.9
- 13th fewest to RBs (2026)
- Snap share
- 49%
- Week 1
- Target share
- 3%
- Week 1
- Scored
- 12.6
- PPR pts
Our Week 1 call
Start Blake Corum over Jacory Croskey-Merritt in Week 1.
Blake Corum is priced by the books at 4.5 projected points. Jacory Croskey-Merritt has no player market posted for this week, so his side of this call rests on consensus ADP and the news wire only. Drafters take Blake Corum at ADP 126 and Jacory Croskey-Merritt at 120. Market coverage on Blake Corum is 40 percent of what his position needs, so the market side of this carries proportionally less weight.
What the books imply
No sportsbook posted a player market for Jacory Croskey-Merritt in Week 1.
Player prop markets imply 4.5 fantasy points for Blake Corum, with 40 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.
Week 1 matchups
Jacory Croskey-Merritt and WAS visit PHI.
PHI allowed 18.9 fantasy points to RBs in its one game this season, the 13th fewest in the league.
Running backs ran for 101 yards and a touchdown against PHI and caught passes for -2 more yards.
Blake Corum and LAR host SF on Thursday at 8:35 PM ET.
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.
By points allowed to the position, Blake Corum has the softer matchup.
Injury status
Jacory Croskey-Merritt was listed as questionable when the call was made.
Blake Corum was not on the injury report when the call was made.
Their 2025 seasons
In 2025, Jacory Croskey-Merritt played 17 games for WAS and scored 140.3 PPR points, 8.3 a game, finishing RB33.
He ran 175 times for 805 yards and 8 touchdowns, and caught 9 of 13 targets for 68 yards.
He was on the field for 39 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.
Jacory Croskey-Merritt, Week 18 of 2025 against PHI: 13 carries for 29 yards, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards, 2.9 PPR points.
Jacory Croskey-Merritt, Week 17 of 2025 against DAL: 28 of 44 snaps, 11 carries for 105 yards, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards, 2 touchdowns, 22.5 PPR points.
Jacory Croskey-Merritt, Week 16 of 2025 against PHI: 11 of 54 snaps, 8 carries for 25 yards, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards, 1 touchdown, 8.5 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.
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.
How Week 1 went
Blake Corum scored 5.4 PPR points and Jacory Croskey-Merritt scored 12.6.
The call was wrong: Jacory Croskey-Merritt outscored Blake Corum by 7.2.
Blake Corum finished 1.0 points above the 4.5 the props implied.
Blake Corum, Week 1 against SF: 14 of 61 snaps, 10 carries for 54 yards, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards, 5.4 PPR points.
Blake Corum finished as the week's RB41 in PPR scoring.
Jacory Croskey-Merritt, Week 1 against PHI: 34 of 70 snaps, 16 carries for 63 yards, 1 target and 1 catch for -7 yards, 1 touchdown, 12.6 PPR points.
Jacory Croskey-Merritt finished as the week's RB22 in PPR scoring.
Their other Week 1 calls
On the draft board
Ranked ahead
RB27 · WAS · bye 7
2025 vs anytime td line 3-9
- Overall rank
- 73
- Draft pick
- no consensus
- Tier
- 7
Ranked behind
RB39 · LAR · bye 11
2025 vs anytime td line 5-12
- Overall rank
- 134
- Draft pick
- no consensus
- Tier
- 7
The board cards are draft figures, not the week's call. This call locked at kickoff and was not edited after. It is on the public record, wrong ones included.
The gap between them
- Spots apart on the board61
- Pick differencenot comparable without a consensus on both
- Tiersboth in tier 7
- Board size242 draftable players
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