Start Blake Corum or Jordan Mason? Week 1

Our Week 1 call

Start Blake Corum over Jordan Mason in Week 1.

Blake Corum is priced by the books at 4.5 projected points. Jordan Mason 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 Jordan Mason at 118. 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 Jordan Mason 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

Jordan Mason and MIN host GB.

GB allowed 23.0 fantasy points to RBs in its one game this season, the 16th fewest in the league.

Running backs ran for 99 yards and 2 touchdowns against GB and caught passes for 1 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

Jordan Mason was not on the injury report when the call was made.

Blake Corum was not on the injury report when the call was made.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Jordan Mason played 16 games for MIN and scored 128.9 PPR points, 8.1 a game, finishing RB36.

He ran 159 times for 758 yards and 6 touchdowns, and caught 14 of 16 targets for 51 yards.

He was on the field for 44 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Jordan Mason, Week 18 of 2025 against GB: 14 carries for 94 yards, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards, 9.4 PPR points.

Jordan Mason, Week 16 of 2025 against NYG: 4 of 61 snaps, 2 carries for 5 yards, 1 target and 1 catch for 6 yards, 2.1 PPR points.

Jordan Mason, Week 15 of 2025 against DAL: 20 of 55 snaps, 10 carries for 29 yards, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards, 2.9 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.

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 Jordan Mason scored 11.9.

The call was wrong: Jordan Mason outscored Blake Corum by 6.5.

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.

Jordan Mason, Week 1 against GB: 29 of 65 snaps, 15 carries for 59 yards, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards, 1 touchdown, 11.9 PPR points.

Jordan Mason finished as the week's RB23 in PPR scoring.

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