Start Blake Corum or Jordan Mason? Week 2

Our Week 2 call

Start Blake Corum over Jordan Mason in Week 2.

De-vigged player props project Blake Corum at 11.1 points and Jordan Mason at 7.7, a gap of 3.4. Blake Corum's number is scaled up from a partial market: the books have not posted every stat the position needs, so the rest is estimated from what they have. Drafters take Blake Corum at ADP 118 and Jordan Mason at 117. Market coverage on Blake Corum is 70 percent of what his position needs, so the market side of this carries proportionally less weight.

What the books imply

Player prop markets imply 7.7 fantasy points for Jordan Mason, with 100 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.

Player prop markets imply 11.1 fantasy points for Blake Corum, with 70 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.

That puts Blake Corum 3.4 points ahead of Jordan Mason on the books.

Week 2 matchups

Jordan Mason and MIN visit CHI on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

CHI allowed 33.7 fantasy points to RBs in its one game this season, the 8th most in the league.

Running backs ran for 91 yards and a touchdown against CHI and caught passes for 86 more yards.

Blake Corum and LAR host NYG on Monday at 8:15 PM ET.

NYG allowed 24.9 fantasy points to RBs in its one game this season, the 13th most in the league.

Running backs ran for 55 yards and a touchdown against NYG and caught passes for 31 more yards.

By points allowed to the position, Jordan Mason has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Jordan Mason is listed as questionable.

Blake Corum is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 2

Through Week 1, Jordan Mason played 45 percent of MIN snaps, took 48 percent of the carries, drew 0 percent of the targets and had 31 percent of the red zone chances.

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.

Through Week 1, Blake Corum played 23 percent of LAR snaps, took 36 percent of the carries, drew 0 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

Blake Corum, Week 1 against SF: 14 of 61 snaps, 10 carries for 54 yards, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

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.

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.

Their other Week 2 calls

• Start Jacory Croskey-Merritt over Jordan Mason.
• Start Kyle Monangai over Jordan Mason.
• Start MarShawn Lloyd over Jordan Mason.
• Start Blake Corum over Chris Rodriguez Jr..
• Start Blake Corum over Jacory Croskey-Merritt.
• Start MarShawn Lloyd over Blake Corum.