Start Josh Jacobs or Blake Corum? Week 7

Our Week 7 call

Start Josh Jacobs over Blake Corum in Week 7.

Market-based projections have Josh Jacobs at 10.8 points and Blake Corum at 8.5, a gap of 2.2. Drafters take Josh Jacobs at ADP 78 and Blake Corum at 128.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 10.8 fantasy points for Josh Jacobs, with 100 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.

The market-based projection for Josh Jacobs is 46 rushing yards, 8 receiving yards, 1-2 receptions and 0.7 touchdowns (7, 4, 4 and 11 market sources).

Player markets imply 8.5 fantasy points for Blake Corum, with 100 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.

The market-based projection for Blake Corum is 38 rushing yards, 7 receiving yards, 1-2 receptions and 0.4 touchdowns (12, 11, 12 and 12 market sources).

That puts Josh Jacobs 2.2 points ahead of Blake Corum on the market projections.

Week 7 matchups

Josh Jacobs and GB visit DET on Sunday at 4:25 PM ET.

DET allowed 18.7 fantasy points a game to RBs this season over 5 games, the 8th fewest in the league.

Running backs ran for 84 yards and 0.8 touchdowns a game against DET and caught passes for 16 more yards.

Blake Corum and LAR visit LV on Sunday at 4:25 PM ET.

LV allowed 23.7 fantasy points a game to RBs this season over 6 games, the 7th most in the league.

Running backs ran for 114 yards and 0.8 touchdowns a game against LV and caught passes for 39 more yards.

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

Injury status

Josh Jacobs is not on the injury report.

Blake Corum is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 7

Through Week 6, Blake Corum played 27 percent of LAR snaps, took 33 percent of the carries, drew 5 percent of the targets and had 11 percent of the red zone chances.

Blake Corum, Week 3 against DEN: 25 of 86 snaps, 6 carries for 15 yards, 4 targets and 2 catches for 0 yards.

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.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Josh Jacobs played 15 games for GB and scored 237.1 PPR points, 15.8 a game, finishing RB13.

He ran 234 times for 929 yards and 13 touchdowns, and caught 36 of 44 targets for 282 yards.

He was on the field for 59 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Josh Jacobs, Week 17 of 2025 against BAL: 13 of 47 snaps, 4 carries for 3 yards, 1 target and 1 catch for 0 yards, 1.3 PPR points.

Josh Jacobs, Week 16 of 2025 against CHI: 28 of 72 snaps, 12 carries for 36 yards, 2 targets and 2 catches for 12 yards, 4.8 PPR points.

Josh Jacobs, Week 15 of 2025 against DEN: 36 of 66 snaps, 12 carries for 73 yards, 3 targets and 2 catches for 19 yards, 2 touchdowns, 23.2 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 7 calls

• Start Ashton Jeanty over Josh Jacobs.
• Start Josh Jacobs over Braelon Allen.
• Start Bucky Irving over Josh Jacobs.
• Start Blake Corum over Alvin Kamara.
• Start Blake Corum over Brian Robinson.
• Start Bucky Irving over Blake Corum.