Start Kyle Monangai or Blake Corum? Week 1
Locks at kickoff, graded after.
Start Kyle Monangai over Blake Corum
- CAR D vs RB
- 52.8
- most to RBs (2026)
- SF D vs RB
- 24.3
- 14th most to RBs (2026)
Our Week 1 call
Start Kyle Monangai over Blake Corum in Week 1.
Neither player has a posted player market for this week, so this call is ADP and news based rather than priced against the betting market. Drafters take Kyle Monangai at ADP 110.8 overall and Blake Corum at 120.2.
What the books imply
No sportsbook posted a player market for Kyle Monangai in Week 1.
No sportsbook posted a player market for Blake Corum in Week 1.
Week 1 matchups
Kyle Monangai and CHI visit CAR.
CAR allowed 52.8 fantasy points to RBs in its one game this season, the most in the league.
Running backs ran for 224 yards and 4 touchdowns against CAR and caught passes for 34 more yards.
Blake Corum and LAR host SF.
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, Kyle Monangai has the softer matchup.
Injury status
Kyle Monangai 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, Kyle Monangai played 17 games for CHI and scored 146.7 PPR points, 8.6 a game, finishing RB30.
He ran 169 times for 783 yards and 5 touchdowns, and caught 18 of 30 targets for 164 yards.
He was on the field for 41 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.
Kyle Monangai, Week 18 of 2025 against DET: 6 carries for 14 yards, 1 target and 1 catch for 15 yards, 5.9 PPR points.
Kyle Monangai, Week 17 of 2025 against SF: 27 of 66 snaps, 8 carries for 38 yards, 4 targets and 3 catches for 9 yards, 7.7 PPR points.
Kyle Monangai, Week 16 of 2025 against GB: 29 of 64 snaps, 9 carries for 50 yards, 4 targets and 3 catches for 43 yards, 12.3 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.
Their other Week 1 calls
On the draft board
Ranked ahead
RB20 · CHI · bye 10
2025 vs anytime td line 5-12
- Overall rank
- 47
- Draft pick
- no consensus
- Tier
- 4
Ranked behind
RB41 · LAR · bye 11
2025 vs anytime td line 5-12
- Overall rank
- 161
- Draft pick
- no consensus
- Tier
- 10
The board cards are draft figures, not the week's call. Locks at kickoff, graded after. When the start/sit engine grades week 1, the call and the result appear on the public record, wrong ones included.
The gap between them
- Spots apart on the board114
- Pick differencenot comparable without a consensus on both
- Tierstier 4 and tier 10
- Board size244 draftable players
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