Start Woody Marks or Blake Corum? Week 7

Updated Oct 19, 2:21 PM ET. Locks at kickoff, graded after. Week 8 answer posts Tuesday.

Corum projects lower, 7.0 to 7.9, and still gets the call because it also weighs where drafters take each player: ADP 128 for Corum, 151 for Marks.

Start

Blake Corum

RB · LAR · at LV

Market projects: 7.0; recent weeks avg
LV D vs RB: 22.3; 12th most to RBs (2026)
Snap share: 27%; Through Week 6
Target share: 5%; Through Week 6

Sit

Woody Marks

RB · HOU · vs NYG

Market projects: 7.8; recent weeks avg
NYG D vs RB: 20.8; 15th most to RBs (2026)
Snap share: 57%; Through Week 6
Target share: 8%; Through Week 6

Should I drop Blake Corum for Woody Marks?

Yes, on the rest of the season. Woody Marks projects 79 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (7.9 a game over 10 games), Blake Corum 65 (6.5 a game over 10 games). For Week 7 the call starts Blake Corum over Woody Marks. So make the move after his Week 7 game.

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Our Week 7 call

Start Blake Corum over Woody Marks in Week 7.

Market-based projections have Blake Corum at 7.0 points and Woody Marks at 7.8, a gap of 0.8. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. Blake Corum still gets the call because it also weighs where drafters take each player, ADP 128 against 151, and that outweighs a gap this size. No player market is posted for Blake Corum this week yet, so his 7.0 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 4 and 5 (8.0 and 6.1); the call is rebuilt when his market posts. No player market is posted for Woody Marks this week yet, so his 7.8 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 4 and 5 (7.8 and 7.8); the call is rebuilt when his market posts.

What the market projects

No Week 7 player market is posted for Woody Marks yet. His market-based projections were 7.9 and 7.8 points in Weeks 4 and 5, an average of 7.9, which stands in until his Week 7 market posts.

No Week 7 player market is posted for Blake Corum yet. His market-based projections were 8.0 and 6.1 points in Weeks 4 and 5, an average of 7.0, which stands in until his Week 7 market posts.

That puts Woody Marks 0.8 points ahead of Blake Corum on these projections.

Week 7 matchups

Woody Marks and HOU host NYG on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

NYG allowed 20.8 fantasy points a game to RBs this season over 5 games, the 15th most in the league.

Running backs ran for 100 yards and 0.6 touchdowns a game against NYG and caught passes for 19 more yards.

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

LV allowed 22.3 fantasy points a game to RBs this season over 5 games, the 12th most in the league.

Running backs ran for 116 yards and 0.8 touchdowns a game against LV and caught passes for 29 more yards.

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

Injury status

Woody Marks is not on the injury report.

Blake Corum is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 7

Through Week 6, Woody Marks played 57 percent of HOU snaps, took 41 percent of the carries, drew 8 percent of the targets and had 25 percent of the red zone chances.

Woody Marks, Week 3 against IND: 20 of 54 snaps, 5 carries for 15 yards, 1 target and 1 catch for 6 yards, 1 touchdown.

Woody Marks, Week 4 against DAL: 24 of 55 snaps, 6 carries for 22 yards, 1 target and 0 catches for 0 yards, 1 touchdown.

Woody Marks, Week 5 against TEN: 56 of 66 snaps, 15 carries for 62 yards, 4 targets and 4 catches for 23 yards.

Woody Marks, Week 6 against JAX: 49 of 63 snaps, 15 carries for 56 yards, 3 targets and 2 catches for 25 yards.

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: 9 carries for 42 yards, 2 targets and 2 catches for 18 yards, 1 touchdown.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Woody Marks played 16 games for HOU and scored 151.1 PPR points, 9.4 a game, finishing RB29.

He ran 196 times for 703 yards and 2 touchdowns, and caught 24 of 36 targets for 208 yards.

He was on the field for 53 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

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

Locks at kickoff, graded after. When the start/sit engine grades week 7, the call and the result appear on the public record, wrong ones included.

Drop or keep

Should I drop Blake Corum for Woody Marks?
Yes, on the rest of the season. Woody Marks projects 79 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (7.9 a game over 10 games), Blake Corum 65 (6.5 a game over 10 games). For Week 7 the call starts Blake Corum over Woody Marks. So make the move after his Week 7 game.
Should I drop Woody Marks for Blake Corum?
No. Keep Woody Marks: he projects 79 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (7.9 a game over 10 games), Blake Corum 65 (6.5 a game over 10 games). For Week 7 the call starts Blake Corum over Woody Marks.