Start Josh Jacobs or Cam Skattebo? Week 7

Our Week 7 call

Start Cam Skattebo over Josh Jacobs in Week 7.

Market-based projections have Cam Skattebo at 12.4 points and Josh Jacobs at 12.8, a gap of 0.4. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. Cam Skattebo still gets the call because it also weighs where drafters take each player, ADP 40 against 78, and that outweighs a gap this size. Josh Jacobs's number is scaled up from a partial market: not every stat the position needs is posted yet, so the rest is estimated from what is. No player market is posted for Cam Skattebo this week yet, so his 12.4 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 4, 5 and 6 (14.8, 12.2 and 10.3); the call is rebuilt when his market posts.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 12.8 fantasy points for Josh Jacobs, with 70 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.

The market-based projection for Josh Jacobs is 43 rushing yards and 0.7 touchdowns (4 and 11 market sources).

No Week 7 player market is posted for Cam Skattebo yet. His market-based projections were 14.8, 12.2 and 10.3 points in Weeks 4, 5 and 6, an average of 12.4, which stands in until his Week 7 market posts.

The market-based projection for Cam Skattebo is 0.4 touchdowns (3 market sources).

That puts Josh Jacobs 0.4 points ahead of Cam Skattebo on these 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.

Cam Skattebo and NYG visit HOU on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

HOU allowed 18.9 fantasy points a game to RBs this season over 6 games, the 9th fewest in the league.

Running backs ran for 76 yards and 0-1 touchdowns a game against HOU and caught passes for 22 more yards.

By points allowed to the position, Cam Skattebo has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Josh Jacobs is not on the injury report.

Cam Skattebo is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 7

Through Week 6, Cam Skattebo played 54 percent of NYG snaps, took 50 percent of the carries, drew 6 percent of the targets and had 23 percent of the red zone chances.

Cam Skattebo, Week 3 against TEN: 49 of 64 snaps, 20 carries for 60 yards, 4 targets and 3 catches for 40 yards.

Cam Skattebo, Week 4 against ARI: 43 of 67 snaps, 18 carries for 58 yards, 1 target and 1 catch for 8 yards.

Cam Skattebo, Week 5 against WAS: 56 of 89 snaps, 13 carries for 59 yards, 3 targets and 2 catches for 12 yards.

Cam Skattebo, Week 6 against NO: 6 of 77 snaps, 0 carries for 0 yards, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

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, Cam Skattebo played 8 games for NYG and scored 127.7 PPR points, 16.0 a game, finishing RB37.

He ran 101 times for 410 yards and 5 touchdowns, and caught 24 of 32 targets for 207 yards.

He was on the field for 54 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 7 calls

• Start Josh Jacobs over Braelon Allen.
• Start Chase Brown over Josh Jacobs.
• Start Chuba Hubbard over Josh Jacobs.
• Start Cam Skattebo over Aaron Jones Sr..
• Start Cam Skattebo over Alvin Kamara.
• Start Ashton Jeanty over Cam Skattebo.