Start Jaylen Warren or Chuba Hubbard? Week 1
Locks at kickoff, graded after.
Start Jaylen Warren over Chuba Hubbard
- ATL D vs RB
- 14.4
- 9th fewest to RBs (2026)
- CHI D vs RB
- 33.7
- 8th most to RBs (2026)
Our Week 1 call
Start Jaylen Warren over Chuba Hubbard 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 Jaylen Warren at ADP 64 and Chuba Hubbard at 73.
What the books imply
No sportsbook posted a player market for Jaylen Warren in Week 1.
No sportsbook posted a player market for Chuba Hubbard in Week 1.
Week 1 matchups
Jaylen Warren and PIT host ATL.
ATL allowed 14.4 fantasy points to RBs in its one game this season, the 9th fewest in the league.
Running backs ran for 61 yards and no touchdowns against ATL and caught passes for 33 more yards.
Chuba Hubbard and CAR host CHI.
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.
By points allowed to the position, Chuba Hubbard has the softer matchup.
Injury status
Jaylen Warren was not on the injury report when the call was made.
Chuba Hubbard was not on the injury report when the call was made.
Their 2025 seasons
In 2025, Jaylen Warren played 16 games for PIT and scored 217.1 PPR points, 13.6 a game, finishing RB17.
He ran 211 times for 958 yards and 6 touchdowns, and caught 40 of 45 targets for 333 yards.
He was on the field for 51 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.
Jaylen Warren, Week 18 of 2025 against BAL: 14 carries for 66 yards, 5 targets and 5 catches for 33 yards, 14.9 PPR points.
Jaylen Warren, Week 17 of 2025 against CLE: 21 of 66 snaps, 12 carries for 64 yards, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards, 6.4 PPR points.
Jaylen Warren, Week 16 of 2025 against DET: 36 of 74 snaps, 14 carries for 143 yards, 2 targets and 2 catches for 8 yards, 2 touchdowns, 29.1 PPR points.
In 2025, Chuba Hubbard played 15 games for CAR and scored 125.4 PPR points, 8.4 a game, finishing RB38.
He ran 134 times for 511 yards and 1 touchdown, and caught 30 of 39 targets for 223 yards.
He was on the field for 47 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.
Chuba Hubbard, Week 18 of 2025 against TB: 23 of 51 snaps, 5 carries for 10 yards, 2 targets and 2 catches for 7 yards, 3.7 PPR points.
Chuba Hubbard, Week 17 of 2025 against SEA: 20 of 53 snaps, 4 carries for 12 yards, 3 targets and 3 catches for 6 yards, 2.8 PPR points.
Chuba Hubbard, Week 16 of 2025 against TB: 22 of 54 snaps, 6 carries for 27 yards, 1 target and 1 catch for 7 yards, 4.4 PPR points.
Their other Week 1 calls
On the draft board
Ranked ahead
RB25 · PIT · bye 9
2025 vs rush yds line 5-11
- Overall rank
- 53
- Draft pick
- no consensus
- Tier
- 3
Ranked behind
RB38 · CAR · bye 5
2025 vs rush yds line 5-10
- Overall rank
- 110
- Draft pick
- no consensus
- Tier
- 5
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 board57
- Pick differencenot comparable without a consensus on both
- Tierstier 3 and tier 5
- Board size244 draftable players
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