Start Chuba Hubbard or Jonathon Brooks? Week 1
Locks at kickoff, graded after.
Start Chuba Hubbard over Jonathon Brooks
- CHI D vs RB
- 33.7
- 8th most to RBs (2026)
- CHI D vs RB
- 33.7
- 8th most to RBs (2026)
Our Week 1 call
Start Chuba Hubbard over Jonathon Brooks 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 Chuba Hubbard at ADP 73 and Jonathon Brooks at 94.
What the books imply
No sportsbook posted a player market for Chuba Hubbard in Week 1.
No sportsbook posted a player market for Jonathon Brooks in Week 1.
Week 1 matchups
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.
Jonathon Brooks 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.
Injury status
Chuba Hubbard was not on the injury report when the call was made.
Jonathon Brooks was not on the injury report when the call was made.
Their 2025 seasons
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
RB37 · CAR · bye 5
2025 vs rush yds line 5-10
- Overall rank
- 109
- Draft pick
- no consensus
- Tier
- 8
Ranked behind
RB40 · CAR · bye 5
- 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 board52
- Pick differencenot comparable without a consensus on both
- Tierstier 8 and tier 10
- Board size244 draftable players
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