Start Corey Kiner or Josh Jacobs? Week 10

Updated Nov 10, 2:21 PM ET. Locks at kickoff, graded after. Week 11 answer posts Tuesday.

Early kickoff: 9:30 AM ET in Munich, set your lineup before then.

Latest

Nov 9, 10:19 PM ET: Source: Pats' Rhamondre Stevenson expected to miss time with knee tendon issue (ESPN)
Nov 9, 4:43 PM ET: Josh Jacobs: Questionable to Out (Finger, Surgery) (Sleeper injury feed)
Nov 9, 4:31 PM ET: Matt LaFleur: Packers' Josh Jacobs needs surgery on finger; IR not ruled out (ESPN)

Start Corey Kiner over Josh Jacobs

Josh Jacobs is listed out, so Corey Kiner starts despite the lower projection.

Start

Corey Kiner

RB · NE · at DET

Market projects: 12.7; fantasy pts
DET D vs RB: 18.2; 4th fewest to RBs (2026)
Upside: Moderate; 59 of 100 at RB
Snap share: 13%; Through Week 9
Target share: 1%; Through Week 9

Sit

Josh Jacobs

RB · GB · vs MIN · Out

Market projects: 13.8; recent weeks avg
MIN D vs RB: 18.4; 5th fewest to RBs (2026)
Snap share: 47%; Through Week 9
Target share: 12%; Through Week 9

Should I drop Corey Kiner for Josh Jacobs?

Yes, on the rest of the season. Josh Jacobs projects 102 market-implied PPR points from Week 10 through Week 17 (14.5 a game over 7 games), Corey Kiner 20 (2.9 a game over 7 games). For Week 10 the call starts Corey Kiner over Josh Jacobs. So make the move after his Week 10 game. Josh Jacobs is listed out.

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Our Week 10 call

Start Corey Kiner over Josh Jacobs in Week 10.

Josh Jacobs is listed out on the injury report, so this is not a close call: start Corey Kiner. Market coverage on Corey Kiner is 70 percent of what his position needs, so the market side of this carries proportionally less weight.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 12.7 fantasy points for Corey Kiner, with 70 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.

The market-based projection for Corey Kiner is 54 rushing yards and 0-1 touchdowns (13 and 13 market sources).

No Week 10 player market is posted for Josh Jacobs yet. His market-based projections were 11.3, 15.7 and 14.4 points in Weeks 7, 8 and 9, an average of 13.8, which stands in until his Week 10 market posts.

That puts Josh Jacobs 1.1 points ahead of Corey Kiner on these projections.

Week 10 matchups

Corey Kiner and NE visit DET on Sunday at 9:30 AM ET.

DET allowed 18.2 fantasy points a game to RBs this season over 7 games, the 4th fewest in the league.

Running backs ran for 75 yards and 0.6 touchdowns a game against DET and caught passes for 24 more yards.

Josh Jacobs and GB host MIN on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

MIN allowed 18.4 fantasy points a game to RBs this season over 7 games, the 5th fewest in the league.

Running backs ran for 103 yards and 0.6 touchdowns a game against MIN and caught passes for 18 more yards.

By points allowed to the position, Josh Jacobs has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Corey Kiner is not on the injury report.

Josh Jacobs is listed as out with a finger injury.

Usage before Week 10

Through Week 9, Corey Kiner played 13 percent of NE snaps, took 20 percent of the carries, drew 1 percent of the targets and had 14 percent of the red zone chances.

Corey Kiner, Week 6 against NYJ: 12 of 68 snaps, 11 carries for 57 yards, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Corey Kiner, Week 7 against CHI: 6 of 54 snaps, 4 carries for 13 yards, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Corey Kiner, Week 8 against MIA: 11 of 60 snaps, 7 carries for 38 yards, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Corey Kiner, Week 9 against GB: 11 of 63 snaps, 8 carries for 55 yards, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards, 1 touchdown.

Through Week 9, Josh Jacobs played 47 percent of GB snaps, took 47 percent of the carries, drew 12 percent of the targets and had 50 percent of the red zone chances.

Josh Jacobs, Week 7 against DET: 35 of 67 snaps, 11 carries for 36 yards, 7 targets and 5 catches for 55 yards, 1 touchdown.

Josh Jacobs, Week 8 against CAR: 49 of 69 snaps, 21 carries for 39 yards, 6 targets and 6 catches for 13 yards, 2 touchdowns.

Josh Jacobs, Week 9 against NE: 10 of 66 snaps, 4 carries for 5 yards, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Corey Kiner played 4 games for ARI and scored 9.3 PPR points, 2.3 a game, finishing RB112.

He ran 12 times for 58 yards and 0 touchdowns, and caught 2 of 3 targets for 15 yards.

He was on the field for 7 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

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.

Their other Week 10 calls

Locks at kickoff, graded after. When the start/sit engine grades week 10, the call and the result appear on the public record, wrong ones included.

Drop or keep

Should I drop Corey Kiner for Josh Jacobs?
Yes, on the rest of the season. Josh Jacobs projects 102 market-implied PPR points from Week 10 through Week 17 (14.5 a game over 7 games), Corey Kiner 20 (2.9 a game over 7 games). For Week 10 the call starts Corey Kiner over Josh Jacobs. So make the move after his Week 10 game. Josh Jacobs is listed out.
Should I drop Josh Jacobs for Corey Kiner?
No. Keep Josh Jacobs: he projects 102 market-implied PPR points from Week 10 through Week 17 (14.5 a game over 7 games), Corey Kiner 20 (2.9 a game over 7 games). For Week 10 the call starts Corey Kiner over Josh Jacobs. Josh Jacobs is listed out.

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