Start Isiah Pacheco or Dylan Sampson? Week 1
Locks at kickoff, graded after.
Start Dylan Sampson over Isiah Pacheco
- Books imply
- 1.9
- fantasy pts
- JAX D vs RB
- 12.6
- 8th fewest to RBs (2026)
- NO D vs RB
- 36.4
- 5th most to RBs (2026)
Our Week 1 call
Start Dylan Sampson over Isiah Pacheco in Week 1.
Isiah Pacheco is listed inactive on our news wire, so this is not a close call: start Dylan Sampson. Drafters take Dylan Sampson at ADP 185 and Isiah Pacheco at 179. Market coverage on Dylan Sampson is 33 percent of what his position needs, so the market side of this carries proportionally less weight.
What the books imply
No sportsbook posted a player market for Isiah Pacheco in Week 1.
Player prop markets imply 2.0 fantasy points for Dylan Sampson, with 33 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.
Week 1 matchups
Isiah Pacheco and DET host NO.
NO allowed 36.4 fantasy points to RBs in its one game this season, the 5th most in the league.
Running backs ran for 163 yards and 2 touchdowns against NO and caught passes for 41 more yards.
Dylan Sampson and CLE visit JAX on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.
JAX allowed 12.6 fantasy points to RBs in its one game this season, the 8th fewest in the league.
Running backs ran for 34 yards and no touchdowns against JAX and caught passes for 42 more yards.
By points allowed to the position, Isiah Pacheco has the softer matchup.
Injury status
Isiah Pacheco was listed as inactive when the call was made.
Dylan Sampson was not on the injury report when the call was made.
Their 2025 seasons
In 2025, Isiah Pacheco played 13 games for KC and scored 87.3 PPR points, 6.7 a game, finishing RB56.
He ran 118 times for 462 yards and 1 touchdown, and caught 19 of 26 targets for 101 yards.
He was on the field for 52 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.
Isiah Pacheco, Week 17 of 2025 against DEN: 15 of 43 snaps, 9 carries for 32 yards, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards, 3.2 PPR points.
Isiah Pacheco, Week 16 of 2025 against TEN: 33 of 45 snaps, 8 carries for 34 yards, 7 targets and 6 catches for 41 yards, 13.5 PPR points.
Isiah Pacheco, Week 15 of 2025 against LAC: 28 of 61 snaps, 11 carries for 21 yards, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards, 2.1 PPR points.
In 2025, Dylan Sampson played 15 games for CLE and scored 87.6 PPR points, 5.8 a game, finishing RB55.
He ran 65 times for 175 yards and 0 touchdowns, and caught 33 of 40 targets for 271 yards.
He was on the field for 25 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.
Dylan Sampson, Week 18 of 2025 against CIN: 10 carries for 32 yards, 3 targets and 2 catches for 12 yards, 6.4 PPR points.
Dylan Sampson, Week 17 of 2025 against PIT: 18 of 52 snaps, 11 carries for 27 yards, 3 targets and 3 catches for 0 yards, 5.7 PPR points.
Their other Week 1 calls
On the draft board
Ranked ahead
RB56 · DET · bye 6
2025 vs rush yds line 2-11
- Overall rank
- 227
- Draft pick
- no consensus
- Tier
- 12
Ranked behind
RB58 · CLE · bye 11
2025 vs anytime td line 2-13
- Overall rank
- 239
- Draft pick
- no consensus
- Tier
- 13
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 board12
- Pick differencenot comparable without a consensus on both
- Tierstier 12 and tier 13
- Board size244 draftable players
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