Start Tank Bigsby or Isiah Pacheco? Week 1

Our Week 1 call

Start Tank Bigsby over Isiah Pacheco in Week 1.

Isiah Pacheco is listed inactive on our news wire, so this is not a close call: start Tank Bigsby. Drafters take Tank Bigsby at ADP 184 and Isiah Pacheco at 179. Market coverage on Tank Bigsby 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 1.1 fantasy points for Tank Bigsby, 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.

Tank Bigsby and PHI host WAS on Sunday at 4:25 PM ET.

WAS allowed 11.5 fantasy points to RBs in its one game this season, the 6th fewest in the league.

Running backs ran for 90 yards and no touchdowns against WAS and caught passes for 5 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.

Tank Bigsby 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, Tank Bigsby played 17 games for PHI and scored 53.8 PPR points, 3.2 a game, finishing RB69.

He ran 63 times for 356 yards and 2 touchdowns, and caught 3 of 4 targets for 32 yards.

He was on the field for 10 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Tank Bigsby, Week 18 of 2025 against WAS: 16 carries for 75 yards, 1 target and 1 catch for 31 yards, 1 touchdown, 17.6 PPR points.

Tank Bigsby, Week 17 of 2025 against BUF: 5 of 54 snaps, 2 carries for 7 yards, 1 target and 1 catch for 2 yards, 1.9 PPR points.

Tank Bigsby, Week 16 of 2025 against WAS: 8 of 70 snaps, 4 carries for 37 yards, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards, 1 touchdown, 9.7 PPR points.

How Week 1 went

Tank Bigsby scored 0.3 PPR points and Isiah Pacheco scored 0.0.

The call was right: Tank Bigsby outscored Isiah Pacheco by 0.3.

Tank Bigsby finished 0.8 points below the 1.1 the props implied.

Tank Bigsby, Week 1 against WAS: 6 of 55 snaps, 1 carry for 3 yards, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards, 0.3 PPR points.

Tank Bigsby finished as the week's RB74 in PPR scoring.

Their other Week 1 calls

• Start Alvin Kamara over Isiah Pacheco.
• Start Braelon Allen over Isiah Pacheco.
• Start Brian Robinson over Isiah Pacheco.
• Start Braelon Allen over Tank Bigsby.
• Start Tank Bigsby over Brian Robinson.
• Start Chris Rodriguez Jr. over Tank Bigsby.