Start Jacory Croskey-Merritt or Jordan Mason? Week 1
Locks at kickoff, graded after.
Start Jacory Croskey-Merritt over Jordan Mason
Right: 12.6 to 11.9
- PHI D vs RB
- 18.9
- 13th fewest to RBs (2026)
- Snap share
- 49%
- Week 1
- Target share
- 3%
- Week 1
- Scored
- 12.6
- PPR pts
- Books imply
- 3.0
- fantasy pts
- GB D vs RB
- 23.0
- 16th fewest to RBs (2026)
- Snap share
- 45%
- Week 1
- Target share
- 0%
- Week 1
- Scored
- 11.9
- PPR pts
Our Week 1 call
Start Jacory Croskey-Merritt over Jordan Mason in Week 1.
Jordan Mason is priced by the books at 3.0 projected points and Jacory Croskey-Merritt is not priced at all, so we are leaning on where drafters take them. Drafters take Jacory Croskey-Merritt at ADP 115 and Jordan Mason at 116.
What the books imply
No sportsbook posted a player market for Jacory Croskey-Merritt in Week 1.
Player prop markets imply 3.0 fantasy points for Jordan Mason, with 33 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.
Week 1 matchups
Jacory Croskey-Merritt and WAS visit PHI.
PHI allowed 18.9 fantasy points to RBs in its one game this season, the 13th fewest in the league.
Running backs ran for 101 yards and a touchdown against PHI and caught passes for -2 more yards.
Jordan Mason and MIN host GB on Sunday at 4:25 PM ET.
GB allowed 23.0 fantasy points to RBs in its one game this season, the 16th fewest in the league.
Running backs ran for 99 yards and 2 touchdowns against GB and caught passes for 1 more yards.
By points allowed to the position, Jordan Mason has the softer matchup.
Injury status
Jacory Croskey-Merritt was not on the injury report when the call was made.
Jordan Mason was not on the injury report when the call was made.
Their 2025 seasons
In 2025, Jacory Croskey-Merritt played 17 games for WAS and scored 140.3 PPR points, 8.3 a game, finishing RB33.
He ran 175 times for 805 yards and 8 touchdowns, and caught 9 of 13 targets for 68 yards.
He was on the field for 39 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.
Jacory Croskey-Merritt, Week 18 of 2025 against PHI: 13 carries for 29 yards, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards, 2.9 PPR points.
Jacory Croskey-Merritt, Week 17 of 2025 against DAL: 28 of 44 snaps, 11 carries for 105 yards, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards, 2 touchdowns, 22.5 PPR points.
Jacory Croskey-Merritt, Week 16 of 2025 against PHI: 11 of 54 snaps, 8 carries for 25 yards, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards, 1 touchdown, 8.5 PPR points.
In 2025, Jordan Mason played 16 games for MIN and scored 128.9 PPR points, 8.1 a game, finishing RB36.
He ran 159 times for 758 yards and 6 touchdowns, and caught 14 of 16 targets for 51 yards.
He was on the field for 44 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.
Jordan Mason, Week 18 of 2025 against GB: 14 carries for 94 yards, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards, 9.4 PPR points.
Jordan Mason, Week 16 of 2025 against NYG: 4 of 61 snaps, 2 carries for 5 yards, 1 target and 1 catch for 6 yards, 2.1 PPR points.
Jordan Mason, Week 15 of 2025 against DAL: 20 of 55 snaps, 10 carries for 29 yards, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards, 2.9 PPR points.
How Week 1 went
Jacory Croskey-Merritt scored 12.6 PPR points and Jordan Mason scored 11.9.
The call was right: Jacory Croskey-Merritt outscored Jordan Mason by 0.7.
Jacory Croskey-Merritt, Week 1 against PHI: 34 of 70 snaps, 16 carries for 63 yards, 1 target and 1 catch for -7 yards, 1 touchdown, 12.6 PPR points.
Jacory Croskey-Merritt finished as the week's RB22 in PPR scoring.
Jordan Mason finished 9.0 points above the 3.0 the props implied.
Jordan Mason, Week 1 against GB: 29 of 65 snaps, 15 carries for 59 yards, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards, 1 touchdown, 11.9 PPR points.
Jordan Mason finished as the week's RB23 in PPR scoring.
Their other Week 1 calls
On the draft board
Ranked ahead
RB32 · WAS · bye 7
2025 vs anytime td line 3-9
- Overall rank
- 77
- Draft pick
- no consensus
- Tier
- 6
Ranked behind
RB46 · MIN · bye 6
2025 vs rush yds line 8-8
- Overall rank
- 175
- 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 board98
- Pick differencenot comparable without a consensus on both
- Tierstier 6 and tier 10
- Board size244 draftable players
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