Start Jacory Croskey-Merritt or Kyle Monangai? Week 1
Locked at kickoff. Graded after.
Start Kyle Monangai over Jacory Croskey-Merritt
Right: 20.4 to 12.6
- Books implied
- 2.2
- pre-game
- CAR D vs RB
- 52.8
- most to RBs (2026)
- Snap share
- 43%
- Week 1
- Target share
- 8%
- Week 1
- Scored
- 20.4
- PPR pts
- 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
Our Week 1 call
Start Kyle Monangai over Jacory Croskey-Merritt in Week 1.
Kyle Monangai is priced by the books at 2.2 projected points. Jacory Croskey-Merritt has no player market posted for this week, so his side of this call rests on consensus ADP and the news wire only. Drafters take Kyle Monangai at ADP 106 and Jacory Croskey-Merritt at 115. Market coverage on Kyle Monangai is 33 percent of what his position needs, so the market side of this carries proportionally less weight.
What the books imply
Player prop markets imply 2.2 fantasy points for Kyle Monangai, with 33 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.
No sportsbook posted a player market for Jacory Croskey-Merritt in Week 1.
Week 1 matchups
Kyle Monangai and CHI visit CAR on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.
CAR allowed 52.8 fantasy points to RBs in its one game this season, the most in the league.
Running backs ran for 224 yards and 4 touchdowns against CAR and caught passes for 34 more yards.
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.
By points allowed to the position, Kyle Monangai has the softer matchup.
Injury status
Kyle Monangai was not on the injury report when the call was made.
Jacory Croskey-Merritt was not on the injury report when the call was made.
Their 2025 seasons
In 2025, Kyle Monangai played 17 games for CHI and scored 146.7 PPR points, 8.6 a game, finishing RB30.
He ran 169 times for 783 yards and 5 touchdowns, and caught 18 of 30 targets for 164 yards.
He was on the field for 41 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.
Kyle Monangai, Week 18 of 2025 against DET: 6 carries for 14 yards, 1 target and 1 catch for 15 yards, 5.9 PPR points.
Kyle Monangai, Week 17 of 2025 against SF: 27 of 66 snaps, 8 carries for 38 yards, 4 targets and 3 catches for 9 yards, 7.7 PPR points.
Kyle Monangai, Week 16 of 2025 against GB: 29 of 64 snaps, 9 carries for 50 yards, 4 targets and 3 catches for 43 yards, 12.3 PPR points.
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.
How Week 1 went
Kyle Monangai scored 20.4 PPR points and Jacory Croskey-Merritt scored 12.6.
The call was right: Kyle Monangai outscored Jacory Croskey-Merritt by 7.8.
Kyle Monangai finished 18.2 points above the 2.2 the props implied.
Kyle Monangai, Week 1 against CAR: 32 of 75 snaps, 10 carries for 100 yards, 2 targets and 2 catches for 24 yards, 1 touchdown, 20.4 PPR points.
Kyle Monangai finished as the week's RB11 in PPR scoring.
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.
Their other Week 1 calls
On the draft board
Ranked ahead
RB27 · WAS · bye 7
2025 vs anytime td line 3-9
- Overall rank
- 70
- Draft pick
- no consensus
- Tier
- 8
Ranked behind
RB32 · CHI · bye 10
2025 vs anytime td line 5-12
- Overall rank
- 106
- Draft pick
- no consensus
- Tier
- 8
The board cards are draft figures, not the week's call. This call locked at kickoff and was not edited after. It is on the public record, wrong ones included.
The gap between them
- Spots apart on the board36
- Pick differencenot comparable without a consensus on both
- Tiersboth in tier 8
- Board size242 draftable players
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