Start Woody Marks or Jacory Croskey-Merritt? Week 1
Locks at kickoff, graded after.
Start Jacory Croskey-Merritt over Woody Marks
Right: 12.6 to 5.0
- 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
- 2.7
- fantasy pts
- BUF D vs RB
- 33.9
- 7th most to RBs (2026)
- Snap share
- 51%
- Week 1
- Target share
- 3%
- Week 1
- Scored
- 5.0
- PPR pts
Our Week 1 call
Start Jacory Croskey-Merritt over Woody Marks in Week 1.
Woody Marks is priced by the books at 2.7 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 Woody Marks at 132.
What the books imply
No sportsbook posted a player market for Jacory Croskey-Merritt in Week 1.
Player prop markets imply 2.7 fantasy points for Woody Marks, 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.
Woody Marks and HOU host BUF on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.
BUF allowed 33.9 fantasy points to RBs in its one game this season, the 7th most in the league.
Running backs ran for 102 yards and 2 touchdowns against BUF and caught passes for 17 more yards.
By points allowed to the position, Woody Marks has the softer matchup.
Injury status
Jacory Croskey-Merritt was not on the injury report when the call was made.
Woody Marks 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, Woody Marks played 16 games for HOU and scored 151.1 PPR points, 9.4 a game, finishing RB29.
He ran 196 times for 703 yards and 2 touchdowns, and caught 24 of 36 targets for 208 yards.
He was on the field for 53 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.
Woody Marks, Week 18 of 2025 against IND: 10 carries for 48 yards, 3 targets and 2 catches for 0 yards, 6.8 PPR points.
Woody Marks, Week 17 of 2025 against LAC: 44 of 65 snaps, 19 carries for 71 yards, 2 targets and 1 catch for 4 yards, 8.5 PPR points.
Woody Marks, Week 15 of 2025 against ARI: 15 of 67 snaps, 7 carries for 30 yards, 1 target and 1 catch for 8 yards, 10.8 PPR points.
How Week 1 went
Jacory Croskey-Merritt scored 12.6 PPR points and Woody Marks scored 5.0.
The call was right: Jacory Croskey-Merritt outscored Woody Marks by 7.6.
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.
Woody Marks finished 2.3 points above the 2.7 the props implied.
Woody Marks, Week 1 against BUF: 40 of 79 snaps, 9 carries for 42 yards, 1 target and 1 catch for -2 yards, 5.0 PPR points.
Woody Marks finished as the week's RB42 in PPR scoring.
Their other Week 1 calls
On the draft board
Ranked ahead
RB27 · HOU · bye 8
2025 vs catches line 3-7
- Overall rank
- 55
- Draft pick
- no consensus
- Tier
- 4
Ranked behind
RB32 · WAS · bye 7
2025 vs anytime td line 3-9
- Overall rank
- 77
- Draft pick
- no consensus
- Tier
- 6
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 board22
- Pick differencenot comparable without a consensus on both
- Tierstier 4 and tier 6
- Board size244 draftable players
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