Start Jonathon Brooks or Josh Jacobs? Week 2
Locks at kickoff, graded after.
Start Jonathon Brooks over Josh Jacobs
- ATL D vs RB
- 14.4
- 9th fewest to RBs (2026)
- Snap share
- 19%
- Through Week 1
- Target share
- 6%
- Through Week 1
- NYJ D vs RB
- 8.8
- 2nd fewest to RBs (2026)
Our Week 2 call
Start Jonathon Brooks over Josh Jacobs in Week 2.
Josh Jacobs is not active, so this is not a close call: start Jonathon Brooks. Drafters take Jonathon Brooks at ADP 95 and Josh Jacobs at 103.
What the books imply
No sportsbook posted a player market for Jonathon Brooks in Week 2.
No sportsbook posted a player market for Josh Jacobs in Week 2.
Week 2 matchups
Jonathon Brooks and CAR visit ATL on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.
ATL allowed 14.4 fantasy points to RBs in its one game this season, the 9th fewest in the league.
Running backs ran for 61 yards and no touchdowns against ATL and caught passes for 33 more yards.
Josh Jacobs and GB visit NYJ.
NYJ allowed 8.8 fantasy points to RBs in its one game this season, the 2nd fewest in the league.
Running backs ran for 47 yards and no touchdowns against NYJ and caught passes for 11 more yards.
By points allowed to the position, Jonathon Brooks has the softer matchup.
Injury status
Jonathon Brooks is not on the injury report.
Josh Jacobs is listed as na.
Usage before Week 2
Through Week 1, Jonathon Brooks played 19 percent of CAR snaps, took 18 percent of the carries, drew 6 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.
Jonathon Brooks, Week 1 against CHI: 13 of 68 snaps, 4 carries for 14 yards, 2 targets and 1 catch for 48 yards.
Their 2025 seasons
In 2025, Josh Jacobs played 15 games for GB and scored 237.1 PPR points, 15.8 a game, finishing RB13.
He ran 234 times for 929 yards and 13 touchdowns, and caught 36 of 44 targets for 282 yards.
He was on the field for 59 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.
Josh Jacobs, Week 17 of 2025 against BAL: 13 of 47 snaps, 4 carries for 3 yards, 1 target and 1 catch for 0 yards, 1.3 PPR points.
Josh Jacobs, Week 16 of 2025 against CHI: 28 of 72 snaps, 12 carries for 36 yards, 2 targets and 2 catches for 12 yards, 4.8 PPR points.
Josh Jacobs, Week 15 of 2025 against DEN: 36 of 66 snaps, 12 carries for 73 yards, 3 targets and 2 catches for 19 yards, 2 touchdowns, 23.2 PPR points.
Their other Week 2 calls
On the draft board
Ranked ahead
RB40 · CAR · bye 5
- Overall rank
- 161
- Draft pick
- no consensus
- Tier
- 10
Ranked behind
RB53 · GB · bye 11
2025 vs rush yds line 8-7
- Overall rank
- 205
- Draft pick
- no consensus
- Tier
- 11
The board cards are draft figures, not the week's call. Locks at kickoff, graded after. When the start/sit engine grades week 2, the call and the result appear on the public record, wrong ones included.
The gap between them
- Spots apart on the board44
- Pick differencenot comparable without a consensus on both
- Tierstier 10 and tier 11
- Board size244 draftable players
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