Start Kyle Monangai or Jordan Mason? Week 1

Our Week 1 call

Start Kyle Monangai over Jordan Mason in Week 1.

Kyle Monangai is priced by the books at 2.2 projected points. Jordan Mason 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 Jordan Mason at 116. 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 Jordan Mason 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.

Jordan Mason and MIN host GB.

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, Kyle Monangai has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Kyle Monangai 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, 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, 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

Kyle Monangai scored 20.4 PPR points and Jordan Mason scored 11.9.

The call was right: Kyle Monangai outscored Jordan Mason by 8.5.

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.

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

• Start Aaron Jones Sr. over Kyle Monangai.
• Start Aaron Jones Sr. over Kyle Monangai.
• Start Kyle Monangai over Blake Corum.
• Start Aaron Jones Sr. over Jordan Mason.
• Start Aaron Jones Sr. over Jordan Mason.
• Start Blake Corum over Jordan Mason.