Start Kyle Monangai or Josh Jacobs? Week 1

Our Week 1 call

Start Kyle Monangai over Josh Jacobs in Week 1.

Josh Jacobs is listed na on our news wire, so this is not a close call: start Kyle Monangai. Drafters take Kyle Monangai at ADP 106 and Josh Jacobs at 101. 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

No sportsbook posted a player market for Josh Jacobs in Week 1.

Player prop markets imply 2.2 fantasy points for Kyle Monangai, with 33 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.

Week 1 matchups

Josh Jacobs and GB visit MIN.

MIN allowed 6.6 fantasy points to RBs in its one game this season, the fewest in the league.

Running backs ran for 66 yards and no touchdowns against MIN and caught passes for 0 more yards.

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.

By points allowed to the position, Kyle Monangai has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Josh Jacobs was listed as na when the call was made.

Kyle Monangai was not on the injury report when the call was made.

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.

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.

How Week 1 went

Kyle Monangai scored 20.4 PPR points and Josh Jacobs scored 0.0.

The call was right: Kyle Monangai outscored Josh Jacobs by 20.4.

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.

Their other Week 1 calls

• Start Aaron Jones Sr. over Josh Jacobs.
• Start Aaron Jones Sr. over Josh Jacobs.
• Start Bhayshul Tuten over Josh Jacobs.
• Start Aaron Jones Sr. over Kyle Monangai.
• Start Aaron Jones Sr. over Kyle Monangai.
• Start Kyle Monangai over Blake Corum.