Start Josh Jacobs or Kyle Monangai? Week 7

Our Week 7 call

Start Josh Jacobs over Kyle Monangai in Week 7.

Market-based projections have Josh Jacobs at 12.6 points and Kyle Monangai at 10.1, a gap of 2.5. Josh Jacobs's number is scaled up from a partial market: not every stat the position needs is posted yet, so the rest is estimated from what is. No player market is posted for Kyle Monangai this week yet, so his 10.1 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 4 and 5 (7.3 and 12.9); the call is rebuilt when his market posts. Drafters take Josh Jacobs at ADP 78 and Kyle Monangai at 115. Market coverage on Josh Jacobs is 70 percent of what his position needs, so the market side of this carries proportionally less weight.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 12.6 fantasy points for Josh Jacobs, with 70 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.

The market-based projection for Josh Jacobs is 42 rushing yards and 0.7 touchdowns (5 and 11 market sources).

No Week 7 player market is posted for Kyle Monangai yet. His market-based projections were 7.3 and 12.9 points in Weeks 4 and 5, an average of 10.1, which stands in until his Week 7 market posts.

That puts Josh Jacobs 2.5 points ahead of Kyle Monangai on these projections.

Week 7 matchups

Josh Jacobs and GB visit DET on Sunday at 4:25 PM ET.

DET allowed 18.7 fantasy points a game to RBs this season over 5 games, the 8th fewest in the league.

Running backs ran for 84 yards and 0.8 touchdowns a game against DET and caught passes for 16 more yards.

Kyle Monangai and CHI host NE on Thursday at 8:15 PM ET.

NE allowed 20.7 fantasy points a game to RBs this season over 6 games, the 16th most in the league.

Running backs ran for 82 yards and 0.7 touchdowns a game against NE and caught passes for 39 more yards.

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

Injury status

Josh Jacobs is not on the injury report.

Kyle Monangai is listed as questionable with a toe injury.

Usage before Week 7

Through Week 4, Kyle Monangai played 41 percent of CHI snaps, took 39 percent of the carries, drew 4 percent of the targets and had 23 percent of the red zone chances.

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.

Kyle Monangai, Week 2 against MIN: 25 of 74 snaps, 10 carries for 47 yards, 2 targets and 2 catches for 11 yards.

Kyle Monangai, Week 3 against PHI: 22 of 72 snaps, 10 carries for 31 yards, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Kyle Monangai, Week 4 against NYJ: 50 of 93 snaps, 30 carries for 146 yards, 1 target and 1 catch for 4 yards, 2 touchdowns.

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.

Their other Week 7 calls

• Start Ashton Jeanty over Josh Jacobs.
• Start Josh Jacobs over Braelon Allen.
• Start Cam Skattebo over Josh Jacobs.
• Start Kyle Monangai over Alvin Kamara.
• Start Ashton Jeanty over Kyle Monangai.
• Start Kyle Monangai over Blake Corum.