Start MarShawn Lloyd or Josh Jacobs? Week 1
Locks at kickoff, graded after.
Start MarShawn Lloyd over Josh Jacobs
Right: 3.7 to 0.0
- Books imply
- 5.8
- fantasy pts
- MIN D vs RB
- 6.6
- fewest to RBs (2026)
- Snap share
- 44%
- Week 1
- Target share
- 3%
- Week 1
- Scored
- 3.7
- PPR pts
- MIN D vs RB
- 6.6
- fewest to RBs (2026)
- Scored
- 0.0
- PPR pts
Our Week 1 call
Start MarShawn Lloyd over Josh Jacobs in Week 1.
Josh Jacobs is listed na on our news wire, so this is not a close call: start MarShawn Lloyd. Drafters take MarShawn Lloyd at ADP 113 and Josh Jacobs at 101. Market coverage on MarShawn Lloyd 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 5.8 fantasy points for MarShawn Lloyd, 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.
MarShawn Lloyd and GB visit MIN on Sunday at 4:25 PM ET.
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.
Injury status
Josh Jacobs was listed as na when the call was made.
MarShawn Lloyd 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.
How Week 1 went
MarShawn Lloyd scored 3.7 PPR points and Josh Jacobs scored 0.0.
The call was right: MarShawn Lloyd outscored Josh Jacobs by 3.7.
MarShawn Lloyd finished 2.1 points below the 5.8 the props implied.
MarShawn Lloyd, Week 1 against MIN: 30 of 68 snaps, 13 carries for 37 yards, 1 target and 0 catches for 0 yards, 3.7 PPR points.
MarShawn Lloyd finished as the week's RB52 in PPR scoring.
Their other Week 1 calls
On the draft board
Ranked ahead
RB16 · GB · bye 11
- Overall rank
- 38
- Draft pick
- no consensus
- Tier
- 4
Ranked behind
RB53 · GB · bye 11
2025 vs rush yds line 8-7
- Overall rank
- 204
- 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 1, the call and the result appear on the public record, wrong ones included.
The gap between them
- Spots apart on the board166
- Pick differencenot comparable without a consensus on both
- Tierstier 4 and tier 11
- Board size244 draftable players
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