Start Rhamondre Stevenson or Josh Jacobs? Week 7

Our Week 7 call

Start Rhamondre Stevenson over Josh Jacobs in Week 7.

Market-based projections have Rhamondre Stevenson at 12.9 points and Josh Jacobs at 12.5, a gap of 0.4. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. 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. Drafters take Rhamondre Stevenson at ADP 61 and Josh Jacobs at 78.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 12.9 fantasy points for Rhamondre Stevenson, with 100 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.

The market-based projection for Rhamondre Stevenson is 43 rushing yards, 19 receiving yards, 2-3 receptions and 0.7 touchdowns (13, 11, 13 and 13 market sources).

Player markets imply 12.5 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).

That puts Rhamondre Stevenson 0.4 points ahead of Josh Jacobs on the market projections.

Week 7 matchups

Rhamondre Stevenson and NE visit CHI on Thursday at 8:15 PM ET.

CHI allowed 17.0 fantasy points a game to RBs this season over 6 games, the 4th fewest in the league.

Running backs ran for 79 yards and 0-1 touchdowns a game against CHI and caught passes for 23 more yards.

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.

By points allowed to the position, Josh Jacobs has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Rhamondre Stevenson is not on the injury report.

Josh Jacobs is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 7

Through Week 6, Rhamondre Stevenson played 63 percent of NE snaps, took 40 percent of the carries, drew 11 percent of the targets and had 16 percent of the red zone chances.

Rhamondre Stevenson, Week 3 against JAX: 33 of 63 snaps, 7 carries for 22 yards, 3 targets and 3 catches for 16 yards.

Rhamondre Stevenson, Week 4 against BUF: 50 of 76 snaps, 13 carries for 47 yards, 5 targets and 3 catches for 27 yards, 1 touchdown.

Rhamondre Stevenson, Week 5 against LV: 53 of 75 snaps, 13 carries for 64 yards, 3 targets and 3 catches for 21 yards, 1 touchdown.

Rhamondre Stevenson, Week 6 against NYJ: 41 of 68 snaps, 14 carries for 36 yards, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Rhamondre Stevenson played 14 games for NE and scored 178.8 PPR points, 12.8 a game, finishing RB25.

He ran 130 times for 603 yards and 7 touchdowns, and caught 32 of 37 targets for 345 yards.

He was on the field for 60 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

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 7 calls

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• Start Rhamondre Stevenson over Alvin Kamara.
• Start Ashton Jeanty over Rhamondre Stevenson.
• Start Ashton Jeanty over Josh Jacobs.
• Start Josh Jacobs over Blake Corum.
• Start Josh Jacobs over Braelon Allen.