Start Josh Jacobs or Rhamondre Stevenson? Week 8
Updated Oct 27, 7:16 AM ET. Locks at kickoff, graded after. Week 9 answer posts Tuesday.
Start Josh Jacobs over Rhamondre Stevenson
- Market projects
- 14.8
- fantasy pts
- CAR D vs RB
- 28.7
- 2nd most to RBs (2026)
- Snap share
- 52%
- Through Week 7
- Target share
- 17%
- Through Week 7
- Market projects
- 12.6
- recent weeks avg
- MIA D vs RB
- 26.4
- 4th most to RBs (2026)
- Snap share
- 64%
- Through Week 7
- Target share
- 11%
- Through Week 7
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Our Week 8 call
Start Josh Jacobs over Rhamondre Stevenson in Week 8.
Market-based projections have Josh Jacobs at 14.8 points and Rhamondre Stevenson at 12.6, a gap of 2.3. No player market is posted for Rhamondre Stevenson this week yet, so his 12.6 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 5, 6 and 7 (11.2, 14.1 and 12.4); the call is rebuilt when his market posts. Drafters take Josh Jacobs at ADP 78 and Rhamondre Stevenson at 61.
What the market projects
Player markets imply 14.8 fantasy points for Josh Jacobs, with 100 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.
The market-based projection for Josh Jacobs is 59 rushing yards, 16 receiving yards, 2-3 receptions and 0.8 touchdowns (13, 13, 13 and 13 market sources).
No Week 8 player market is posted for Rhamondre Stevenson yet. His market-based projections were 11.2, 14.1 and 12.5 points in Weeks 5, 6 and 7, an average of 12.6, which stands in until his Week 8 market posts.
The market-based projection for Rhamondre Stevenson is 0.8 touchdowns (7 market sources).
That puts Josh Jacobs 2.3 points ahead of Rhamondre Stevenson on these projections.
Week 8 matchups
Josh Jacobs and GB host CAR on Thursday at 8:15 PM ET.
CAR allowed 28.7 fantasy points a game to RBs this season over 6 games, the 2nd most in the league.
Running backs ran for 127 yards and 1-2 touchdowns a game against CAR and caught passes for 29 more yards.
Rhamondre Stevenson and NE visit MIA on Sunday at 4:25 PM ET.
MIA allowed 26.4 fantasy points a game to RBs this season over 6 games, the 4th most in the league.
Running backs ran for 103 yards and 0-1 touchdowns a game against MIA and caught passes for 46 more yards.
By points allowed to the position, Josh Jacobs has the softer matchup.
Injury status
Josh Jacobs is not on the injury report.
Rhamondre Stevenson is not on the injury report.
Usage before Week 8
Through Week 7, Josh Jacobs played 52 percent of GB snaps, took 58 percent of the carries, drew 17 percent of the targets and had 50 percent of the red zone chances.
Josh Jacobs, Week 7 against DET: 35 of 67 snaps, 11 carries for 36 yards, 7 targets and 5 catches for 55 yards, 1 touchdown.
Through Week 7, Rhamondre Stevenson played 64 percent of NE snaps, took 39 percent of the carries, drew 11 percent of the targets and had 19 percent of the red zone chances.
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.
Rhamondre Stevenson, Week 7 against CHI: 37 of 54 snaps, 6 carries for 22 yards, 5 targets and 5 catches for 93 yards, 1 touchdown.
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.
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.
Their other Week 8 calls
Locks at kickoff, graded after. When the start/sit engine grades week 8, the call and the result appear on the public record, wrong ones included.
Week 8 on the board
- Is Josh Jacobs playing Week 8?
- Is Rhamondre Stevenson playing Week 8?
- Packers depth chart
- Patriots depth chart
- Week 8 RB rankings
- Week 8 fantasy rankings
- Week 8 start or sit
- Week 8 waiver wire
- Week 8 trade value chart
- Trade deadline buy low, sell high
- Fantasy football rankings
- Start 'em sit 'em Week 8
- Waiver wire pickups
- Fantasy sleepers
- Rest of season rankings
- Week 8 kicker rankings
- Week 8 defense rankings