Start Keaton Mitchell or Mike Washington Jr.? Week 1
Locked at kickoff. Graded after.
Start Mike Washington Jr. over Keaton Mitchell
Right: 4.1 to 0.9
- MIA D vs RB
- 36.9
- 4th most to RBs (2026)
- Scored
- 4.1
- PPR pts
- Books implied
- 1.9
- pre-game
- ARI D vs RB
- 9.2
- 3rd fewest to RBs (2026)
- Snap share
- 31%
- Week 1
- Target share
- 0%
- Week 1
- Scored
- 0.9
- PPR pts
Our Week 1 call
Start Mike Washington Jr. over Keaton Mitchell in Week 1.
Keaton Mitchell is priced by the books at 1.9 projected points and Mike Washington Jr. is not priced at all, so we are leaning on where drafters take them. Drafters take Mike Washington Jr. at ADP 168 and Keaton Mitchell at 171.
What the books imply
No sportsbook posted a player market for Mike Washington Jr. in Week 1.
Player prop markets imply 1.9 fantasy points for Keaton Mitchell, with 33 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.
Week 1 matchups
Mike Washington Jr. and LV host MIA.
MIA allowed 36.9 fantasy points to RBs in its one game this season, the 4th most in the league.
Running backs ran for 144 yards and no touchdowns against MIA and caught passes for 45 more yards.
Keaton Mitchell and LAC host ARI on Sunday at 4:25 PM ET.
ARI allowed 9.2 fantasy points to RBs in its one game this season, the 3rd fewest in the league.
Running backs ran for 52 yards and a touchdown against ARI and caught passes for 0 more yards.
By points allowed to the position, Mike Washington Jr. has the softer matchup.
Injury status
Mike Washington Jr. was not on the injury report when the call was made.
Keaton Mitchell was not on the injury report when the call was made.
Their 2025 seasons
In 2025, Keaton Mitchell played 13 games for BAL and scored 55.4 PPR points, 4.3 a game, finishing RB67.
He ran 59 times for 341 yards and 1 touchdown, and caught 9 of 12 targets for 63 yards.
He was on the field for 17 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.
Keaton Mitchell, Week 18 of 2025 against PIT: 2 carries for 2 yards, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards, 0.2 PPR points.
Keaton Mitchell, Week 17 of 2025 against GB: 14 of 76 snaps, 9 carries for 31 yards, 2 targets and 2 catches for 7 yards, 5.8 PPR points.
Keaton Mitchell, Week 16 of 2025 against NE: 19 of 55 snaps, 9 carries for 13 yards, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards, 1.3 PPR points.
How Week 1 went
Mike Washington Jr. scored 4.1 PPR points and Keaton Mitchell scored 0.9.
The call was right: Mike Washington Jr. outscored Keaton Mitchell by 3.2.
Mike Washington Jr., Week 1 against MIA: 13 of 68 snaps, 7 carries for 41 yards, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards, 4.1 PPR points.
Mike Washington Jr. finished as the week's RB47 in PPR scoring.
Keaton Mitchell finished 1.0 points below the 1.9 the props implied.
Keaton Mitchell, Week 1 against ARI: 17 of 55 snaps, 4 carries for 9 yards, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards, 0.9 PPR points.
Keaton Mitchell finished as the week's RB69 in PPR scoring.
Their other Week 1 calls
On the draft board
Ranked ahead
RB42 · LAC · bye 7
2025 vs anytime td line 1-12
- Overall rank
- 142
- Draft pick
- no consensus
- Tier
- 9
Ranked behind
RB54 · LV · bye 13
- Overall rank
- 209
- Draft pick
- no consensus
- Tier
- 14
The board cards are draft figures, not the week's call. This call locked at kickoff and was not edited after. It is on the public record, wrong ones included.
The gap between them
- Spots apart on the board67
- Pick differencenot comparable without a consensus on both
- Tierstier 9 and tier 14
- Board size242 draftable players
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