Start Saquon Barkley or Omarion Hampton? Week 1

Our Week 1 call

Start Saquon Barkley over Omarion Hampton in Week 1.

De-vigged player props project Saquon Barkley at 9.7 points and Omarion Hampton at 7.0, a gap of 2.6. Drafters take Saquon Barkley at ADP 18 and Omarion Hampton at 22. Market coverage on Saquon Barkley is 33 percent of what his position needs, so the market side of this carries proportionally less weight.

What the books imply

Player prop markets imply 9.7 fantasy points for Saquon Barkley, with 33 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.

Player prop markets imply 7.1 fantasy points for Omarion Hampton, with 40 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.

That puts Saquon Barkley 2.6 points ahead of Omarion Hampton on the books.

Week 1 matchups

Saquon Barkley and PHI host WAS on Sunday at 4:25 PM ET.

WAS allowed 11.5 fantasy points to RBs in its one game this season, the 6th fewest in the league.

Running backs ran for 90 yards and no touchdowns against WAS and caught passes for 5 more yards.

Omarion Hampton 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, Saquon Barkley has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Saquon Barkley was not on the injury report when the call was made.

Omarion Hampton was not on the injury report when the call was made.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Saquon Barkley played 16 games for PHI and scored 232.3 PPR points, 14.5 a game, finishing RB14.

He ran 280 times for 1140 yards and 7 touchdowns, and caught 37 of 50 targets for 273 yards.

He was on the field for 78 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Saquon Barkley, Week 17 of 2025 against BUF: 43 of 54 snaps, 19 carries for 68 yards, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards, 6.8 PPR points.

Saquon Barkley, Week 16 of 2025 against WAS: 54 of 70 snaps, 21 carries for 132 yards, 2 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards, 1 touchdown, 21.2 PPR points.

Saquon Barkley, Week 15 of 2025 against LV: 39 of 69 snaps, 22 carries for 78 yards, 3 targets and 2 catches for 14 yards, 1 touchdown, 17.2 PPR points.

In 2025, Omarion Hampton played 9 games for LAC and scored 135.7 PPR points, 15.1 a game, finishing RB35.

He ran 124 times for 545 yards and 4 touchdowns, and caught 32 of 35 targets for 192 yards.

He was on the field for 63 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Omarion Hampton, Week 17 of 2025 against HOU: 51 of 63 snaps, 14 carries for 29 yards, 8 targets and 8 catches for 31 yards, 1 touchdown, 20.0 PPR points.

Omarion Hampton, Week 16 of 2025 against DAL: 35 of 64 snaps, 16 carries for 85 yards, 2 targets and 1 catch for 10 yards, 1 touchdown, 16.5 PPR points.

Omarion Hampton, Week 15 of 2025 against KC: 24 of 66 snaps, 15 carries for 61 yards, 1 target and 1 catch for 4 yards, 7.5 PPR points.

How Week 1 went

Saquon Barkley scored 9.0 PPR points and Omarion Hampton scored 8.3.

The call was right: Saquon Barkley outscored Omarion Hampton by 0.7.

Saquon Barkley finished 0.7 points below the 9.7 the props implied.

Saquon Barkley, Week 1 against WAS: 39 of 55 snaps, 15 carries for 83 yards, 2 targets and 1 catch for -3 yards, 9.0 PPR points.

Saquon Barkley finished as the week's RB30 in PPR scoring.

Omarion Hampton finished 1.3 points above the 7.1 the props implied.

Omarion Hampton, Week 1 against ARI: 32 of 55 snaps, 12 carries for 43 yards, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards, 1 touchdown, 8.3 PPR points.

Omarion Hampton finished as the week's RB33 in PPR scoring.

Their other Week 1 calls

• Start Saquon Barkley over Ashton Jeanty.
• Start Saquon Barkley over Chase Brown.
• Start Derrick Henry over Saquon Barkley.
• Start Ashton Jeanty over Omarion Hampton.
• Start Breece Hall over Omarion Hampton.
• Start Derrick Henry over Omarion Hampton.