Start Woody Marks or Rachaad White? Week 1

Our Week 1 call

Start Rachaad White over Woody Marks in Week 1.

Rachaad White is priced by the books at 4.3 projected points. Woody Marks has no player market posted for this week, so his side of this call rests on consensus ADP and the news wire only. Drafters take Rachaad White at ADP 136 and Woody Marks at 144. Market coverage on Rachaad White 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 4.3 fantasy points for Rachaad White, with 33 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.

No sportsbook posted a player market for Woody Marks in Week 1.

Week 1 matchups

Rachaad White and WAS visit PHI on Sunday at 4:25 PM ET.

PHI allowed 18.9 fantasy points to RBs in its one game this season, the 13th fewest in the league.

Running backs ran for 101 yards and a touchdown against PHI and caught passes for -2 more yards.

Woody Marks and HOU host BUF.

BUF allowed 33.9 fantasy points to RBs in its one game this season, the 7th most in the league.

Running backs ran for 102 yards and 2 touchdowns against BUF and caught passes for 17 more yards.

By points allowed to the position, Woody Marks has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Rachaad White was not on the injury report when the call was made.

Woody Marks was not on the injury report when the call was made.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Rachaad White played 17 games for TB and scored 143.0 PPR points, 8.4 a game, finishing RB32.

He ran 132 times for 572 yards and 4 touchdowns, and caught 40 of 45 targets for 218 yards.

He was on the field for 51 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Rachaad White, Week 18 of 2025 against CAR: 22 of 67 snaps, 7 carries for 23 yards, 2 targets and 2 catches for 18 yards, 6.1 PPR points.

Rachaad White, Week 17 of 2025 against MIA: 32 of 67 snaps, 2 carries for 10 yards, 2 targets and 2 catches for 7 yards, 3.7 PPR points.

Rachaad White, Week 16 of 2025 against CAR: 25 of 64 snaps, 5 carries for 45 yards, 2 targets and 2 catches for 15 yards, 8.0 PPR points.

In 2025, Woody Marks played 16 games for HOU and scored 151.1 PPR points, 9.4 a game, finishing RB29.

He ran 196 times for 703 yards and 2 touchdowns, and caught 24 of 36 targets for 208 yards.

He was on the field for 53 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Woody Marks, Week 18 of 2025 against IND: 10 carries for 48 yards, 3 targets and 2 catches for 0 yards, 6.8 PPR points.

Woody Marks, Week 17 of 2025 against LAC: 44 of 65 snaps, 19 carries for 71 yards, 2 targets and 1 catch for 4 yards, 8.5 PPR points.

Woody Marks, Week 15 of 2025 against ARI: 15 of 67 snaps, 7 carries for 30 yards, 1 target and 1 catch for 8 yards, 10.8 PPR points.

How Week 1 went

Rachaad White scored 4.7 PPR points and Woody Marks scored 5.0.

The call was wrong: Woody Marks outscored Rachaad White by 0.3.

Rachaad White finished 0.5 points above the 4.3 the props implied.

Rachaad White, Week 1 against PHI: 29 of 70 snaps, 7 carries for 22 yards, 2 targets and 2 catches for 5 yards, 4.7 PPR points.

Rachaad White finished as the week's RB43 in PPR scoring.

Woody Marks, Week 1 against BUF: 40 of 79 snaps, 9 carries for 42 yards, 1 target and 1 catch for -2 yards, 5.0 PPR points.

Woody Marks finished as the week's RB42 in PPR scoring.

Their other Week 1 calls

• Start Aaron Jones Sr. over Rachaad White.
• Start Rachaad White over Alvin Kamara.
• Start Blake Corum over Rachaad White.
• Start Woody Marks over Alvin Kamara.
• Start Blake Corum over Woody Marks.
• Start Woody Marks over Chris Rodriguez Jr..