Josh Jacobs or Aaron Jones

Who Should I Start? - Week 1

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Player Summaries Comparison
	Experts' Pick
	Josh Jacobs RB - LV Josh Jacobs RB - LV at CAR, Sun 1pm EDT	Aaron Jones RB - GB Aaron Jones RB - GB at MIN, Sun 1pm EDT
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Rankings

ECR	# 4	# 9	-
Best Rank	# 1	# 5	-
Worst Rank	# 94	# 19	-

Matchup

Opponent	at CAR	at MIN	-
Matchup Rating	This is a 5 star matchup. RBs perform better than their average vs CAR	This is a 2 star matchup. RBs perform a little worse than their average vs MIN	-


Stats Allowed
Rush Att	25.5	29.5
Rush Yds	121	134.4
Rush TD	1.1	1.2

Fantasy Points

Season Total	198.3	213.3	-
Avg Game	13.2	14.2	-
2019 Average	13.2	14.2	-

Misc

Injury Alert	‐	‐	-
Weather	‐	‐	-

Expert Ranks
	Josh Jacobs	Aaron Jones	Add Player

Scott AtkinsS. Atkins FullTime Fantasy 09/29	#4	#9	-

Husein ShabazzH. Shabazz SleeperWire 09/13	#7	#11	-

Michael TomlinM. Tomlin Fantasy Six Pack 09/13	#5	#10	-

Steven SpaccarotelliS. Spac... SleeperWire 09/13	#4	#11	-

Nathan JahnkeN. Jahnke Pro Football Focus 09/13	#5	#10	-

Joe BondJ. Bond Fantasy Six Pack 09/13	#5	#8	-

Marc CavigliaM. Cavi... Bruno Boys 09/13	#5	#9	-

Patrick ThormanP. Thorman Establish the Run 09/10	#4	#12	-

Justin GeorgeJ. George Take Your League 09/10	#4	#16	-

Nick HumphreysN. Hump... Fantasy Victors 09/10	#5	#8	-

Kevin HansonK. Hanson EDSFootball 09/10	#5	#9	-

Michael HauffM. Hauff Gridiron Experts 09/13	#5	#8	-

Raju ByfieldR. Byfield Win My Fantasy League 09/13	#8	#11	-

Mike WrightM. Wright The Fantasy Footballers 09/13	#2	#11	-

Matthew HillM. Hill DataForce Fantasy Football 09/13	#4	#9	-

Sean KoernerS. Koerner The Action Network 09/13	#5	#8	-

Jamie CalandroJ. Cala... Fantasy Team Advice 09/13	#7	#13	-

Andy HollowayA. Holl... The Fantasy Footballers 09/13	#3	#10	-

Anthony CervinoA. Cervino Gridiron Experts 09/13	#5	#10	-

Jason MooreJ. Moore The Fantasy Footballers 09/13	#5	#8	-

Jacob W. DunneJ. W. D... New Life Fantasy 09/09	#9	#12	-

Todd D ClarkT. D Clark The Fantasy Fix 09/13	#5	#10	-

Elvin RyanE. Ryan The Pregame HQ 09/10	#3	#10	-

Jacob GibbsJ. Gibbs SportsLine 09/13	#5	#10	-

Matt BrandonM. Brandon Matt Brandon 08/10	#5	#8	-

Craig PhillipsC. Phil... FF Prophet 09/13	#5	#9	-

Dennis SosicD. Sosic Fantasy Six Pack 09/13	#5	#8	-

Seth MillerS. Miller Crossroads Fantasy Football 09/13	#5	#9	-

Kyle RichardsonK. Rich... The Fantasy Headliners 09/13	#2	#11	-

Ryan SkolrudR. Skolrud SkullKing Sports 09/13	#4	#12	-

Adrian AlpansequeA. Alpa... Estadio Fantasy 09/09	#4	#12	-

Mike RigzM. Rigz Gridiron Experts 09/13	#3	#11	-

Seth KleinS. Klein Fantrax 09/13	#7	#12	-

Rudy GambleR. Gamble Razzball 09/13	#5	#11	-

Kevin WheelerK. Wheeler The Draft Zone 09/13	#5	#9	-

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David BiggsD. Biggs Drink Five 09/10	#5	#9	-

Steven PintadoS. Pintado The Fantasy Coaches 09/10	#2	#17	-

Rich PiazzaR. Piazza Fantasy Shed 09/09	#2	#10	-

Pat FitzmauriceP. Fitz... The Football Girl 09/10	#5	#12	-

Muntradamus M. Beast Dome 09/13	#8	#11	-

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Jake ArthurJ. Arthur Colts.com 09/13	#4	#11	-

Brandon FunstonB. Funston The Athletic 09/13	#1	#12	-

Andy VandaA. Vanda Take Your League 09/12	#5	#8	-

Jonathan StoneJ. Stone The Hateful 8 09/13	#5	#8	-

Zachary HanshewZ. Hanshew FantasyPros 09/13	#2	#11	-

Matt De LimaM. De Lima Sports Illustrated 09/13	#5	#8	-

Jody SmithJ. Smith FantasyData 09/10	#5	#8	-

Jake CielyJ. Ciely The Athletic 09/12	#5	#10	-

Jeff RatcliffeJ. Ratc... FTN 09/13	#7	#9	-

Brian StraitB. Strait FTLS Fantasy Football 09/13	#4	#11	-

Tal MalachovskyT. Mala... The Fantasy Scout 09/13	#2	#15	-

Bill EnrightB. Enright Sports Illustrated 09/13	#7	#11	-

Adam PfeiferA. Pfeifer FTN 09/08	#4	#11	-

Donkey TeethD. Teeth Razzball 09/10	#7	#16	-

Jason WillanJ. Willan Gridiron Experts 09/13	#2	#10	-

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Greg SmithG. Smith TwoQBs 09/13	#6	#11	-

Matthew FreedmanM. Free... The Action Network 09/10	#4	#16	-

Tozzi BrothersT. Brot... Legion Report 09/09	#5	#10	-

Mauricio GutierrezM. Guti... Estadio Fantasy 09/12	#5	#9	-

Robert WaziakR. Waziak The Fantasy Footballers 09/10	#5	#11	-

Christopher DellC. Dell Betting Predators 09/13	#4	#11	-

Jason PetropoulosJ. Petr... BRoto Fantasy 09/13	#3	#11	-

Isaiah SiroisI. Sirois FantasyPros 09/13	#6	#11	-

Heath CappsH. Capps Fake Teams 09/13	#6	#10	-

Mundo Fantasy MXM. Fant... Mundo Fantasy 09/11	#3	#12	-

Bart WheelerB. Wheeler Hail to Fantasy Football 09/13	#2	#10	-

Elisha TwerskiE. Twerski numberFire 09/13	#4	#12	-

Justin DoddsJ. Dodds SleeperWire 09/09	#5	#12	-

Tyler OrginskiT. Orgi... Fantasy Hot Read 09/13	#8	#10	-

Dave MajorD. Major XN Sports 09/13	#4	#12	-

Jon CollinsJ. Collins Fantasy Sports LR 09/12	#5	#9	-

Donald GibsonD. Gibson FantasyPros 09/13	#3	#12	-

Nick MarianoN. Mariano RotoBaller 09/13	#5	#9	-

Staff RankingsS. Rank... Important Nonsense 09/10	#5	#12	-

Mike TagliereM. Tagl... FantasyPros 09/13	#2	#9	-

Tommy MoliooT. Molioo The Undroppables 09/09	#3	#10	-

Andrew SeifterA. Seifter FantasyPros 09/11	#4	#11	-

Neema HodjatN. Hodjat Real GM 09/09	#4	#9	-

Andy SingletonA. Sing... Expand The Boxscore 09/13	#5	#8	-

Ryan NoonanR. Noonan FTN 09/13	#4	#10	-

Eric MoodyE. Moody FantasyData 09/13	#5	#10	-

Dominick PetrilloD. Petr... Fantasy Hot Read 09/09	#2	#12	-

Tim JablonskiT. Jabl... The Hateful 8 09/13	#5	#9	-

Matthew BoweM. Bowe Razzball 09/13	#4	#14	-

Clayton CadieuxC. Cadieux Fantasy Football From Up North 09/12	#5	#9	-

Chris KennedyC. Kennedy The Fantasy Headliners 09/13	#5	#9	-

Dan McLellanD. McLe... WBLZ Media 09/10	#2	#11	-

Jose Ramon LlacaJ. Ramo... Estadio Fantasy 09/07	#10	#12	-

Justin SablichJ. Sablich 5th Down Fantasy 09/13	#4	#11	-

Staff RankingsS. Rank... QB List 09/12	#6	#10	-

Nick ZylakN. Zylak Fantasy Football Advice 09/13	#4	#9	-

Matt SchaufM. Schauf Draft Sharks 09/10	#5	#11	-

Michael PetropoulosM. Petr... BRoto Fantasy 09/09	#7	#10	-

Jared SmolaJ. Smola Draft Sharks 09/13	#7	#9	-

Jeff PaurJ. Paur RTSports 09/10	#4	#9	-

Richard SavillR. Savill Fantasy Six Pack 09/12	#8	#12	-

Derek LoflandD. Lofland FantasyPros 09/09	#2	#9	-

Brandon MurchisonB. Murc... RotoBaller 09/13	#4	#11	-

Mike RandleM. Randle BettingPros 09/10	#4	#10	-

Scott SmithS. Smith RotoViz 09/13	#5	#8	-

Doug NorrieD. Norrie Daily Fantasy Sports Rankings 09/13	#3	#10	-

Mike HarmonM. Harmon Swollen Dome 09/13	#2	#11	-

Chet GreshamC. Gresham DK Nation 09/10	#5	#7	-

Matthew BetzM. Betz BallBlast 09/13	#4	#10	-

Dan HarrisD. Harris FantasyPros 09/13	#5	#8	-

Jordan RainsJ. Rains Expand The Boxscore 09/13	#4	#10	-

Ken ZalisK. Zalis Pressbox 09/08	#5	#9	-

Kelly SmelserK. Smelser Punch Drunk Wonderland 09/13	#5	#12	-

Dalton Del DonD. Del Don Yahoo! Sports 09/13	#4	#18	-

Kyle AugustK. August Fantasy Football Smackdown 09/13	#2	#11	-

Lawrence JacksonL. Jackson Fantasy Football Lord 09/13	#1	#9	-

Des BielerD. Bieler The Washington Post 09/13	#5	#9	-

Francisco (Chato) RomeroF. (Cha... Estadio Fantasy 09/13	#5	#8	-

Scott PianowskiS. Pian... Yahoo! Sports 09/13	#2	#9	-

Scott WhitfieldS. Whit... Roto Rankings 09/13	#6	#11	-

KJK. Fantasy Team Advice 09/10	#4	#11	-

Mike MacGregorM. MacG... Draft Buddy 09/12	#6	#10	-

Andrew EricksonA. Eric... Pro Football Focus 09/13	#3	#5	-

Thor AkerleyT. Akerley Fantasy Team Advice 09/13	#5	#8	-

Davis MattekD. Mattek RotoExperts 09/13	#7	#9	-

Jacob WayneJ. Wayne Lineups 09/09	#2	#8	-

Liz LozaL. Loza Yahoo! Sports 09/13	#4	#12	-

Gerson AguirreG. Aguirre Going For 2 09/07	#6	#7	-

Alex BlickleA. Blickle Fantasy Team Advice 09/13	#4	#5	-

Jeff BoggisJ. Boggis Fantasy Football Empire 09/13	#4	#7	-

John HalpinJ. Halpin Carolina Panthers Radio Network 09/13	#4	#11	-

Justin WeigalJ. Weigal FantasySharks 09/13	#4	#10	-

Matt CampM. Camp Bleacher Report 09/13	#6	#9	-

Kyle YatesK. Yates FantasyPros 09/09	#9	#11	-

Dan ClasgensD. Clas... Get Sports Info 09/13	#4	#6	-

Jamey EisenbergJ. Eise... CBS Sports 09/11	#5	#14	-

Andy BehrensA. Behrens Yahoo! Sports 09/12	#1	#6	-

Drew DeLucaD. DeLuca NFL Spinzone 09/13	#8	#14	-

Kate MagdziukK. Magd... BallBlast 09/12	#1	#19	-

Michelle MagdziukM. Magd... BallBlast 09/10	#1	#10	-

Ben WasleyB. Wasley The Fantasy First Down 09/13	#10	#12	-

Kyle EnglishK. English Reality Sports 09/10	#9	#11	-

Dave RichardD. Richard CBS Sports 09/12	#4	#7	-

Scott EngelS. Engel RotoBaller 09/12	#7	#14	-

DailyRotoD. DailyRoto 09/13	#7	#12	-

Aaron LarsonA. Larson FantasyPros 09/09	#4	#8	-

Jason SablichJ. Sablich 5th Down Fantasy 09/04	#7	#11	-

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Elliot Berkovits E. Berk... Packer Report 09/13	#4	#8	-

Ellis JohnsonE. Johnson True North Fantasy Football 09/13	#2	#8	-

Huseyin AksuH. Aksu Fantasy Couch 09/13	#5	#9	-

Richard KingR. King King Fantasy Sports 09/10	#4	#10	-

Chris MeaneyC. Meaney FTN 09/09	#4	#11	-

Walter CherepinskyW. Cher... WalterFootball 09/01	#1	#7	-

Mike KruegerM. Krueger FFToday 09/09	#6	#10	-

Pierre CamusP. Camus RotoBaller 09/10	#5	#8	-

Geoff LambertG. Lambert Going For 2 09/13	#7	#11	-

John HestermanJ. Hest... Dynasty League Football 09/10	#5	#10	-

Matt MacCoyM. MacCoy Fantasy Team Advice 09/12	#4	#14	-

Matt HarmonM. Harmon Yahoo! Sports 09/08	#4	#12	-

Tim PetropoulosT. Petr... BRoto Fantasy 09/12	#2	#9	-

Zach GreubelZ. Greubel Gridiron Experts 09/11	#5	#15	-

Nicholas YouN. You The Undroppables 09/11	#1	#10	-

Chris RaybonC. Raybon The Action Network 09/13	#4	#12	-

Justin BooneJ. Boone theScore 09/10	#4	#11	-

Dariyan MayburyD. Maybury Fantasy Football Advice 09/10	#4	#11	-

The FFGhostT. FFGhost Dynasty League Football 09/10	#4	#10	-

Jonathan HaysJ. Hays Fantasy Foresight 09/10	#94	#13	-

Kevin ScottK. Scott The Intersecting 09/10	#2	#9	-

Adam MurfetA. Murfet 5 Yard Rush 09/10	#5	#9	-

John FergusonJ. Ferg... FantasyData 09/10	#3	#10	-

Blake FincherB. Fincher Fantasy Football Cafe 09/09	#4	#11	-

Morgan ColbyM. Colby The Fantasy Champions 09/08	#4	#13	-

SmittyS. SleeperU 09/08	#4	#12	-

Brad EvansB. Evans FTN 09/07	#2	#16	-

Kevin RobertsK. Roberts Breaking Football 09/10	#4	#11	-

Player Game Logs Comparison
	Josh Jacobs RB - LV Josh Jacobs RB - LV	Aaron Jones RB - GB Aaron Jones RB - GB
2020 Schedule
Week 1	at CAR	at MIN
Week 2	vs. NO	vs. DET
Week 3	at NE	at NO
Week 4	vs. BUF	vs. ATL
Week 5	at KC	BYE WEEK
Week 6	BYE WEEK	at TB
Week 7	vs. TB	at HOU
Week 8	at CLE	vs. MIN
Week 9	at LAC	at SF
Week 10	vs. DEN	vs. JAC
Week 11	vs. KC	at IND
Week 12	at ATL	vs. CHI
Week 13	at NYJ	vs. PHI
Week 14	vs. IND	at DET
Week 15	vs. LAC	vs. CAR
Week 16	vs. MIA	vs. TEN
Week 17	at DEN	at CHI

Player Fantasy Points Comparison
	Josh Jacobs RB - LV Josh Jacobs RB - LV	Aaron Jones RB - GB Aaron Jones RB - GB
2020 Points
Week 1	31.9	13.6
Week 2	10.5	41.6
Week 3	6.3	14.6
Week 4	7.3	17.1
Week 5	20.5	‐
Week 6	‐	10.1
Week 7	3.1	‐
Week 8	12.9	‐
Week 9	12.8	7.9
Week 10	25.6	9.5
Week 11	12.4	13.1
Week 12	2.4	9.0
Week 13	‐	20.8
Week 14	7.4	7.5
Week 15	17.4	21.8
Week 16	6.9	10.8
Week 17	20.9	14.5
Total	198.3	213.3
Average	13.2	14.2

Player Targets Comparison
	Josh Jacobs RB - LV Josh Jacobs RB - LV	Aaron Jones RB - GB Aaron Jones RB - GB
2020 Targets
Week 1	6	6
Week 2	3	8
Week 3	4	4
Week 4	4	5
Week 5	3	‐
Week 6	‐	5
Week 7	4	‐
Week 8	1	‐
Week 9	1	5
Week 10	4	6
Week 11	1	4
Week 12	3	2
Week 13	‐	3
Week 14	5	3
Week 15	3	4
Week 16	2	3
Week 17	1	5

Notes for Player Combination
	Josh Jacobs RB - LV Josh Jacobs RB - LV at CAR, Sun 1pm EDT	Aaron Jones RB - GB Aaron Jones RB - GB at MIN, Sun 1pm EDT
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Mike Tagliere FantasyPros	The Panthers were the team you wanted to play running backs against in 2019. They allowed a massive 5.32 yards per carry and allowed a touchdown every 14.0 carries. We can talk all day about how Jacobs doesn't catch as many passes as he should, but in this game, it won't matter. The Panthers allowed 363.1 fantasy points on the ground alone last year. No other team was above 297.8 points. The Panthers allowed 18 percent more fantasy points on the ground than any team in the league, think about that for a minute. Now, to be fair, they did hire a new defensive coordinator, but this team is clearly lacking talent to be an elite run-stopping unit. They also lost a lot of the talent they did have. It led them to an all-defense draft. Seriously, they didn't draft a single offensive player. That's a lot of young players in the starting lineup. Trust Jacobs as an RB1 this week and expect big results. He's worth both cash-game and tournament consideration.	This is a backfield that no one can tell you how it'll shake out with 100 percent certainty. The Packers drafted Dillon with a second-round pick, so that means they'll use him, right? Looking back over the last seven years, there have been 17 running backs drafted in the second round. Only four of them saw fewer than 123 touches and finished outside the top 46 running backs. So yeah, he likely matters. The Vikings allowed just the 12th-fewest points to running backs last year, but not because they were dominant or anything. The 4.39 yards per carry they allowed was the 11th-most in football, and they lost their best presence up the middle of the field in Linval Joseph. He recorded 19 run stops last year, while the runner-up Shamar Stephen totaled 10 of them. They snagged Michael Pierce in free agency to help fill the void, but he opted out for the season, leaving them to start Jaleel Johnson alongside Stephen. You should know that even with Joseph, Jones tagged this unit for 270 yards and three touchdowns on the ground alone last year in the two games they played. He did total 46 carries between the two games, a number he's unlikely to get to with Dillon on the roster, but it's clear LaFleur's scheme works against a then-more-talented Vikings unit, so playing him as a borderline RB1 this week makes sense. I'd probably fade him in cash considering there still is risk attached, but in tournaments, he's a go.
Jacob Wayne Lineups	The Panthers' run defense was awful in 2019 as they allowed the most yards per carry, the most yards per game, and the most touchdowns per game by running backs. This is the same defense that lost longtime veteran and former All-Pro linebacker Luke Kuechly to retirement. Josh Jacobs is going to have all of the room in the world to run this week and the only thing that can keep him from producing a top-5 game is workload, something that shouldn't be an issue given his elite talent.	In two games against the Vikings last season, Aaron Jones averaged 23.5 points with a combined 3 touchdowns. The scoring may regress a bit this season for Jones, especially against the Vikings' defense that allowed the seventh-fewest fantasy points in the red zone to RBs last season. Jones is still a very talented player, though, and as long as he's on the field
Isaiah Sirois FantasyPros	Josh Jacobs is going to be a workhorse back this season, and he takes on one of the league's least effective rushing defenses from last year. The Panthers were one of the two best teams to target wtih running backs last season, and they've since lost Luke Kuechly! While I think new head coach Matt Rhule can get things turned around, and the addition of Derrick Brown is a step in the right direction, I'm still going to target the Panthers until they prove that they're a team to avoid.
Kyle Yates FantasyPros		The Vikings DST might seem like a scary matchup at first glance, but this unit is going through a bit of a transition on the fly. Jones should be fine from a matchup standpoint, but there are the concerns about AJ Dillon behind him and how much work Jones is actually going to see. If Jones scores, you're going to be happy you started him. However, that's just simply not a guarantee. He's still a high-end RB2 start this week, but there are certainly a wide range of outcomes for the Packers' lead RB.
Derek Lofland FantasyPros	Carolina was the worst fantasy running back defense in the NFL last year. Jacobs has an excellent chance to start the season with a bang on the road.	Jones had 46 rushing attempts for 270 yards and 3 rushing touchdowns against the Vikings last year. I know there are some concerns that his workload will be reduced this year in a deep RBBC, but he had too much success against the Vikings to be doubted in Week 1.

Josh Jacobs or Aaron Jones

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