Josh Jacobs or Aaron Jones
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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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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 | - |
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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 |
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 |
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 |
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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Expert | ||
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. |