GB · NA — Personal — Week 8 vs CAR, who allow the 1st-most points to RBs — recently D'Andre Swift put up 31.4 on them (W1).
Josh Jacobs projects 11.4 PPR points in week 8 vs CAR — the 1st-ranked matchup for RBs. Start him if that clears your other options at RB — run the exact head-to-head in Start/Sit below, or jump straight to a comparison.
The week 2 angle vs CAR: 291 rushing yards a game allowed at 7.46 a carry · 6 rushing TDs/gm — all of it adding up to the 1st-most fantasy points allowed to RBs. Receipts and the full profile: how CAR defends RBs, linked under The matchup below.
Usage & TD luck (2025 · 15 games, last season — no games yet this year): 59.1% offensive snaps · 15.6 carries/game (56.4% of team carries) · 70.7% of the backfield's touches · 2.9 targets/game, 10.2% target share · 61.9 rushing and 18.8 receiving yards/game, 14 TD. Usage moves before production — snaps and share shifts are the earliest real signal.
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| Wk | Opp | Std | ½ PPR | PPR | Matchup | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W8 | vs CAR | Thu, Oct 29 | 9.6 | 10.5 | 11.4 | 1st · soft |
| W9 | @ NE | Sun, Nov 8 | 8.5 | 9.4 | 10.2 | 23rd |
| W10 | vs MIN | Sun, Nov 15 | 8.1 | 8.9 | 9.7 | 30th · tough |
| W12 | @ LAR | Wed, Nov 25 | 8.2 | 9.1 | 9.9 | 19th |
| W13 | @ NO | Sun, Dec 6 | 8.0 | 8.9 | 9.7 | 5th · soft |
| W14 | vs BUF | Sun, Dec 13 | 10.6 | 11.4 | 12.2 | 6th · soft |