Josh Jacobs RB

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).

Should you start Josh Jacobs this week?

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.

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↓ snap % 59.1 → 48.5 (-18%) · ↓ target share % 10.2 → 7.3 (-28%)
Trend reads volume — snaps, targets and carries — not fantasy points, which swing on touchdowns.
Week 8 proj
11.4
PPR · 9.6 std
Matchup
1st
CAR vs RBs
Trade value
2,124
#63 overall · -2281/30d

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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Common decisions

Upcoming schedule & projections

WkOppStd½ PPRPPRMatchup
W8vs CAR Thu, Oct 29 9.610.511.4 1st · soft
W9@ NE Sun, Nov 8 8.59.410.2 23rd
W10vs MIN Sun, Nov 15 8.18.99.7 30th · tough
W12@ LAR Wed, Nov 25 8.29.19.9 19th
W13@ NO Sun, Dec 6 8.08.99.7 5th · soft
W14vs BUF Sun, Dec 13 10.611.412.2 6th · soft

The matchup

All numbers are the 2026 season, refreshed nightly. Matchup ranks read 1–32, where 1st allows the most points to the position — the matchup you want.