Chris Brooks or Mike Washington Jr.: Toss-Up — Week 1 Start/Sit Verdict

Too close to call — the edges cancel out.

Chris Brooks and Mike Washington Jr. grade out even this week. Brooks's best edge is the projection (7.7 to 6.8), Washington's best edge is the matchup (23 of 32 to 13) — and they cancel out. Start whichever player's game you trust more this week.

In standard scoring this flips to Washington.

Chris Brooks

RB46GBvs MIN

5.86.87.7 Projected Points

Toss-Up

Mike Washington Jr.

RB45LVvs MIA

5.86.36.8 Projected Points

Toss-Up

Why Chris Brooks

Toss-Up

RB2 in complementary role. Big-bodied back with special-teams value and short-yardage/pass-protection snaps.

Toss-up — RB46 consensus, projects RB44 this week: 4% target share in 2025, 7.7 PPR projected vs MIN.

MIN ranks 13 of 32 against RBs (a middle-of-the-road matchup, 17-game sample).
Vegas implies 23.0 team points as 1.5-point favorites.
Listed RB on the latest depth chart with a 21% snap share in 2025.

Why Mike Washington Jr.

Toss-Up

Rookie RB2 in change-of-pace role. Complementary back behind the feature runner with no NFL sample yet.

Toss-up — RB45 consensus, projects RB46 this week: MIA is the 10th-softest matchup vs RBs, 6.8 PPR projected vs MIA.

MIA ranks 23 of 32 against RBs (one of the softer matchups, 17-game sample).
Vegas implies 22.3 team points as 3.0-point favorites.
Listed RB on the latest depth chart.

Head-to-head stats

Metric	Chris Brooks	Mike Washington Jr.
Projected points	5.86.87.7	5.86.36.8
Consensus rank	RB46	RB45
Opponent vs position	MIN · 13 of 3217-game sample	MIA · 23 of 3217-game sample
Rushing Yards	24 of 32	26 of 32
Rushing TDs	12 of 32	19 of 32
Rushing Attempts	32 of 32	21 of 32
Receptions	2 of 32	26 of 32
Receiving Yards	1 of 32	25 of 32
Anytime TD	6 of 32	23 of 32
Target share	4%(2025)	—
Reception share	4%(2025)	—
Implied total · spread	23.0-1.5	22.3-3.0
Depth chart	RB2	RB2
Snap share	21%(2025)	—