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Velus Jones or Elijah Arroyo

Who Should I Start? - Week 1 • Start New
Velus Jones

Velus Jones

RB • Seattle Seahawks SEA
Elijah Arroyo

Elijah Arroyo

TE • Seattle Seahawks SEA
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

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Outlook Elijah Arroyo

Rotational Depth Role Keeps Fantasy Value Grounded

Elijah Arroyo enters his second NFL campaign looking to carve out a rotational role in Seattle's offense. Operating behind AJ Barner and Eric Saubert on the tight end depth chart, Arroyo faces an uphill climb for consistent snaps after logging 16 receptions for 184 yards and a score across 14 contests in 2025.

Our models project modest involvement in 2026, forecasting 20 catches for 208 yards and two touchdowns on 27 targets. With Jaxon Smith-Njigba and Cooper Kupp commanding the lion's share of looks in the passing game, Arroyo's weekly target volume will remain strictly limited to situational sub-packages.

Market sentiment reflects this low ceiling, as Arroyo's PPR draft position has steadily plummeted from pick 383 in July down past pick 780 entering the season. Roster rates sit near zero percent, making him completely off the redraft radar and strictly a dynasty monitor.

Updated 10 days ago

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Next Up ❱ Performance Comparison
Performance Velus Jones
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Next Up ❱ Redzone Touches
Redzone Touches Velus Jones
REDZONE
WK OPP ATT TAR REC
1 NE 🔓 🔓 🔓
2 @ARI 🔓 🔓 🔓
3 @WAS 🔓 🔓 🔓
4 LAC 🔓 🔓 🔓
5 SF 🔓 🔓 🔓
13 @DEN 🔓 🔓 🔓
14 KC 🔓 🔓 🔓
15 CHI 🔓 🔓 🔓
20 ARI 🔓 🔓 🔓
21 @LV 🔓 🔓 🔓
22 BYE 🔓 🔓 🔓

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Redzone Touches Elijah Arroyo
REDZONE
WK OPP ATT TAR REC
1 NE 🔓 🔓 🔓
2 @ARI 🔓 🔓 🔓
3 @WAS 🔓 🔓 🔓
4 LAC 🔓 🔓 🔓
5 SF 🔓 🔓 🔓
6 @DEN 🔓 🔓 🔓
7 KC 🔓 🔓 🔓
9 CHI 🔓 🔓 🔓
10 ARI 🔓 🔓 🔓
11 @LV 🔓 🔓 🔓
12 BYE 🔓 🔓 🔓
12 @SF 🔓 🔓 🔓
13 DAL 🔓 🔓 🔓
14 NYG 🔓 🔓 🔓
21 @PHI 🔓 🔓 🔓
22 LAR 🔓 🔓 🔓

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Next Up ❱ Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START Velus Jones
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0%
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OWN/START Elijah Arroyo
OWN
 
1%
-0.58 compared to last week
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0 compared to last week
Next Up ❱ Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Velus Jones
Not Ranked
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Elijah Arroyo
Not Ranked
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Next Up ❱ Player Breakdowns
Breakdown Velus Jones

    Overview

  • Just about every team utilizies the dreaded 'running backs by comittee' policy. Two solid #1 starters are hard to find.
  • Experts don't even rank him among RB's. Either he is on a bye week or is just plain bad. Based on his stats from the past 30 days, he is currently ranked N/A with 0.00 total points (0.00 avg).
  • Currently 365.6 points behind the leader: Christian McCaffrey
  • He has missed playing in at least 2 games but is not listed on the injury report as of today. Check out his player news to see if he has any nagging injuries.

    • Receiving Stats

  • Ranked 129th in targets and is currently among RB.
  • Ranked 151st in Rec TDs among RB.
  • Ranked 114th in targets and is currently among RB.
  • Ranked 108th in targets and is currently among RB.

    • Rushing Stats

    Bonus Qualities

  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: Rush Yards: +31, Rush AVG: +0.5 Rush TDs: EVEN, Receptions: -1, Rec Yards: -8 Rec TDs: EVEN,
  • He is not getting enough touches to make a significant impact on the ground
  • You do realize that this guy has no rushing touchdowns right?

    • Season Outlook

  • RUSH ATT: 0, RUSH YDS: 0, RUSH TDS: 0, REC: 0, REC YDS: 0, REC TDS: 0
Breakdown Elijah Arroyo

    Overview

  • Experts don't even rank him among TE's. Either he is on a bye week or is just plain bad. Based on his stats from the past 30 days, he is currently ranked 61st with 22.40 total points (1.40 avg).
  • Currently 175.4 points behind the leader: Trey McBride
  • Slight decline in numbers lately at 1.4 PPG.

    • Receiving Stats

  • Top 75 in receptions, though that isn't saying much, and is currently ranked 60th among TE.
  • Top 75 in targets, though that isn't saying much, and is currently ranked 53rd among TE.
  • Top 75 in Rec TDs with 1, though that isn't saying much, and is currently ranked 69th among TE.

    • Bonus Qualities

  • Played in 16 more games this year than last year.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: Receptions: +16, Rec Yards: +184 Rec TDs: +1,

    • Season Outlook

  • REC: 20, REC YDS: 208, REC TDS: 2
Next Up ❱ Health Check
Injury Velus Jones

No Injury Reported

Injury Elijah Arroyo

No Injury Reported

Next Up ❱ Matchup Comparison
Matchups Velus Jones

Week 1
Seattle Seahawks VS New England Patriots

PA/G YDS/G TO INT SACK TDs FSP
17.86264.6727154863.51
Compare to same point last season

Overview

  • Experts don"t even rank him among DST's. Either he is on a bye week or is just plain bad. Based on his stats from the past 30 days, he is currently ranked 3rd with 174.00 total points (8.29 avg).
  • Currently 53 points behind the leader: Seahawks DST
  • Average points in the past two weeks have dipped quite a bit at 8.3.

Defensive Stats

  • Top 10 in total yards against with 326.94 per game and is currently ranked 9th among DST.
  • Top 8 in rush defense with 1849 (108.76 per game) and is currently ranked 7th among DST.
  • Top 10 in pass defense with 3709 (218.18 per game) and is currently ranked 9th among DST.
  • Top 4 in points against with 18.82 per game and currently ranked 4th among DST.
  • Top 2 in Total TDs with 5 (0.29 per game) and currently ranked 2nd among DST.

Bonus Qualities

  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: Total Yards Against: -80.45, Turnovers: +15 Sacks: +19, INTs: +8, TDs: +4, Points Allowed: -7.14,
  • Unfortunately two players have the same exact name and his rating may not be entirely accurate at this point. We are working on fixing situations like this!

Season Outlook

  • SACK: 36, INT: 13, TDS: 6, PA/G: 20, YDS/G: 313.7
Matchups Elijah Arroyo

Week 1
Seattle Seahawks VS New England Patriots

PA/G YDS/G TO INT SACK TDs FSP
17.86264.6727154863.51
Compare to same point last season

Overview

  • Experts don"t even rank him among DST's. Either he is on a bye week or is just plain bad. Based on his stats from the past 30 days, he is currently ranked 3rd with 174.00 total points (8.29 avg).
  • Currently 53 points behind the leader: Seahawks DST
  • Average points in the past two weeks have dipped quite a bit at 8.3.

Defensive Stats

  • Top 10 in total yards against with 326.94 per game and is currently ranked 9th among DST.
  • Top 8 in rush defense with 1849 (108.76 per game) and is currently ranked 7th among DST.
  • Top 10 in pass defense with 3709 (218.18 per game) and is currently ranked 9th among DST.
  • Top 4 in points against with 18.82 per game and currently ranked 4th among DST.
  • Top 2 in Total TDs with 5 (0.29 per game) and currently ranked 2nd among DST.

Bonus Qualities

  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: Total Yards Against: -80.45, Turnovers: +15 Sacks: +19, INTs: +8, TDs: +4, Points Allowed: -7.14,
  • Unfortunately two players have the same exact name and his rating may not be entirely accurate at this point. We are working on fixing situations like this!

Season Outlook

  • SACK: 36, INT: 13, TDS: 6, PA/G: 20, YDS/G: 313.7
Next Up ❱ Ratings Comparison
Rating Velus Jones
0.00
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Elijah Arroyo
4.42
FantasySP Player Rating
Next Up ❱ Career Comparison
Career Velus Jones
RUSH RECEIVING
YEAR TEAM GP ATT YD AVG TD TGTS REC YD AVG TD
2022 CHI 9 9 103 11.4 1 14 7 107 15.3 1
2023 CHI 10 8 51 6.4 0 7 4 20 5.0 0
2024 CHI 2 3 11 3.7 0 1 1 8 8.0 0
2025 SEA 1 4 32 8.0 0 0 0 0 0
ON PACE 5 18 144 8.0 0 0 0 0 0
3-YEAR AVG 4 5 31 6.3 0 3 2 9 5.6 0
Totals 23 30 207 6.9 1 22 12 135 11.3 1
Career Elijah Arroyo
RECEIVING RUSH
YEAR TEAM GP TGTS REC YD AVG TD ATT YD AVG TD
2025 SEA 14 27 16 184 11.5 1 0 0 0 0
ON PACE 63 122 72 828 11.5 5 0 0 0 0
3-YEAR AVG 14 27 16 184 11.5 1 0 0 0 0
Totals 14 27 16 184 11.5 1 0 0 0 0
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ATL @PIT
BAL @IND
BUF @HOU
CAR vs CHI
CIN vs TB
CLE @JAC
DAL @NYG
DEN @KC
DET vs NO
GB @MIN
LAR vs SF
LV vs MIA
NE @SEA
NYJ @TEN
PHI vs WAS
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ATH vs TOR 03:05 EDT EST
ATL vs TB 07:15 EDT EST
BAL vs CLE 06:35 EDT EST
BOS vs LAA 06:45 EDT EST
CHC @MIL 07:40 EDT EST
CHW vs PIT 07:40 EDT EST
CIN @LAD 10:10 EDT EST
COL @NYY 07:05 EDT EST
DET vs MIN 01:10 EDT EST
HOU @PHI 06:40 EDT EST
MIA vs NYM 06:40 EDT EST
SD vs WAS 04:10 EDT EST
SEA vs TEX 04:10 EDT EST
SF vs STL 03:45 EDT EST
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