Jahmyr Gibbs Fantasy Football Week 1: Stats and Projections vs. Packers

Detroit Lions RB Jahmyr Gibbs will take on the team with last year's seventh-ranked rushing defense, the Green Bay Packers (99.4 yards allowed per game), in Week 1 -- beginning at 4:25 p.m. ET on Sunday.

For more info on Gibbs, if you're thinking about him for your DFS roster, read this piece before his upcoming matchup versus the Packers.

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Jahmyr Gibbs Week 1 Fantasy Football Projection

• Matchup: Detroit Lions at Green Bay Packers
• Game Date: September 7, 2025
• Game Time: 4:25 p.m.
• Projected Fantasy Points: 13.8
• PPR Projected Fantasy Points: 15.6
• Projected Rushing Yards: 70.55
• Projected Rushing TDs: 0.52
• Projected Receiving Yards: 27.51
• Projected Receiving TDs: 0.16

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Gibbs 2024 Fantasy Performance

• Gibbs accumulated 41.0 fantasy points -- 23 carries, 139 yards, 3 TDs; 5 receptions, 31 yards, 1 TD -- in Week 18 against the Minnesota Vikings, which was his best game last season.
• In his second-best performance last season -- Week 2 against the Washington Commanders -- Gibbs picked up 29.5 fantasy points. His stat line: 14 carries, 105 yards, 2 TDs; 6 receptions, 70 yards.
• Gibbs picked up 8.4 fantasy points -- 9 carries, 87 yards -- in his worst game of the season, Week 13 versus the Chicago Bears.
• Gibbs recorded 9.1 fantasy points -- 12 carries, 63 yards; 3 receptions, 28 yards -- in his second-worst performance of the season (Week 6 against the Dallas Cowboys).

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Packers Defensive Performance

• Against Green Bay last season, three players recorded more than 300 passing yards in a game.
• Last season, the Packers allowed 13 QBs to throw at least one TD pass in a game.
• Against Green Bay last season, seven players threw for at least two touchdowns in a game.
• Last season, the Packers allowed only three players to throw for three or more TDs in a game.
• Through the air, Green Bay gave up more than 100 receiving yards to just two players last season.
• Against the Packers last season, 22 players hauled in a TD pass.
• Looking at pass defense, Green Bay allowed just one player to catch at least two touchdown passes against it last year.
• Looking at run D, the Packers yielded more than 100 yards on the ground to four players last season.
• Against Green Bay last season, 11 players rushed for at least one TD.
• Just two players ran for multiple scores in a game against the Packers last year.

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