2026-2027 NFL Week 1 Recap

Hello everyone!

Here is the utilization data for Week 1 including the most picked players by position, the most played cards, and the most popular combos. These are not in terms of points but in terms of popularity of picks. Without further ado, here are the stats for the players by position.

Players by Position

QB	RB	WR	TE	K	DEF
Justin Herbert	Jahmyr Gibbs	Ja’Marr Chase	Colston Loveland	Brandon Aubrey	JAX D/ST
Joe Burrow	Saquon Barkley	Amon-Ra St. Brown	Dallas Goedert	Ka’imi Fairbairn	LAC D/ST
Josh Allen	Bijon Robinson	George Pickens	Sam LaPorta	Jake Bakes	DEN D/ST
Jalen Hurts	Derrick Henry	Puka Nacua	Isaiah Likely	Cameron Dicker	PIT D/ST
Dak Prescott	Omarion Hampton	CeeDee Lamb	Juwan Johnson	Cam Little	PHI D/ST

Looking at SmashCards, here are the top 10 played cards last week.

Top 10 SmashCards

SmashCard
A Seabird’s Confidence
12th Man
Golden Arm
Run CMC
Extra Credit
Moneyball Capologist
Starting RB
Divided Loyalties
Starting WR
The Human Vulture

Let’s take a look at the top played combos.

Top Played Combos

Player	Card	Points
Jahmyr Gibbs	Run CMC	0 pts
Jahmyr Gibbs	Starting RB	14.3 pts
Jahmyr Gibbs	A Seabird’s Confidence	3 pts
Brandon Aubrey	Extra Credit	4 pts
Jahmyr Gibbs	12th Man	6 pts
JAX D/ST	Defense Wins Championships	15 pts
Jahmyr Gibbs	Unstoppable Freight Train	0 pts
Joe Burrow	Golden Arm	4 pts
Justin Herbert	Golden Arm	4 pts
Ja’Marr Chase	Starting WR	0.6 pts

And now, we’re on to Week 2! Set your lineups before games start and good luck!