Start Drake London or A.J. Brown? Week 1

Our Week 1 call

Start A.J. Brown over Drake London in Week 1.

De-vigged player props project A.J. Brown at 14.7 points and Drake London at 6.5, a gap of 8.3. Drafters take A.J. Brown at ADP 16 and Drake London at 14.

What the books imply

Player prop markets imply 6.5 fantasy points for Drake London, with 40 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

Player prop markets imply 14.7 fantasy points for A.J. Brown, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

That puts A.J. Brown 8.3 points ahead of Drake London on the books.

Week 1 matchups

Drake London and ATL visit PIT on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

PIT allowed 9.9 fantasy points to WRs in its one game this season, the fewest in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 53 yards and no touchdowns against PIT.

A.J. Brown and NE visit SEA on Wednesday at 8:20 PM ET.

SEA allowed 21.7 fantasy points to WRs in its one game this season, the 6th fewest in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 97 yards and no touchdowns against SEA.

By points allowed to the position, A.J. Brown has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Drake London was not on the injury report when the call was made.

A.J. Brown was not on the injury report when the call was made.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Drake London played 12 games for ATL and scored 201.9 PPR points, 16.8 a game, finishing WR19.

He caught 68 of 112 targets for 919 yards and 7 touchdowns, with 13 red zone targets and 690 air yards.

He was on the field for 90 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Drake London, Week 18 of 2025 against NO: 8 targets and 4 catches for 78 yards, 1 touchdown, 17.8 PPR points.

Drake London, Week 17 of 2025 against LAR: 52 of 53 snaps, 2 targets and 1 catch for 4 yards, 1.4 PPR points.

Drake London, Week 16 of 2025 against ARI: 53 of 77 snaps, 8 targets and 3 catches for 27 yards, 5.7 PPR points.

In 2025, A.J. Brown played 15 games for PHI and scored 220.3 PPR points, 14.7 a game, finishing WR11.

He caught 78 of 121 targets for 1003 yards and 7 touchdowns, with 12 red zone targets and 735 air yards.

He was on the field for 91 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

A.J. Brown, Week 17 of 2025 against BUF: 48 of 54 snaps, 7 targets and 5 catches for 68 yards, 11.8 PPR points.

A.J. Brown, Week 16 of 2025 against WAS: 61 of 70 snaps, 12 targets and 9 catches for 95 yards, 18.5 PPR points.

A.J. Brown, Week 15 of 2025 against LV: 50 of 69 snaps, 2 targets and 2 catches for 41 yards, 1 touchdown, 12.1 PPR points.

How Week 1 went

A.J. Brown scored 5.6 PPR points and Drake London scored 5.5.

The call was right: A.J. Brown outscored Drake London by 0.1.

A.J. Brown finished 9.1 points below the 14.7 the props implied.

A.J. Brown, Week 1 against SEA: 31 of 71 snaps, 4 targets and 3 catches for 26 yards, 5.6 PPR points.

A.J. Brown finished as the week's WR66 in PPR scoring.

Drake London finished 1.0 points below the 6.5 the props implied.

Drake London, Week 1 against PIT: 59 of 60 snaps, 1 carry for 6 yards, 5 targets and 2 catches for 29 yards, 5.5 PPR points.

Drake London finished as the week's WR70 in PPR scoring.

Their other Week 1 calls

• Start Amon-Ra St. Brown over Drake London.
• Start CeeDee Lamb over Drake London.
• Start Drake London over Chris Olave.
• Start A.J. Brown over CeeDee Lamb.
• Start A.J. Brown over Chris Olave.
• Start George Pickens over A.J. Brown.