Start Ja'Marr Chase or Amon-Ra St. Brown? Week 1
Locks at kickoff, graded after.
Start Ja'Marr Chase over Amon-Ra St. Brown
- TB D vs WR
- 19.1
- 4th fewest to WRs (2026)
- NO D vs WR
- 37.2
- 10th most to WRs (2026)
Our Week 1 call
Start Ja'Marr Chase over Amon-Ra St. Brown in Week 1.
Neither player has a posted player market for this week, so this call is ADP and news based rather than priced against the betting market. Drafters take Ja'Marr Chase at ADP 3 and Amon-Ra St. Brown at 6.
What the books imply
No sportsbook posted a player market for Ja'Marr Chase in Week 1.
No sportsbook posted a player market for Amon-Ra St. Brown in Week 1.
Week 1 matchups
Ja'Marr Chase and CIN host TB.
TB allowed 19.1 fantasy points to WRs in its one game this season, the 4th fewest in the league.
Receivers caught passes for 101 yards and no touchdowns against TB.
Amon-Ra St. Brown and DET host NO.
NO allowed 37.2 fantasy points to WRs in its one game this season, the 10th most in the league.
Receivers caught passes for 112 yards and 2 touchdowns against NO.
By points allowed to the position, Amon-Ra St. Brown has the softer matchup.
Injury status
Ja'Marr Chase was not on the injury report when the call was made.
Amon-Ra St. Brown was not on the injury report when the call was made.
Their 2025 seasons
In 2025, Ja'Marr Chase played 16 games for CIN and scored 313.6 PPR points, 19.6 a game, finishing WR4.
He caught 125 of 185 targets for 1412 yards and 8 touchdowns, with 21 red zone targets and 772 air yards.
He was on the field for 94 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.
Ja'Marr Chase, Week 18 of 2025 against CLE: 10 targets and 8 catches for 96 yards, 1 touchdown, 23.6 PPR points.
Ja'Marr Chase, Week 17 of 2025 against ARI: 59 of 77 snaps, 9 targets and 7 catches for 60 yards, 2 touchdowns, 25.0 PPR points.
Ja'Marr Chase, Week 16 of 2025 against MIA: 53 of 61 snaps, 11 targets and 9 catches for 109 yards, 19.9 PPR points.
In 2025, Amon-Ra St. Brown played 17 games for DET and scored 324.0 PPR points, 19.1 a game, finishing WR3.
He caught 117 of 172 targets for 1401 yards and 11 touchdowns, with 34 red zone targets and 831 air yards.
He was on the field for 85 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.
Amon-Ra St. Brown, Week 18 of 2025 against CHI: 15 targets and 11 catches for 139 yards, 24.9 PPR points.
Amon-Ra St. Brown, Week 17 of 2025 against MIN: 53 of 64 snaps, 13 targets and 8 catches for 68 yards, 14.8 PPR points.
Amon-Ra St. Brown, Week 16 of 2025 against PIT: 72 of 74 snaps, 9 targets and 4 catches for 54 yards, 9.4 PPR points.
Their other Week 1 calls
On the draft board
Ranked ahead
WR10 · CIN · bye 6
2025 vs rec yds line 9-7
- Overall rank
- 69
- Draft pick
- no consensus
- Tier
- 5
Ranked behind
WR70 · DET · bye 6
2025 vs rec yds line 9-8
- Overall rank
- 186
- Draft pick
- no consensus
- Tier
- 10
The board cards are draft figures, not the week's call. Locks at kickoff, graded after. When the start/sit engine grades week 1, the call and the result appear on the public record, wrong ones included.
The gap between them
- Spots apart on the board117
- Pick differencenot comparable without a consensus on both
- Tierstier 5 and tier 10
- Board size244 draftable players
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