Start Ja'Marr Chase or Amon-Ra St. Brown? Week 2

Our Week 2 call

Start Ja'Marr Chase over Amon-Ra St. Brown in Week 2.

Ja'Marr Chase is priced by the books at 16.7 projected points. Amon-Ra St. Brown has no player market posted for this week, so his side of this call rests on consensus ADP and his injury status only. Drafters take Ja'Marr Chase at ADP 3 and Amon-Ra St. Brown at 6.

What the books imply

Player prop markets imply 16.7 fantasy points for Ja'Marr Chase, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

No sportsbook posted a player market for Amon-Ra St. Brown in Week 2.

Week 2 matchups

Ja'Marr Chase and CIN visit HOU on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

HOU allowed 41.5 fantasy points to WRs in its one game this season, the 6th most in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 185 yards and 2 touchdowns against HOU.

Amon-Ra St. Brown and DET visit BUF.

BUF allowed 40.0 fantasy points to WRs in its one game this season, the 8th most in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 193 yards and a touchdown against BUF.

By points allowed to the position, Ja'Marr Chase has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Ja'Marr Chase is not on the injury report.

Amon-Ra St. Brown is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 2

Through Week 1, Ja'Marr Chase played 94 percent of CIN snaps, drew 12 percent of the targets, earned 15 percent of the air yards and had 7 percent of the red zone chances.

Ja'Marr Chase, Week 1 against TB: 60 of 64 snaps, 4 targets and 2 catches for 12 yards.

Through Week 1, Amon-Ra St. Brown played 90 percent of DET snaps, drew 36 percent of the targets, earned 34 percent of the air yards and had 25 percent of the red zone chances.

Amon-Ra St. Brown, Week 1 against NO: 69 of 77 snaps, 14 targets and 10 catches for 67 yards, 2 touchdowns.

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.

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.

Their other Week 2 calls

• Start Ja'Marr Chase over Jaxon Smith-Njigba.
• Start Puka Nacua over Ja'Marr Chase.
• Start CeeDee Lamb over Amon-Ra St. Brown.
• Start Amon-Ra St. Brown over Chris Olave.
• Start Amon-Ra St. Brown over DeVonta Smith.