Start Jaxon Smith-Njigba or Amon-Ra St. Brown? Week 2

Our Week 2 call

Start Jaxon Smith-Njigba over Amon-Ra St. Brown in Week 2.

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 Jaxon Smith-Njigba at ADP 3 and Amon-Ra St. Brown at 4.

What the books imply

No sportsbook posted a player market for Jaxon Smith-Njigba in Week 2.

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

Week 2 matchups

Jaxon Smith-Njigba and SEA visit ARI.

ARI allowed 27.9 fantasy points to WRs in its one game this season, the 16th fewest in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 119 yards and a touchdown against ARI.

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, Amon-Ra St. Brown has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Jaxon Smith-Njigba is not on the injury report.

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

Usage before Week 2

Through Week 1, Jaxon Smith-Njigba played 90 percent of SEA snaps, drew 46 percent of the targets, earned 49 percent of the air yards and had 50 percent of the red zone chances.

Jaxon Smith-Njigba, Week 1 against NE: 45 of 50 snaps, 11 targets and 8 catches for 122 yards, 1 touchdown.

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, Jaxon Smith-Njigba played 17 games for SEA and scored 359.9 PPR points, 21.2 a game, finishing WR2.

He caught 119 of 163 targets for 1793 yards and 10 touchdowns, with 17 red zone targets and 1265 air yards.

He was on the field for 78 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Jaxon Smith-Njigba, Week 18 of 2025 against SF: 57 of 69 snaps, 8 targets and 6 catches for 84 yards, 14.4 PPR points.

Jaxon Smith-Njigba, Week 17 of 2025 against CAR: 59 of 66 snaps, 12 targets and 9 catches for 72 yards, 16.2 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 CeeDee Lamb over Jaxon Smith-Njigba.
• Start Jaxon Smith-Njigba over Chris Olave.
• Start Jaxon Smith-Njigba over DeVonta Smith.
• Start CeeDee Lamb over Amon-Ra St. Brown.
• Start Amon-Ra St. Brown over Chris Olave.
• Start Amon-Ra St. Brown over DeVonta Smith.