Start Brenton Strange or Kenyon Sadiq? Week 1
Locks at kickoff, graded after.
Start Kenyon Sadiq over Brenton Strange
Right: 11.4 to 10.3- TEN D vs TE
- 14.6
- 12th most to TEs (2026)
- Snap share
- 42%
- Week 1
- Target share
- 13%
- Week 1
- Scored
- 11.4
- PPR pts
- Books imply
- 1.8
- fantasy pts
- CLE D vs TE
- 12.2
- 16th fewest to TEs (2026)
- Snap share
- 68%
- Week 1
- Target share
- 14%
- Week 1
- Scored
- 10.3
- PPR pts
Our Week 1 call
Start Kenyon Sadiq over Brenton Strange in Week 1.
Brenton Strange is priced by the books at 1.8 projected points and Kenyon Sadiq is not priced at all, so we are leaning on where drafters take them. Drafters take Kenyon Sadiq at ADP 204 and Brenton Strange at 202.
What the books imply
Player prop markets imply 1.8 fantasy points for Brenton Strange, with 33 percent of the markets a TE needs posted.
No sportsbook posted a player market for Kenyon Sadiq in Week 1.
Week 1 matchups
Brenton Strange and JAX host CLE on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.
CLE allowed 12.2 fantasy points to TEs in its one game this season, the 16th fewest in the league.
Tight ends caught passes for 32 yards and a touchdown against CLE.
Kenyon Sadiq and NYJ visit TEN.
TEN allowed 14.6 fantasy points to TEs in its one game this season, the 12th most in the league.
Tight ends caught passes for 23 yards and no touchdowns against TEN.
By points allowed to the position, Kenyon Sadiq has the softer matchup.
Injury status
Brenton Strange was not on the injury report when the call was made.
Kenyon Sadiq was listed as questionable when the call was made.
Their 2025 seasons
In 2025, Brenton Strange played 12 games for JAX and scored 118.0 PPR points, 9.8 a game, finishing TE23.
He caught 46 of 60 targets for 540 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 9 red zone targets and 293 air yards.
He was on the field for 76 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.
Brenton Strange, Week 18 of 2025 against TEN: 6 targets and 6 catches for 52 yards, 1 touchdown, 17.2 PPR points.
Brenton Strange, Week 17 of 2025 against IND: 56 of 69 snaps, 5 targets and 3 catches for 54 yards, 8.4 PPR points.
Brenton Strange, Week 16 of 2025 against DEN: 52 of 70 snaps, 7 targets and 5 catches for 39 yards, 1 touchdown, 14.9 PPR points.
How Week 1 went
Kenyon Sadiq scored 11.4 PPR points and Brenton Strange scored 10.3.
The call was right: Kenyon Sadiq outscored Brenton Strange by 1.1.
Kenyon Sadiq, Week 1 against TEN: 28 of 67 snaps, 1 carry for 3 yards, 3 targets and 3 catches for 21 yards, 1 touchdown, 11.4 PPR points.
Kenyon Sadiq finished as the week's TE12 in PPR scoring.
Brenton Strange finished 8.5 points above the 1.8 the props implied.
Brenton Strange, Week 1 against CLE: 39 of 57 snaps, 3 targets and 2 catches for 23 yards, 1 touchdown, 10.3 PPR points.
Brenton Strange finished as the week's TE15 in PPR scoring.
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