Start CeeDee Lamb or Rashee Rice? Week 1
Locks at kickoff, graded after.
Start CeeDee Lamb over Rashee Rice
- NYG D vs WR
- 29.2
- 15th most to WRs (2026)
- DEN D vs WR
- 14.7
- 3rd fewest to WRs (2026)
Our Week 1 call
Start CeeDee Lamb over Rashee Rice 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 CeeDee Lamb at ADP 10 and Rashee Rice at 17.
What the books imply
No sportsbook posted a player market for CeeDee Lamb in Week 1.
No sportsbook posted a player market for Rashee Rice in Week 1.
Week 1 matchups
CeeDee Lamb and DAL visit NYG.
NYG allowed 29.2 fantasy points to WRs in its one game this season, the 15th most in the league.
Receivers caught passes for 112 yards and a touchdown against NYG.
Rashee Rice and KC host DEN.
DEN allowed 14.7 fantasy points to WRs in its one game this season, the 3rd fewest in the league.
Receivers caught passes for 37 yards and a touchdown against DEN.
By points allowed to the position, CeeDee Lamb has the softer matchup.
Injury status
CeeDee Lamb was not on the injury report when the call was made.
Rashee Rice was not on the injury report when the call was made.
Their 2025 seasons
In 2025, CeeDee Lamb played 14 games for DAL and scored 200.9 PPR points, 14.4 a game, finishing WR22.
He caught 75 of 117 targets for 1077 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 17 red zone targets and 754 air yards.
He was on the field for 75 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.
CeeDee Lamb, Week 18 of 2025 against NYG: 1 target and 1 catch for 4 yards, 1.4 PPR points.
CeeDee Lamb, Week 17 of 2025 against WAS: 80 of 92 snaps, 10 targets and 5 catches for 46 yards, 9.6 PPR points.
CeeDee Lamb, Week 16 of 2025 against LAC: 50 of 58 snaps, 7 targets and 6 catches for 51 yards, 11.1 PPR points.
In 2025, Rashee Rice played 8 games for KC and scored 150.1 PPR points, 18.8 a game, finishing WR40.
He caught 53 of 78 targets for 571 yards and 5 touchdowns, with 18 red zone targets and 157 air yards.
He was on the field for 73 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.
Rashee Rice, Week 15 of 2025 against LAC: 52 of 61 snaps, 11 targets and 7 catches for 51 yards, 12.1 PPR points.
Their other Week 1 calls
On the draft board
Ranked ahead
WR6 · DAL · bye 14
2025 vs rec yds line 4-10
- Overall rank
- 64
- Draft pick
- no consensus
- Tier
- 5
Ranked behind
WR43 · KC · bye 5
2025 vs rec yds line 2-6
- Overall rank
- 118
- Draft pick
- no consensus
- Tier
- 6
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 board54
- Pick differencenot comparable without a consensus on both
- Tierstier 5 and tier 6
- Board size244 draftable players
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