Start Christian Watson or Rome Odunze? Week 1

Our Week 1 call

Start Christian Watson over Rome Odunze in Week 1.

De-vigged player props project Christian Watson at 5.1 points and Rome Odunze at 3.4, a gap of 1.6. Drafters take Christian Watson at ADP 56 and Rome Odunze at 54. Market coverage on Christian Watson is 40 percent of what his position needs, so the market side of this carries proportionally less weight.

What the books imply

Player prop markets imply 3.4 fantasy points for Rome Odunze, with 30 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

Player prop markets imply 5.1 fantasy points for Christian Watson, with 40 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

That puts Christian Watson 1.6 points ahead of Rome Odunze on the books.

Week 1 matchups

Rome Odunze and CHI visit CAR on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

CAR allowed 41.2 fantasy points to WRs in its one game this season, the 7th most in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 200 yards and a touchdown against CAR.

Christian Watson and GB visit MIN on Sunday at 4:25 PM ET.

MIN allowed 55.2 fantasy points to WRs in its one game this season, the 2nd most in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 272 yards and 2 touchdowns against MIN.

By points allowed to the position, Christian Watson has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Rome Odunze was listed as questionable when the call was made.

Christian Watson was not on the injury report when the call was made.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Rome Odunze played 12 games for CHI and scored 146.1 PPR points, 12.2 a game, finishing WR41.

He caught 44 of 90 targets for 661 yards and 6 touchdowns, with 12 red zone targets and 447 air yards.

He was on the field for 82 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

In 2025, Christian Watson played 10 games for GB and scored 132.4 PPR points, 13.2 a game, finishing WR46.

He caught 35 of 55 targets for 611 yards and 6 touchdowns, with 6 red zone targets and 493 air yards.

He was on the field for 68 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Christian Watson, Week 17 of 2025 against BAL: 29 of 47 snaps, 6 targets and 5 catches for 113 yards, 1 touchdown, 22.3 PPR points.

Christian Watson, Week 16 of 2025 against CHI: 45 of 72 snaps, 6 targets and 2 catches for 17 yards, 3.7 PPR points.

Christian Watson, Week 15 of 2025 against DEN: 27 of 66 snaps, 5 targets and 3 catches for 29 yards, 5.9 PPR points.

How Week 1 went

Christian Watson scored 32.7 PPR points and Rome Odunze scored 7.2.

The call was right: Christian Watson outscored Rome Odunze by 25.5.

Christian Watson finished 27.6 points above the 5.1 the props implied.

Christian Watson, Week 1 against MIN: 52 of 68 snaps, 8 targets and 6 catches for 147 yards, 2 touchdowns, 32.7 PPR points.

Christian Watson finished as the week's WR2 in PPR scoring.

Rome Odunze finished 3.8 points above the 3.4 the props implied.

Rome Odunze, Week 1 against CAR: 36 of 75 snaps, 3 targets and 2 catches for 52 yards, 7.2 PPR points.

Rome Odunze finished as the week's WR54 in PPR scoring.

Their other Week 1 calls

• Start Rome Odunze over Courtland Sutton.
• Start Rome Odunze over DJ Moore.
• Start Jameson Williams over Rome Odunze.
• Start Christian Watson over Alec Pierce.
• Start Courtland Sutton over Christian Watson.
• Start Christian Watson over DJ Moore.