Start Davante Adams or Terry McLaurin? Week 1

Our Week 1 call

Start Terry McLaurin over Davante Adams in Week 1.

Davante Adams is priced by the books at 5.4 projected points and Terry McLaurin is not priced at all, so we are leaning on where drafters take them. Drafters take Terry McLaurin at ADP 47 and Davante Adams at 42.

What the books imply

Player prop markets imply 5.4 fantasy points for Davante Adams, with 40 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

No sportsbook posted a player market for Terry McLaurin in Week 1.

Week 1 matchups

Davante Adams and LAR host SF on Thursday at 8:35 PM ET.

SF allowed 19.8 fantasy points to WRs in its one game this season, the 5th fewest in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 108 yards and no touchdowns against SF.

Terry McLaurin and WAS visit PHI.

PHI allowed 36.7 fantasy points to WRs in its one game this season, the 11th most in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 137 yards and 2 touchdowns against PHI.

By points allowed to the position, Terry McLaurin has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Davante Adams was not on the injury report when the call was made.

Terry McLaurin was not on the injury report when the call was made.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Davante Adams played 14 games for LAR and scored 222.9 PPR points, 15.9 a game, finishing WR9.

He caught 60 of 114 targets for 789 yards and 14 touchdowns, with 31 red zone targets and 671 air yards.

He was on the field for 70 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Davante Adams, Week 15 of 2025 against DET: 33 of 72 snaps, 9 targets and 4 catches for 71 yards, 11.1 PPR points.

In 2025, Terry McLaurin played 10 games for WAS and scored 114.2 PPR points, 11.4 a game, finishing WR56.

He caught 38 of 60 targets for 582 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 7 red zone targets and 489 air yards.

He was on the field for 70 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Terry McLaurin, Week 18 of 2025 against PHI: 4 targets and 4 catches for 57 yards, 9.7 PPR points.

Terry McLaurin, Week 17 of 2025 against DAL: 38 of 44 snaps, 7 targets and 5 catches for 63 yards, 11.3 PPR points.

Terry McLaurin, Week 16 of 2025 against PHI: 45 of 54 snaps, 4 targets and 3 catches for 53 yards, 8.3 PPR points.

How Week 1 went

Terry McLaurin scored 3.4 PPR points and Davante Adams scored 5.6.

The call was wrong: Davante Adams outscored Terry McLaurin by 2.2.

Terry McLaurin, Week 1 against PHI: 61 of 70 snaps, 4 targets and 2 catches for 14 yards, 3.4 PPR points.

Terry McLaurin finished as the week's WR85 in PPR scoring.

Davante Adams finished 0.2 points above the 5.4 the props implied.

Davante Adams, Week 1 against SF: 33 of 61 snaps, 6 targets and 3 catches for 26 yards, 5.6 PPR points.

Davante Adams finished as the week's WR67 in PPR scoring.

Their other Week 1 calls

• Start Davante Adams over DJ Moore.
• Start Emeka Egbuka over Davante Adams.
• Start Jameson Williams over Davante Adams.
• Start Terry McLaurin over Christian Watson.
• Start Terry McLaurin over DJ Moore.
• Start Jameson Williams over Terry McLaurin.