Start Deebo Samuel Sr. or Jalen Coker? Week 1

Our Week 1 call

Start Deebo Samuel Sr. over Jalen Coker in Week 1.

Deebo Samuel Sr. is priced by the books at 3.9 projected points. Jalen Coker has no player market posted for this week, so his side of this call rests on consensus ADP and the news wire only. Drafters take Deebo Samuel Sr. at ADP 119 and Jalen Coker at 124. Market coverage on Deebo Samuel Sr. is 60 percent of what his position needs, so the market side of this carries proportionally less weight.

What the books imply

Player prop markets imply 3.9 fantasy points for Deebo Samuel Sr., with 60 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

No sportsbook posted a player market for Jalen Coker in Week 1.

Week 1 matchups

Deebo Samuel Sr. and SF visit LAR on Thursday at 8:35 PM ET.

LAR allowed 47.9 fantasy points to WRs in its one game this season, the 4th most in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 147 yards and 3 touchdowns against LAR.

Jalen Coker and CAR host CHI.

CHI allowed 42.3 fantasy points to WRs in its one game this season, the 5th most in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 213 yards and 2 touchdowns against CHI.

By points allowed to the position, Deebo Samuel Sr. has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Deebo Samuel Sr. was not on the injury report when the call was made.

Jalen Coker was not on the injury report when the call was made.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Deebo Samuel Sr. played 16 games for WAS and scored 188.2 PPR points, 11.8 a game, finishing WR25.

He caught 72 of 99 targets for 727 yards and 5 touchdowns, with 11 red zone targets and 261 air yards.

He was on the field for 72 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Deebo Samuel Sr., Week 18 of 2025 against PHI: 2 carries for 1 yards, 5 targets and 2 catches for 20 yards, 4.1 PPR points.

Deebo Samuel Sr., Week 17 of 2025 against DAL: 36 of 44 snaps, 2 carries for 25 yards, 4 targets and 2 catches for 68 yards, 11.3 PPR points.

Deebo Samuel Sr., Week 16 of 2025 against PHI: 44 of 54 snaps, 4 targets and 3 catches for 35 yards, 6.5 PPR points.

In 2025, Jalen Coker played 11 games for CAR and scored 90.4 PPR points, 8.2 a game, finishing WR69.

He caught 33 of 43 targets for 394 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 3 red zone targets and 292 air yards.

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

Jalen Coker, Week 18 of 2025 against TB: 47 of 51 snaps, 7 targets and 6 catches for 47 yards, 1 touchdown, 16.7 PPR points.

Jalen Coker, Week 17 of 2025 against SEA: 38 of 53 snaps, 2 targets and 2 catches for 16 yards, 3.6 PPR points.

Jalen Coker, Week 16 of 2025 against TB: 44 of 54 snaps, 5 targets and 3 catches for 47 yards, 7.7 PPR points.

How Week 1 went

Deebo Samuel Sr. scored 18.0 PPR points and Jalen Coker scored 33.8.

The call was wrong: Jalen Coker outscored Deebo Samuel Sr. by 15.8.

Deebo Samuel Sr. finished 14.1 points above the 3.9 the props implied.

Deebo Samuel Sr., Week 1 against LAR: 27 of 65 snaps, 1 carry for 12 yards, 7 targets and 6 catches for 48 yards, 1 touchdown, 18.0 PPR points.

Deebo Samuel Sr. finished as the week's WR13 in PPR scoring.

Jalen Coker, Week 1 against CHI: 57 of 68 snaps, 9 targets and 8 catches for 138 yards, 2 touchdowns, 33.8 PPR points.

Jalen Coker finished as the week's WR1 in PPR scoring.

Their other Week 1 calls

• Start De'Zhaun Stribling over Deebo Samuel Sr..
• Start Deebo Samuel Sr. over KC Concepcion.
• Start Matthew Golden over Deebo Samuel Sr..
• Start Deebo Samuel Sr. over Jalen Coker.
• Start De'Zhaun Stribling over Jalen Coker.
• Start Jalen Coker over Jayden Higgins.