Start Deebo Samuel Sr. or Jalen Coker? Week 1
Locks at kickoff, graded after.
Start Deebo Samuel Sr. over Jalen Coker
- LAR D vs WR
- 47.9
- 4th most to WRs (2026)
- CHI D vs WR
- 42.3
- 5th most to WRs (2026)
Our Week 1 call
Start Deebo Samuel Sr. over Jalen Coker 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 Deebo Samuel Sr. at ADP 114 and Jalen Coker at 116.
What the books imply
No sportsbook posted a player market for Deebo Samuel Sr. in Week 1.
No sportsbook posted a player market for Jalen Coker in Week 1.
Week 1 matchups
Deebo Samuel Sr. and SF visit LAR.
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 listed as questionable when the call was made.
Their 2025 seasons
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.
Their other Week 1 calls
On the draft board
Ranked ahead
WR4 · SF · bye 8
2025 vs rec yds line 8-8
- Overall rank
- 10
- Draft pick
- ADP 10
- Tier
- 4
Ranked behind
WR41 · CAR · bye 5
2025 vs rec yds line 6-5
- Overall rank
- 115
- 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 board105
- Pick differencenot comparable without a consensus on both
- Tierstier 4 and tier 6
- Board size244 draftable players
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