Start Jalen Coker or De'Zhaun Stribling? Week 1
Locks at kickoff, graded after.
Start De'Zhaun Stribling over Jalen Coker
Wrong: 0.0 to 33.8
- Books imply
- 8.0
- fantasy pts
- LAR D vs WR
- 47.9
- 4th most to WRs (2026)
- Snap share
- 32%
- Week 1
- Target share
- 0%
- Week 1
- Scored
- 0.0
- PPR pts
- CHI D vs WR
- 42.3
- 5th most to WRs (2026)
- Snap share
- 84%
- Week 1
- Target share
- 26%
- Week 1
- Scored
- 33.8
- PPR pts
Our Week 1 call
Start De'Zhaun Stribling over Jalen Coker in Week 1.
De'Zhaun Stribling is priced by the books at 8.0 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 De'Zhaun Stribling at ADP 128 and Jalen Coker at 124. Market coverage on De'Zhaun Stribling is 40 percent of what his position needs, so the market side of this carries proportionally less weight.
What the books imply
No sportsbook posted a player market for Jalen Coker in Week 1.
Player prop markets imply 8.0 fantasy points for De'Zhaun Stribling, with 40 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.
Week 1 matchups
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.
De'Zhaun Stribling 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.
By points allowed to the position, De'Zhaun Stribling has the softer matchup.
Injury status
Jalen Coker was not on the injury report when the call was made.
De'Zhaun Stribling was not on the injury report 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.
How Week 1 went
De'Zhaun Stribling scored 0.0 PPR points and Jalen Coker scored 33.8.
The call was wrong: Jalen Coker outscored De'Zhaun Stribling by 33.8.
De'Zhaun Stribling finished 8.0 points below the 8.0 the props implied.
De'Zhaun Stribling, Week 1 against LAR: 21 of 65 snaps, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.
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
On the draft board
Ranked ahead
WR41 · CAR · bye 5
2025 vs rec yds line 6-5
- Overall rank
- 115
- Draft pick
- no consensus
- Tier
- 6
Ranked behind
WR71 · SF · bye 8
- Overall rank
- 186
- Draft pick
- no consensus
- Tier
- 10
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 board71
- Pick differencenot comparable without a consensus on both
- Tierstier 6 and tier 10
- Board size244 draftable players
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