Start Keenan Allen or De'Zhaun Stribling? Week 1
Locks at kickoff, graded after.
Start De'Zhaun Stribling over Keenan Allen
- LAR D vs WR
- 47.9
- 4th most to WRs (2026)
- BAL D vs WR
- 25.0
- 12th fewest to WRs (2026)
Our Week 1 call
Start De'Zhaun Stribling over Keenan Allen 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 De'Zhaun Stribling at ADP 129.0 overall and Keenan Allen at 133.5.
What the books imply
No sportsbook posted a player market for De'Zhaun Stribling in Week 1.
No sportsbook posted a player market for Keenan Allen in Week 1.
Week 1 matchups
De'Zhaun Stribling 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.
Keenan Allen and IND host BAL.
BAL allowed 25.0 fantasy points to WRs in its one game this season, the 12th fewest in the league.
Receivers caught passes for 130 yards and no touchdowns against BAL.
By points allowed to the position, De'Zhaun Stribling has the softer matchup.
Injury status
De'Zhaun Stribling was listed as questionable when the call was made.
Keenan Allen was not on the injury report when the call was made.
Their 2025 seasons
In 2025, Keenan Allen played 17 games for LAC and scored 182.7 PPR points, 10.7 a game, finishing WR29.
He caught 81 of 122 targets for 777 yards and 4 touchdowns, with 15 red zone targets and 546 air yards.
He was on the field for 55 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.
Keenan Allen, Week 18 of 2025 against DEN: 13 targets and 7 catches for 36 yards, 10.6 PPR points.
Keenan Allen, Week 17 of 2025 against HOU: 36 of 63 snaps, 3 targets and 1 catch for 17 yards, 2.7 PPR points.
Keenan Allen, Week 16 of 2025 against DAL: 30 of 64 snaps, 5 targets and 5 catches for 44 yards, 9.4 PPR points.
Their other Week 1 calls
On the draft board
Ranked ahead
WR46 · IND · bye 13
2025 vs anytime td line 4-13
- Overall rank
- 126
- Draft pick
- no consensus
- Tier
- 6
Ranked behind
WR71 · SF · bye 8
- Overall rank
- 187
- 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 board61
- Pick differencenot comparable without a consensus on both
- Tierstier 6 and tier 10
- Board size244 draftable players
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