Start Makai Lemon or De'Zhaun Stribling? Week 1
Locks at kickoff, graded after.
Start De'Zhaun Stribling over Makai Lemon
Wrong: 0.0 to 2.5
- 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
- WAS D vs WR
- 26.1
- 14th fewest to WRs (2026)
- Snap share
- 64%
- Week 1
- Target share
- 18%
- Week 1
- Scored
- 2.5
- PPR pts
Our Week 1 call
Start De'Zhaun Stribling over Makai Lemon in Week 1.
De'Zhaun Stribling is priced by the books at 8.0 projected points. Makai Lemon 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 Makai Lemon at 133. 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
Player prop markets imply 8.0 fantasy points for De'Zhaun Stribling, with 40 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.
No sportsbook posted a player market for Makai Lemon in Week 1.
Week 1 matchups
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.
Makai Lemon and PHI host WAS.
WAS allowed 26.1 fantasy points to WRs in its one game this season, the 14th fewest in the league.
Receivers caught passes for 121 yards and a touchdown against WAS.
By points allowed to the position, De'Zhaun Stribling has the softer matchup.
Injury status
De'Zhaun Stribling was not on the injury report when the call was made.
Makai Lemon was not on the injury report when the call was made.
How Week 1 went
De'Zhaun Stribling scored 0.0 PPR points and Makai Lemon scored 2.5.
The call was wrong: Makai Lemon outscored De'Zhaun Stribling by 2.5.
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.
Makai Lemon, Week 1 against WAS: 35 of 55 snaps, 4 targets and 3 catches for -5 yards, 2.5 PPR points.
Makai Lemon finished as the week's WR91 in PPR scoring.
Their other Week 1 calls
On the draft board
Ranked ahead
WR60 · PHI · bye 10
- Overall rank
- 164
- Draft pick
- no consensus
- Tier
- 9
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 board22
- Pick differencenot comparable without a consensus on both
- Tierstier 9 and tier 10
- Board size244 draftable players
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