Start Rashee Rice or Drake London? Week 1

Our Week 1 call

Start Drake London over Rashee Rice in Week 1.

De-vigged player props project Drake London at 9.6 points and Rashee Rice at 2.6, a gap of 7.0. Drafters take Drake London at ADP 13 and Rashee Rice at 17. Market coverage on Drake London is 70 percent of what his position needs, so the market side of this carries proportionally less weight.

What the books imply

Player prop markets imply 9.6 fantasy points for Drake London, with 70 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

Player prop markets imply 2.6 fantasy points for Rashee Rice, with 33 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

That puts Drake London 7.0 points ahead of Rashee Rice on the books.

Week 1 matchups

Drake London and ATL visit PIT on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

PIT allowed 9.9 fantasy points to WRs in its one game this season, the fewest in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 53 yards and no touchdowns against PIT.

Rashee Rice and KC host DEN on Monday at 8:15 PM ET.

DEN allowed 14.7 fantasy points to WRs in its one game this season, the 3rd fewest in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 37 yards and a touchdown against DEN.

By points allowed to the position, Rashee Rice has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Drake London was not on the injury report when the call was made.

Rashee Rice was not on the injury report when the call was made.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Drake London played 12 games for ATL and scored 201.9 PPR points, 16.8 a game, finishing WR19.

He caught 68 of 112 targets for 919 yards and 7 touchdowns, with 13 red zone targets and 690 air yards.

He was on the field for 90 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Drake London, Week 18 of 2025 against NO: 8 targets and 4 catches for 78 yards, 1 touchdown, 17.8 PPR points.

Drake London, Week 17 of 2025 against LAR: 52 of 53 snaps, 2 targets and 1 catch for 4 yards, 1.4 PPR points.

Drake London, Week 16 of 2025 against ARI: 53 of 77 snaps, 8 targets and 3 catches for 27 yards, 5.7 PPR points.

In 2025, Rashee Rice played 8 games for KC and scored 150.1 PPR points, 18.8 a game, finishing WR40.

He caught 53 of 78 targets for 571 yards and 5 touchdowns, with 18 red zone targets and 157 air yards.

He was on the field for 73 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Rashee Rice, Week 15 of 2025 against LAC: 52 of 61 snaps, 11 targets and 7 catches for 51 yards, 12.1 PPR points.

How Week 1 went

Drake London scored 5.5 PPR points and Rashee Rice scored 9.9.

The call was wrong: Rashee Rice outscored Drake London by 4.4.

Drake London finished 4.1 points below the 9.6 the props implied.

Drake London, Week 1 against PIT: 59 of 60 snaps, 1 carry for 6 yards, 5 targets and 2 catches for 29 yards, 5.5 PPR points.

Drake London finished as the week's WR70 in PPR scoring.

Rashee Rice finished 7.3 points above the 2.6 the props implied.

Rashee Rice, Week 1 against DEN: 57 of 69 snaps, 2 targets and 2 catches for 19 yards, 1 touchdown, 9.9 PPR points.

Rashee Rice finished as the week's WR36 in PPR scoring.

Their other Week 1 calls

• Start A.J. Brown over Drake London.
• Start Amon-Ra St. Brown over Drake London.
• Start CeeDee Lamb over Drake London.
• Start A.J. Brown over Rashee Rice.
• Start CeeDee Lamb over Rashee Rice.
• Start Rashee Rice over Chris Olave.