Start Jonah Coleman or Dylan Sampson? Week 1
Locks at kickoff, graded after.
Start Jonah Coleman over Dylan Sampson
- KC D vs RB
- 11.7
- 7th fewest to RBs (2026)
- Books imply
- 1.0
- fantasy pts
- JAX D vs RB
- 12.6
- 8th fewest to RBs (2026)
Our Week 1 call
Start Jonah Coleman over Dylan Sampson in Week 1.
Dylan Sampson is priced by the books at 1.0 projected points and Jonah Coleman is not priced at all, so we are leaning on where drafters take them. Drafters take Jonah Coleman at ADP 173 and Dylan Sampson at 182.
What the books imply
No sportsbook posted a player market for Jonah Coleman in Week 1.
Player prop markets imply 1.0 fantasy points for Dylan Sampson, with 33 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.
Week 1 matchups
Jonah Coleman and DEN visit KC.
KC allowed 11.7 fantasy points to RBs in its one game this season, the 7th fewest in the league.
Running backs ran for 54 yards and no touchdowns against KC and caught passes for 23 more yards.
Dylan Sampson and CLE visit JAX on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.
JAX allowed 12.6 fantasy points to RBs in its one game this season, the 8th fewest in the league.
Running backs ran for 34 yards and no touchdowns against JAX and caught passes for 42 more yards.
By points allowed to the position, Dylan Sampson has the softer matchup.
Injury status
Jonah Coleman was not on the injury report when the call was made.
Dylan Sampson was not on the injury report when the call was made.
Their 2025 seasons
In 2025, Dylan Sampson played 15 games for CLE and scored 87.6 PPR points, 5.8 a game, finishing RB55.
He ran 65 times for 175 yards and 0 touchdowns, and caught 33 of 40 targets for 271 yards.
He was on the field for 25 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.
Dylan Sampson, Week 18 of 2025 against CIN: 10 carries for 32 yards, 3 targets and 2 catches for 12 yards, 6.4 PPR points.
Dylan Sampson, Week 17 of 2025 against PIT: 18 of 52 snaps, 11 carries for 27 yards, 3 targets and 3 catches for 0 yards, 5.7 PPR points.
Their other Week 1 calls
On the draft board
Ranked ahead
RB55 · DEN · bye 10
- Overall rank
- 221
- Draft pick
- no consensus
- Tier
- 12
Ranked behind
RB58 · CLE · bye 11
2025 vs anytime td line 2-13
- Overall rank
- 239
- Draft pick
- no consensus
- Tier
- 13
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 board18
- Pick differencenot comparable without a consensus on both
- Tierstier 12 and tier 13
- Board size244 draftable players
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