Start Jakobi Meyers or Quentin Johnston? Week 1
Locks at kickoff, graded after.
Start Quentin Johnston over Jakobi Meyers
Wrong: 3.7 to 12.2
- ARI D vs WR
- 27.9
- 16th fewest to WRs (2026)
- Snap share
- 78%
- Week 1
- Target share
- 22%
- Week 1
- Scored
- 3.7
- PPR pts
- Books imply
- 3.5
- fantasy pts
- CLE D vs WR
- 48.5
- 3rd most to WRs (2026)
- Snap share
- 65%
- Week 1
- Target share
- 10%
- Week 1
- Scored
- 12.2
- PPR pts
Our Week 1 call
Start Quentin Johnston over Jakobi Meyers in Week 1.
Jakobi Meyers is priced by the books at 3.5 projected points and Quentin Johnston is not priced at all, so we are leaning on where drafters take them. Drafters take Quentin Johnston at ADP 90 and Jakobi Meyers at 92.
What the books imply
No sportsbook posted a player market for Quentin Johnston in Week 1.
Player prop markets imply 3.5 fantasy points for Jakobi Meyers, with 40 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.
Week 1 matchups
Quentin Johnston and LAC host ARI.
ARI allowed 27.9 fantasy points to WRs in its one game this season, the 16th fewest in the league.
Receivers caught passes for 119 yards and a touchdown against ARI.
Jakobi Meyers and JAX host CLE on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.
CLE allowed 48.5 fantasy points to WRs in its one game this season, the 3rd most in the league.
Receivers caught passes for 183 yards and 3 touchdowns against CLE.
By points allowed to the position, Jakobi Meyers has the softer matchup.
Injury status
Quentin Johnston was not on the injury report when the call was made.
Jakobi Meyers was not on the injury report when the call was made.
Their 2025 seasons
In 2025, Quentin Johnston played 14 games for LAC and scored 171.2 PPR points, 12.2 a game, finishing WR34.
He caught 51 of 85 targets for 735 yards and 8 touchdowns, with 15 red zone targets and 514 air yards.
He was on the field for 77 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.
Quentin Johnston, Week 17 of 2025 against HOU: 47 of 63 snaps, 8 targets and 5 catches for 98 yards, 14.8 PPR points.
Quentin Johnston, Week 16 of 2025 against DAL: 37 of 64 snaps, 5 targets and 4 catches for 104 yards, 1 touchdown, 20.4 PPR points.
In 2025, Jakobi Meyers played 16 games for JAX and scored 175.8 PPR points, 11.0 a game, finishing WR32.
He caught 75 of 110 targets for 835 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 13 red zone targets and 553 air yards.
He was on the field for 85 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.
Jakobi Meyers, Week 18 of 2025 against TEN: 6 targets and 5 catches for 44 yards, 9.4 PPR points.
Jakobi Meyers, Week 17 of 2025 against IND: 65 of 69 snaps, 9 targets and 6 catches for 39 yards, 7.9 PPR points.
Jakobi Meyers, Week 16 of 2025 against DEN: 60 of 70 snaps, 1 carry for 1 yards, 8 targets and 4 catches for 45 yards, 8.6 PPR points.
How Week 1 went
Quentin Johnston scored 3.7 PPR points and Jakobi Meyers scored 12.2.
The call was wrong: Jakobi Meyers outscored Quentin Johnston by 8.5.
Quentin Johnston, Week 1 against ARI: 43 of 55 snaps, 6 targets and 2 catches for 17 yards, 3.7 PPR points.
Quentin Johnston finished as the week's WR82 in PPR scoring.
Jakobi Meyers finished 8.7 points above the 3.5 the props implied.
Jakobi Meyers, Week 1 against CLE: 37 of 57 snaps, 1 carry for 2 yards, 2 targets and 2 catches for 40 yards, 1 touchdown, 12.2 PPR points.
Jakobi Meyers finished as the week's WR28 in PPR scoring.
Their other Week 1 calls
On the draft board
Ranked ahead
WR42 · JAX · bye 7
2025 vs rec yds line 3-9
- Overall rank
- 116
- Draft pick
- no consensus
- Tier
- 6
Ranked behind
WR59 · LAC · bye 7
2025 vs rec yds line 4-10
- Overall rank
- 162
- Draft pick
- no consensus
- Tier
- 9
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 board46
- Pick differencenot comparable without a consensus on both
- Tierstier 6 and tier 9
- Board size244 draftable players
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