Start Jalen Coker or Makai Lemon? Week 1
Locks at kickoff, graded after.
Start Jalen Coker over Makai Lemon
Right: 33.8 to 2.5
- Books imply
- 5.8
- fantasy pts
- CHI D vs WR
- 42.3
- 5th most to WRs (2026)
- Snap share
- 84%
- Week 1
- Target share
- 26%
- Week 1
- Scored
- 33.8
- 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 Jalen Coker over Makai Lemon in Week 1.
Jalen Coker is priced by the books at 5.8 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 Jalen Coker at ADP 117 and Makai Lemon at 122. Market coverage on Jalen Coker 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 5.8 fantasy points for Jalen Coker, with 70 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.
No sportsbook posted a player market for Makai Lemon in Week 1.
Week 1 matchups
Jalen Coker and CAR host CHI on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.
CHI allowed 42.3 fantasy points to WRs in its one game this season, the 5th most in the league.
Receivers caught passes for 213 yards and 2 touchdowns against CHI.
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, Jalen Coker has the softer matchup.
Injury status
Jalen Coker was not on the injury report when the call was made.
Makai Lemon was not on the injury report when the call was made.
Their 2025 seasons
In 2025, Jalen Coker played 11 games for CAR and scored 90.4 PPR points, 8.2 a game, finishing WR69.
He caught 33 of 43 targets for 394 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 3 red zone targets and 292 air yards.
He was on the field for 68 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.
Jalen Coker, Week 18 of 2025 against TB: 47 of 51 snaps, 7 targets and 6 catches for 47 yards, 1 touchdown, 16.7 PPR points.
Jalen Coker, Week 17 of 2025 against SEA: 38 of 53 snaps, 2 targets and 2 catches for 16 yards, 3.6 PPR points.
Jalen Coker, Week 16 of 2025 against TB: 44 of 54 snaps, 5 targets and 3 catches for 47 yards, 7.7 PPR points.
How Week 1 went
Jalen Coker scored 33.8 PPR points and Makai Lemon scored 2.5.
The call was right: Jalen Coker outscored Makai Lemon by 31.3.
Jalen Coker finished 28.0 points above the 5.8 the props implied.
Jalen Coker, Week 1 against CHI: 57 of 68 snaps, 9 targets and 8 catches for 138 yards, 2 touchdowns, 33.8 PPR points.
Jalen Coker finished as the week's WR1 in PPR scoring.
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
WR41 · CAR · bye 5
2025 vs rec yds line 6-5
- Overall rank
- 115
- Draft pick
- no consensus
- Tier
- 6
Ranked behind
WR60 · PHI · bye 10
- Overall rank
- 164
- 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 board49
- Pick differencenot comparable without a consensus on both
- Tierstier 6 and tier 9
- Board size244 draftable players
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