Start Jalen McMillan or Makai Lemon? Week 1
Locks at kickoff, graded after.
Start Makai Lemon over Jalen McMillan
Right: 2.5 to 0.0
- 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
- Books imply
- 0.2
- fantasy pts
- CIN D vs WR
- 25.8
- 13th fewest to WRs (2026)
- Scored
- 0.0
- PPR pts
Our Week 1 call
Start Makai Lemon over Jalen McMillan in Week 1.
Jalen McMillan is listed doubtful on our news wire, so this is not a close call: start Makai Lemon. Drafters take Makai Lemon at ADP 134 and Jalen McMillan at 148.
What the books imply
No sportsbook posted a player market for Makai Lemon in Week 1.
Player prop markets imply 0.2 fantasy points for Jalen McMillan, with 33 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.
Week 1 matchups
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.
Jalen McMillan and TB visit CIN on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.
CIN allowed 25.8 fantasy points to WRs in its one game this season, the 13th fewest in the league.
Receivers caught passes for 139 yards and no touchdowns against CIN.
By points allowed to the position, Makai Lemon has the softer matchup.
Injury status
Makai Lemon was not on the injury report when the call was made.
Jalen McMillan was listed as doubtful when the call was made.
Their 2025 seasons
In 2025, Jalen McMillan played 4 games for TB and scored 29.9 PPR points, 7.5 a game, finishing WR137.
He caught 12 of 15 targets for 178 yards and 0 touchdowns, with 0 red zone targets and 119 air yards.
He was on the field for 52 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.
Jalen McMillan, Week 18 of 2025 against CAR: 37 of 67 snaps, 1 target and 1 catch for 11 yards, 2.1 PPR points.
Jalen McMillan, Week 17 of 2025 against MIA: 35 of 67 snaps, 9 targets and 7 catches for 114 yards, 18.4 PPR points.
Jalen McMillan, Week 16 of 2025 against CAR: 34 of 64 snaps, 1 carry for 1 yards, 3 targets and 2 catches for 15 yards, 3.6 PPR points.
How Week 1 went
Makai Lemon scored 2.5 PPR points and Jalen McMillan scored 0.0.
The call was right: Makai Lemon outscored Jalen McMillan by 2.5.
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.
Jalen McMillan finished 0.2 points below the 0.2 the props implied.
Their other Week 1 calls
On the draft board
Ranked ahead
WR52 · TB · bye 10
2025 vs catches line 3-1
- Overall rank
- 140
- Draft pick
- no consensus
- Tier
- 5
Ranked behind
WR60 · PHI · bye 10
- Overall rank
- 165
- Draft pick
- no consensus
- Tier
- 8
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 board25
- Pick differencenot comparable without a consensus on both
- Tierstier 5 and tier 8
- Board size244 draftable players
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