Start Rome Odunze or Jameson Williams? Week 1
Locks at kickoff, graded after.
Start Jameson Williams over Rome Odunze
- NO D vs WR
- 37.2
- 10th most to WRs (2026)
- CAR D vs WR
- 41.2
- 7th most to WRs (2026)
Our Week 1 call
Start Jameson Williams over Rome Odunze in Week 1.
Neither player has a posted player market for this week, so this call is ADP and news based rather than priced against the betting market. Drafters take Jameson Williams at ADP 45.2 overall and Rome Odunze at 54.1.
What the books imply
No sportsbook posted a player market for Jameson Williams in Week 1.
No sportsbook posted a player market for Rome Odunze in Week 1.
Week 1 matchups
Jameson Williams and DET host NO.
NO allowed 37.2 fantasy points to WRs in its one game this season, the 10th most in the league.
Receivers caught passes for 112 yards and 2 touchdowns against NO.
Rome Odunze and CHI visit CAR.
CAR allowed 41.2 fantasy points to WRs in its one game this season, the 7th most in the league.
Receivers caught passes for 200 yards and a touchdown against CAR.
By points allowed to the position, Rome Odunze has the softer matchup.
Injury status
Jameson Williams was not on the injury report when the call was made.
Rome Odunze was not on the injury report when the call was made.
Their 2025 seasons
In 2025, Jameson Williams played 17 games for DET and scored 219.9 PPR points, 12.9 a game, finishing WR12.
He caught 65 of 102 targets for 1117 yards and 7 touchdowns, with 8 red zone targets and 676 air yards.
He was on the field for 90 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.
Jameson Williams, Week 18 of 2025 against CHI: 8 targets and 6 catches for 74 yards, 13.4 PPR points.
Jameson Williams, Week 17 of 2025 against MIN: 53 of 64 snaps, 3 targets and 2 catches for 37 yards, 5.7 PPR points.
Jameson Williams, Week 16 of 2025 against PIT: 70 of 74 snaps, 9 targets and 5 catches for 70 yards, 12.0 PPR points.
In 2025, Rome Odunze played 12 games for CHI and scored 146.1 PPR points, 12.2 a game, finishing WR41.
He caught 44 of 90 targets for 661 yards and 6 touchdowns, with 12 red zone targets and 447 air yards.
He was on the field for 82 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.
Their other Week 1 calls
On the draft board
Ranked ahead
WR30 · CHI · bye 10
2025 vs rec yds line 5-7
- Overall rank
- 99
- Draft pick
- no consensus
- Tier
- 5
Ranked behind
WR77 · DET · bye 6
2025 vs rec yds line 9-8
- Overall rank
- 213
- Draft pick
- no consensus
- Tier
- 11
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 board114
- Pick differencenot comparable without a consensus on both
- Tierstier 5 and tier 11
- Board size244 draftable players
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