Start Parker Washington or Rome Odunze? Week 1

Our Week 1 call

Start Rome Odunze over Parker Washington in Week 1.

Rome Odunze is priced by the books at 3.4 projected points. Parker Washington 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 Rome Odunze at ADP 54 and Parker Washington at 60. Market coverage on Rome Odunze is 30 percent of what his position needs, so the market side of this carries proportionally less weight.

What the books imply

Player prop markets imply 3.4 fantasy points for Rome Odunze, with 30 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

No sportsbook posted a player market for Parker Washington in Week 1.

Week 1 matchups

Rome Odunze and CHI visit CAR on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

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.

Parker Washington and JAX host CLE.

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, Parker Washington has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Rome Odunze was listed as questionable when the call was made.

Parker Washington was not on the injury report when the call was made.

Their 2025 seasons

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.

In 2025, Parker Washington played 16 games for JAX and scored 184.7 PPR points, 11.5 a game, finishing WR27.

He caught 58 of 95 targets for 847 yards and 5 touchdowns, with 12 red zone targets and 582 air yards.

He was on the field for 61 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Parker Washington, Week 18 of 2025 against TEN: 9 targets and 5 catches for 87 yards, 1 touchdown, 19.7 PPR points.

Parker Washington, Week 17 of 2025 against IND: 56 of 69 snaps, 1 carry for -5 yards, 10 targets and 8 catches for 115 yards, 19.0 PPR points.

Parker Washington, Week 16 of 2025 against DEN: 39 of 70 snaps, 10 targets and 6 catches for 145 yards, 1 touchdown, 26.5 PPR points.

How Week 1 went

Rome Odunze scored 7.2 PPR points and Parker Washington scored 19.3.

The call was wrong: Parker Washington outscored Rome Odunze by 12.1.

Rome Odunze finished 3.8 points above the 3.4 the props implied.

Rome Odunze, Week 1 against CAR: 36 of 75 snaps, 3 targets and 2 catches for 52 yards, 7.2 PPR points.

Rome Odunze finished as the week's WR54 in PPR scoring.

Parker Washington, Week 1 against CLE: 35 of 57 snaps, 6 targets and 5 catches for 83 yards, 1 touchdown, 19.3 PPR points.

Parker Washington finished as the week's WR11 in PPR scoring.

Their other Week 1 calls

• Start Christian Watson over Rome Odunze.
• Start Rome Odunze over Courtland Sutton.
• Start Rome Odunze over DJ Moore.
• Start Parker Washington over Alec Pierce.
• Start Parker Washington over Brian Thomas Jr..
• Start Christian Watson over Parker Washington.