De'Zhaun Stribling or Jadarian Price: Who Should You Start?
2026 Week 1 · deterministic head-to-head · Verdicts based on PPR scoring.
Start Price — the projection and consensus rank edges are too wide to ignore.
Jadarian Price projects 13.6 to Stribling's 9.6 and is the higher consensus play (RB21 to WR48). No signal favors Stribling this week. The gap is wide.
De'Zhaun Stribling
6.37.99.6 Projected Points
Jadarian Price
12.012.813.6 Projected Points
Why De'Zhaun Stribling
Toss-UpRookie WR3 in depth receiver role. Contested-catch build, limited prior sample.
Toss-up — WR48 consensus, projects WR47 this week: 9.6 PPR projected vs LAR, middling matchup vs LAR.
- LAR ranks 21 of 32 against WRs (a middle-of-the-road matchup, 0-game sample).
- Vegas implies 22.8 team points as 3.0-point underdogs.
- Listed WR-3 on the latest depth chart.
Why Jadarian Price
Toss-Up· mediumRookie RB atop the depth chart. Explosive, home-run-speed runner with no prior NFL sample.
RB21 projection (13.6) is startable, but it's Price's NFL debut with no preseason snaps and no confirmed workload split — role news tips it.
- NE ranks 10 of 32 against RBs (one of the tougher matchups, 0-game sample).
- Vegas implies 24.0 team points as 3.5-point favorites.
- Listed RB on the latest depth chart.
The call
- Consensus has him RB21 at 13.6 PPR, which is RB2/flex territory in a 12-team league, and the Vegas setup helps: 24.0 implied total as a 3.5-point favorite is exactly the script that feeds a back carries late.
- The role is the whole question. He's listed generically at RB with no snap or target share on the sheet, and per seahawks.com (9/5) he 'did not play in the preseason' and is 'set to make his first NFL game appearance in Week 1' — that's a projection built on assumption, not usage.
- The matchup is no gift either: New England grades 10 of 32 in DvP composite (32 = softest), and that's off a 0-game sample with 0.00 confidence, so there's no reliable read to lean on.
- Tip it to start if he's confirmed as the lead back or handles first-team early-down work; if it reads as a committee or he's a rotational piece, take a proven replacement instead.
Latest on Price
Price did not play in the preseason but received reps during a joint practice against the Titans.
Jadarian Price To Get First NFL Action In Week 1seahawks.com · Sep 5, 2026Price is set to make his first NFL game appearance in Week 1 against the Patriots.
Jadarian Price To Get First NFL Action In Week 1seahawks.com · Sep 5, 2026With Zach Charbonnet set to miss the first four weeks on the PUP list, Seattle will turn to its first-round pick.
Catch up on our daily updates from Seahawks training camp, including intel on QBs, position battles and potential breakouts.
Reported by the sources listed — not independently verified.
Head-to-head stats
| Metric | De'Zhaun Stribling | Jadarian Price |
|---|---|---|
| Projected points | 6.37.99.6 | 12.012.813.6 |
| Consensus rank | WR48 | RB21 |
| Opponent vs position | LAR · 21 of 320-game sample | NE · 10 of 320-game sample |
| Receptions | 23 of 32 | 26 of 32 |
| Receiving Yards | 23 of 32 | 17 of 32 |
| Receiving TDs | 14 of 32 | — |
| Targets | 27 of 32 | — |
| Anytime TD | 18 of 32 | 4 of 32 |
| Rushing Yards | — | 5 of 32 |
| Rushing TDs | — | 4 of 32 |
| Rushing Attempts | — | 4 of 32 |
| Implied total · spread | 22.8+3.0 | 24.0-3.5 |
| Depth chart | WR3 | RB1 |
| Start/Sit record | 0–0+1 toss-up | 0–0+1 toss-up |
Signal breakdown
- 9.6 vs 13.6 projected PPR pointsJadarian Price +
- Rank 48 vs 21Jadarian Price +
- Opponent DvP rank 21 vs 10 (32 = softest)even
- Implied 22.8 vs 24.0 team pointsJadarian Price +
- No injury designationseven
- Snap shareeven
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