Dontayvion Wicks or Romeo Doubs: Toss-Up — Week 1 Start/Sit Verdict

Too close to call — the edges cancel out.

Dontayvion Wicks and Romeo Doubs grade out even this week. Wicks's best edge is the game script (26.0 implied points to 20.5), Doubs's best edge is snap share (78% to 47%) — and they cancel out. Start whichever player's game you trust more this week.

Dontayvion Wicks

WR61PHIvs WSH

4.86.07.3 Projected Points

Toss-Up

Romeo Doubs

WR60NEvs SEA

5.16.68.2 Projected Points

Toss-Up

Why Dontayvion Wicks

Toss-Up

WR2 with size and vertical ability. Field-stretching outside target with contested-catch upside.

Toss-up — WR61 consensus, projects WR70 this week: WSH is the 10th-softest matchup vs WRs, 26.0 implied team total.

WSH ranks 23 of 32 against WRs (one of the softer matchups, 0-game sample).
Vegas implies 26.0 team points as 5.5-point favorites.
Listed WR-2 on the latest depth chart with a 47% snap share in 2025.

Latest on Wicks

Role

Dontayvion Wicks is no longer with Green Bay; he is now on the Philadelphia Eagles and must beat out incumbents to win the No. 2 receiver job behind DeVonta Smith, meaning he has zero Packers offensive role entering this week.

ESPN · Sep 5, 2026

Role

Dontayvion Wicks has a central role in the Eagles' new-look offense alongside the team's other receivers.

Spadaro: Dontayvion Wicks wants to 'keep rising' with Eagles philadelphiaeagles.com · Aug 10, 2026

Why Romeo Doubs

Toss-Up

WR2 on the outside. Reliable hands and red-zone body control, complementary target share.

Toss-up — WR60 consensus, projects WR62 this week: SEA is the 9th-toughest matchup vs WRs, 10% target share.

SEA ranks 9 of 32 against WRs (one of the tougher matchups, 0-game sample).
Vegas implies 20.5 team points as 3.5-point underdogs.
Listed WR-2 on the latest depth chart with a 78% snap share in 2025.

Latest on Doubs

Role

Romeo Doubs is not part of the Packers' projected Week 1 receiver corps; Green Bay's depth chart lists Christian Watson, Jayden Reed and Matthew Golden as starters with Bo Melton, Skyy Moore and J. Michael Sturdivant as backups, with no roster spot for Doubs after his free-agent departure.

Sports Illustrated (Packers On SI) · Sep 3, 2026

Head-to-head stats

Metric	Dontayvion Wicks	Romeo Doubs
Projected points	4.86.07.3	5.16.68.2
Consensus rank	WR61	WR60
Opponent vs position	WSH · 23 of 320-game sample	SEA · 9 of 320-game sample
Receptions	25 of 32	8 of 32
Receiving Yards	27 of 32	2 of 32
Receiving TDs	22 of 32	9 of 32
Targets	23 of 32	19 of 32
Anytime TD	18 of 32	9 of 32
Target share	13%(2025)	10%
Reception share	12%(2025)	0%
Implied total · spread	26.0-5.5	20.5+3.5
Depth chart	WR2	WR2
Snap share	47%(2025)	78%(2025)