Daniel Bellinger · Darnell Washington · 2026 week 1

Daniel Bellinger or Darnell Washington?

Wondering who you should start this week — Daniel Bellinger or Darnell Washington? The start/sit call and the numbers behind it are below, plus who wins a straight-up trade. Rebuilt nightly.

Start Daniel Bellinger — barelyThis one is a coin flip — the projections are within 0.2 points. The matchup leans Daniel Bellinger (NYJ allow the 5th-most TE points), but you can defend either call.

Player	Wk 1	Proj (PPR)	Matchup	Form L3	Trade value	Status
Daniel Bellinger START	vs NYJ	4.9	5th · soft	7.1	–	healthy
Darnell Washington	vs ATL	4.7	27th · tough	4.5	–	healthy

TEs vs NYJ recently: Taysom Hill 11.3 pts (W16) · Hunter Henry 10.9 pts (W17) · Dawson Knox 8.4 pts (W18).

TEs vs ATL recently: Elijah Higgins 9.1 pts (W16) · Terrance Ferguson 11.4 pts (W17) · Juwan Johnson 4.1 pts (W18).

Who wins a straight-up trade?

Their trade values are effectively even — a one-for-one is a fair swap on the numbers.

Open in Start/Sit (any scoring) Open in the Trade Analyzer

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Game logs, matchup ranks and form are the 2025 season — 2026 hasn’t kicked off. Projections, schedule and trade values are current 2026 numbers, refreshed nightly.