Tez Johnson · Xavier Legette · 2026 week 1

Tez Johnson or Xavier Legette?

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

Start Xavier Legette — barelyThis one is a coin flip — the projections are within 0.3 points. The matchup leans Xavier Legette (CHI allow the 2nd-most WR points), but you can defend either call.

Player	Wk 1	Proj (PPR)	Matchup	Form L3	Trade value	Status
Tez Johnson	@ CIN	2.7	26th · tough	2.7	–	healthy
Xavier Legette START	vs CHI	3.0	2nd · soft	2.9	–	Questionable

WRs vs CIN recently: Malik Washington 9.2 pts (W16) · Michael Wilson 14.9 pts (W17) · Malachi Corley 3.8 pts (W18).

WRs vs CHI recently: Romeo Doubs 14.4 pts (W16) · Jauan Jennings 10.2 pts (W17) · Amon-Ra St. Brown 13.9 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.