Fantasy Football Week 1 PPR cheat sheet: Player ratings to guide tough start/sit calls, find sleepers — SkimNews
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- Dave Richard released a Week 1 PPR cheat sheet on September 11, 2026, rating every relevant player on a 1-10 confidence scale that reflects how strongly he recommends starting them — explicitly not a statistical projection
- Jahmyr Gibbs earned a perfect 10.0 confidence rating, the highest on the sheet, followed by Ja'Marr Chase at 9.9, Bijan Robinson at 9.55, and Christian McCaffrey at 9.5
- Deshaun Watson received the lowest confidence rating on the entire sheet at 1.8, with Najee Harris the second-lowest at 1.84 — both well below every other listed player
- The cheat sheet organizes ratings by game matchup and instructs readers to use CTRL-F or scroll by game to find specific players, with the Twitter/X handle @DaverRchard listed for direct questions
- The source directs readers to CBS Sports' real-time weekly rankings if reading on Sunday, positioning this cheat sheet as a pre-game decision aid rather than a live tool
- Coverage spans quarterbacks, running backs, wide receivers, tight ends, and team defenses across all Week 1 NFL matchups
Why it matters: Fantasy managers facing Week 1 start/sit calls get a quick-reference confidence guide from CBS Sports: Jahmyr Gibbs scored a perfect 10.0 and Ja'Marr Chase 9.9, while Deshaun Watson (1.8) and Najee Harris (1.84) anchor the bottom of a 1-10 scale covering every relevant player.
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