Fantasy Week 1 PPR Cheat Sheet: Player Confidence Ratings — SkimNews
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- Jahmyr Gibbs drew a perfect 10.0 confidence rating — the highest mark on the entire Week 1 board — in the Saints-Lions matchup, with Amon-Ra St. Brown close behind at 9.4
- Ja'Marr Chase (9.9), Bijan Robinson (9.55), and Christian McCaffrey (9.5) headlined the top skill-position confidence scores across the Week 1 slate
- Deshaun Watson earned the lowest confidence mark among listed starters at 1.8, with Najee Harris at 1.84 — clear sit flags heading into the Browns-Jaguars and Cowboys-Giants games
- Dave Richard (@DaverRchard) compiled the rankings, explicitly noting that the 1-10 numbers are confidence scores rather than statistical projections
- Team defenses were also graded, with the Steelers DST (9.4) and Rams DST (9.3) leading all DST units on the board
- The cheat sheet warns that any player not listed should not be started, and directs Sunday-morning managers to CBS Sports' real-time weekly rankings for late updates
- Top wideout confidence marks went to CeeDee Lamb (9.32), Justin Jefferson (9.35), and Jaxon Smith-Njigba (9.18), reinforcing each as set-and-forget PPR starters
Why it matters: For PPR managers scrambling to set Week 1 lineups, the cheat sheet collapses every start/sit call into a single confidence number, with top-end players like Gibbs (10.0) and Robinson (9.55) flagged as must-starts while bottom-barrel marks for Watson (1.8) and Harris (1.84) make the sits equally obvious.
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