Who Should I Draft? CeeDee Lamb or Justin Jefferson (Fantasy Football)

Who should I draft? It’s a question fantasy football managers ask regularly this time of year. Whether you’re going through a fantasy football mock draft to prepare for the real deal or you are live on draft day mulling over how to build your team, it’s one of the most important questions to answer. We have you covered with our Who Should I Draft tool which gives you advice based on 100+ expert rankings. Let’s take a look at who the fantasy football experts are drafting: CeeDee Lamb or Justin Jefferson.

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2026 Fantasy Football Advice: Who Should I Draft? (CeeDee Lamb or Justin Jefferson)

Here are how the fantasy football expert consensus leans as of Thursday, 8/13.

Who Should I Draft: CeeDee Lamb or Justin Jefferson

Fantasy Football Outlook: CeeDee Lamb

CeeDee Lamb had a “down” year last season as the WR11 in fantasy points per game, but that finish doesn’t really tell the entire story of Lamb’s season. In Week 3, he played only seven snaps, and in Week 18, he played only 45.5% of the snaps. If we remove those two games, he averaged 16.6 PPR points per game, which would have him as the WR9 in fantasy points per game last season. In that 12-game sample, Lamb drew a 24.8% target share with 89.4 receiving yards per game, 2.51 yards per route run, a 32.3% first-read share, and 0.098 first downs per route run (per Fantasy Points Data). Overall, those marks would have ranked 13th, third, ninth, 12th, and 26th among all receivers with at least 200 routes last season. Lamb remains a locked-in WR1 with a stellar quarterback in his prime and George Pickens alongside him to keep defenses honest.
– Derek Brown

Fantasy Football Outlook: Justin Jefferson

Last year, Justin Jefferson had a horrible runout as the WR28 in fantasy points per game (WR14 in expected fantasy points per game). Obviously, a ton of his season was impacted by the level of quarterback play, but Jefferson also slid to 36th in separation score and 38th in route win rate (among 109 qualifying receivers, per Fantasy Points Data). A lot of the blame can fall at the feet of Minny’s quarterback room last year, but not all of it, considering the per-route metrics as well as the fact that Jefferson was tied for the sixth-most drops. Yes, he was also 78th in catchable target rate, so 2025 was a mixed bag with some blame on both sides of the aisle. Last year, Jefferson was still sixth in target share (28.5%) and seventh in first-read share (35.1%), so we should all expect the Minnesota passing attack to run through their alpha wide receiver again in 2026. He could easily return to being a top 10 fantasy wideout as he has been every year of his NFL career (outside of 2025), but there’s still some risk with Kyler Murray or J.J. McCarthy throwing him the ball this season.
– Derek Brown

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