Start Terrance Ferguson over Kenyon Sadiq — Week 1 Start/Sit Verdict

Start Ferguson — the projection and game script edges are too wide to ignore.

Terrance Ferguson projects 8.1 to Sadiq's 5.1 and plays in the better game script (25.8 implied team points to 18.3). Sadiq's edge is the consensus rank, TE20 to TE22. The gap is comfortable.

Kenyon Sadiq

TE20NYJvs TEN

3.04.05.1 Projected Points

Sit· medium

Terrance Ferguson

TE22LARvs SF

5.36.78.1 Projected Points

Sit

Why Kenyon Sadiq

Sit· medium

Rookie TE2 with athletic movement traits. Seam-stretching move piece behind the starter; blocking still developing.

TE20 at 5.1 projected points with a Questionable tag and just an 18.3 implied team total — not enough volume or certainty for a 12-team TE slot.

Carries a Questionable tag — usually plays, but monitor the final report.
TEN ranks 18 of 32 against TEs (a middle-of-the-road matchup, 0-game sample).
Vegas implies 18.3 team points as 3.0-point underdogs.
Listed TE on the latest depth chart.

The call

5.1 projected points and a TE20 consensus rank put him at the back of the startable tier; a healthy TE with a defined role is the better play.
The Questionable designation adds real snap-count risk on top of an already modest projection — you may not know his workload until inactives.
An 18.3 implied team total as a 3-point underdog caps the touchdown equity, and Tennessee grades middle-of-the-pack (18 of 32) against the position, so there's no matchup boost to chase.
Tip: if he's upgraded to full participation and the offense's target tree thins out, he becomes a desperation streamer — not before.

Latest on Sadiq

Status

Kenyon Sadiq returned to position drills Monday after nearly a month away.

Rookies Kenyon Sadiq and D'Angelo Ponds Are Almost Ready for Takeoff newyorkjets.com · Sep 2, 2026

Why Terrance Ferguson

Sit

Rotational TE in pass-catching role. Movement-Y receiver with developing target share.

Sit — TE22 by consensus and projection: SF is the 8th-softest matchup vs TEs, 25.8 implied team total.

Carries a Questionable tag — usually plays, but monitor the final report.
SF ranks 25 of 32 against TEs (one of the softer matchups, 0-game sample).
Vegas implies 25.8 team points as 3.0-point favorites.
Listed TE on the latest depth chart with a 44% snap share in 2025.

Latest on Ferguson

Injury Updates: Aaron Donald not practicing Monday "part of the plan all along," Myles Garrett "making really good progress," and updates on Terrance Ferguson, Grant Stuard, Keagen Trost and Justin Dedich

Rams head coach Sean McVay addressed why Aaron Donald wasn't practicing Monday, as well as injury updates on Myles Garrett, Terrance Ferguson, Grant Stuard, Keagen Trost and Justin Dedich.

therams.com · Aug 31, 2026

Reported by the sources listed — not independently verified.

Head-to-head stats

Metric	Kenyon Sadiq	Terrance Ferguson
Projected points	3.04.05.1	5.36.78.1
Consensus rank	TE20	TE22
Opponent vs position	TEN · 18 of 320-game sample	SF · 25 of 320-game sample
Receptions	17 of 32	22 of 32
Receiving Yards	19 of 32	21 of 32
Receiving TDs	21 of 32	26 of 32
Targets	14 of 32	30 of 32
Anytime TD	20 of 32	26 of 32
Target share	—	7%(2025)
Reception share	—	4%(2025)
Implied total · spread	18.3+3.0	25.8-3.0
Depth chart	TE2	TE3
Snap share	—	44%(2025)
Injury designation	Questionable	Q