Ja'Marr Chase Fantasy Football Week 1: Stats and Projections vs. Browns

Ja'Marr Chase and the Cincinnati Bengals will meet the Cleveland Browns -- whose passing defense was ranked 12th in the league last year (212.4 yards allowed per game) -- in Week 1, on Sunday at 1 p.m. ET.

For more information on Chase, if you're thinking about him for your DFS lineup, read this piece before his upcoming matchup against the Browns.

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Ja'Marr Chase Week 1 Fantasy Football Projection

• Matchup: Cincinnati Bengals at Cleveland Browns
• Game Date: September 7, 2025
• Game Time: 1 p.m.
• Projected Fantasy Points: 15.0
• PPR Projected Fantasy Points: 18.7
• Projected Receiving Yards: 100.32
• Projected Receiving TDs: 0.83

Projections provided by numberFire

Chase 2024 Fantasy Performance

• Chase ranked first at his position, and 17th overall, with 276.0 fantasy points (16.2 per game) last season.
• Chase accumulated 44.4 fantasy points -- 11 receptions, 264 yards and three touchdowns -- in his best performance last season, in Week 10 versus the Baltimore Ravens.
• In Week 5 against the Baltimore Ravens, Chase put up 31.3 fantasy points (his second-highest total last year), with these numbers: 10 receptions, 193 yards and two touchdowns.
• In his worst game of the season -- Week 2 versus the Kansas City Chiefs -- Chase ended up with 3.5 fantasy points. His stat line was: four catches, 35 yards, on five targets.
• In his second-worst game of the season, Chase ended up with 4.3 fantasy points -- seven receptions, 43 yards, on 11 targets -- in Week 9 versus the Las Vegas Raiders.

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Browns Defensive Performance

• Looking at last year, Cleveland did not let a QB put up more than 300 passing yards against them in a game.
• Last year, the Browns allowed 15 QBs to throw at least one TD pass in a game.
• In the passing game, Cleveland allowed 10 players to throw at least two touchdowns in a game last year.
• Last season, the Browns allowed only one player to throw for three or more TDs in a game.
• Cleveland allowed seven players put up over 100 receiving yards in a game last season.
• The Browns allowed 25 players to haul in a TD pass against them last season.
• Looking at pass defense, Cleveland allowed just one player to catch at least two touchdown passes against it last year.
• In terms of run defense, the Browns allowed only two players to pile up more than 100 rushing yards in a game last season.
• Against Cleveland last season, 17 players ran for at least one TD.
• Four players rushed for multiple scores in a game versus the Browns last year.

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