Should I start Jalen Nailor or Darnell Washington in Week 6?

The market-based projections

Jalen Nailor's market-based projection is 6.2 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 11 market sources. That is the 127th highest figure of the 200 players with a market-based projection.

Darnell Washington's market-based projection is 6.0 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 13 market sources. That is the 131st highest figure of the 200 players with a market-based projection.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Jalen Nailor: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 146th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Darnell Washington: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 148th overall on the rest of his evidence.

This season so far

Through Week 4, Jalen Nailor has been on the field for 48 percent of LV snaps, drawn 8 percent of the targets and had 3 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 3 of the offence's 39 third down targets, had 0 of its 9 chances inside the five and seen 2 of its 28 two minute targets.

His 11 targets have averaged 12.3 air yards.

In Week 2 against LAC he caught 1 of 3 targets for 9 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against NO he caught 1 of 3 targets for 16 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against KC he was not given the ball.

Through Week 5, Darnell Washington has been on the field for 65 percent of PIT snaps, drawn 9 percent of the targets and had 11 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 2 of the offence's 40 third down targets, had 0 of its 2 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 26 two minute targets.

His 16 targets have averaged 5.2 air yards.

In Week 3 against CIN he caught 3 of 4 targets for 67 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against CLE he caught 3 of 5 targets for 27 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 5 against IND he caught 2 of 3 targets for 12 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Jalen Nailor played 17 games and scored 100.7 PPR points, 5.9 a game, finishing WR61.

He caught 29 of 53 targets for 444 yards and 4 touchdowns, with 11 red zone targets.

That came to 3.1 targets a game, a 55 percent catch rate and 15.3 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 65 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 Darnell Washington played 16 games and scored 73.4 PPR points, 4.6 a game, finishing TE39.

He caught 31 of 43 targets for 364 yards and 1 touchdown, with 8 red zone targets.

That came to 2.7 targets a game, a 72 percent catch rate and 11.7 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 57 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Jalen Nailor was available for 1 game more.

Side by side

In 2025 Jalen Nailor scored 5.9 PPR points a game and Darnell Washington 4.6, 1.3 a game between them.

Jalen Nailor finished WR61 and Darnell Washington TE39, which are two different ladders.

Jalen Nailor is a wide receiver and Darnell Washington a tight end, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Jalen Nailor is off in Week 13 and Darnell Washington in Week 9, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

0.2 points a game is the entire case. The market restates it every week, and a line that moves moves the order with it.

The draft market is the half that is missing: when the consensus sample holds these two again it can order them differently from the projection, and this page will follow the sample rather than the market-based projection when it does.