Makai Lemon or Gunnar Helm: who should I start in Week 6?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Makai Lemon: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 135th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Gunnar Helm: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 137th overall on the rest of his evidence.

What the player markets price

The market has Makai Lemon at 1.4 PPR points a game off 1 market across 1 market source. That is 30 percent of what a wide receiver's price needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

The player markets price Gunnar Helm at 4.2 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 5 market sources. That is the 99th highest figure of the 142 players the market prices.

Makai Lemon's price is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season through Week 5

Through Week 5, Makai Lemon has been on the field for 70 percent of PHI snaps, drawn 15 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 4 of the offence's 45 third down targets, had 0 of its 10 chances inside the five and seen 2 of its 29 two minute targets.

His 22 targets have averaged 5.1 air yards.

In Week 3 against CHI he caught 3 of 4 targets for 29 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against LAR he caught 3 of 6 targets for 27 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against JAX he caught 5 of 7 targets for 43 yards and did not score.

Through Week 5, Gunnar Helm has been on the field for 77 percent of TEN snaps, drawn 9 percent of the targets and had 7 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 5 of the offence's 40 third down targets, had 0 of its 12 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 29 two minute targets.

His 13 targets have averaged 4.3 air yards.

In Week 3 against NYG he caught 2 of 4 targets for 14 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against BAL he caught 1 of 1 target for 5 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against HOU he caught 0 of 1 target for 0 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

Makai Lemon is a rookie, so there is no NFL season behind him to price him against.

In 2025 Gunnar Helm played 16 games and scored 91.7 PPR points, 5.7 a game, finishing TE31.

He caught 44 of 55 targets for 357 yards and 2 touchdowns, with 7 red zone targets.

That came to 3.4 targets a game, a 80 percent catch rate and 8.1 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 53 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Side by side

Makai Lemon is a wide receiver and Gunnar Helm a tight end, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Makai Lemon is off in Week 10. No bye is listed for Gunnar Helm.

What would change the answer

Makai Lemon is only part priced, so the market half of this page is whole for only one of them.