Should I start Jalen Royals or Isaac TeSlaa in Week 7?

The market-based projections

Jalen Royals's market-based projection is 5.9 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 12 market sources. That is the 131st highest figure of the 205 players with a market-based projection.

Isaac TeSlaa's market-based projection is 5.3 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 13 market sources. That is the 138th highest figure of the 205 players with a market-based projection.

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Jalen Royals, and the board ranks him 145th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Isaac TeSlaa, and the board ranks him 156th overall on the rest of his evidence.

This season so far

Through Week 6, Jalen Royals has been on the field for 42 percent of KC snaps, drawn 7 percent of the targets and had 4 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 2 of the offence's 32 third down targets, had 2 of its 17 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 15 two minute targets.

His 9 targets have averaged 5.3 air yards.

In Week 3 against MIA he caught 1 of 1 target for 11 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against LV he caught 0 of 2 targets for 0 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against LAC he caught 2 of 4 targets for 24 yards and did not score.

Through Week 5, Isaac TeSlaa has been on the field for 63 percent of DET snaps, drawn 10 percent of the targets and had 6 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 3 of the offence's 45 third down targets, had 0 of its 21 chances inside the five and seen 5 of its 21 two minute targets.

His 19 targets have averaged 12.8 air yards.

In Week 3 against NYJ he caught 3 of 3 targets for 66 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against CAR he caught 4 of 8 targets for 95 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against ARI he caught 0 of 2 targets for 0 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Jalen Royals played 7 games and scored 2.4 PPR points, 0.3 a game.

He caught 2 of 3 targets for 4 yards and 0 touchdowns, with 0 red zone targets.

That came to 0.4 targets a game, a 67 percent catch rate and 2.0 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 9 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 Isaac TeSlaa played 17 games and scored 75.9 PPR points, 4.5 a game, finishing WR82.

He caught 16 of 27 targets for 239 yards and 6 touchdowns, with 10 red zone targets.

That came to 1.6 targets a game, a 59 percent catch rate and 14.9 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 38 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Isaac TeSlaa was available for 10 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Isaac TeSlaa scored 4.5 PPR points a game and Jalen Royals 0.3, 4.1 a game between them.

Isaac TeSlaa had 24 more targets than Jalen Royals, 27 to 3.

Isaac TeSlaa had 235 more receiving yards than Jalen Royals, 239 to 4.

This season Isaac TeSlaa holds the bigger snap share, 63 percent against 42 percent.

This season Isaac TeSlaa holds the bigger target share, 10 percent against 7 percent.

Byes and availability

Isaac TeSlaa is off in Week 6. No bye is listed for Jalen Royals.

What would change the answer

0.6 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 live drafts hold these two again they can order them differently from the projection, and this page will follow the drafts rather than the market-based projection when they do.