Michael Wilson or Jalen Coker: who should I start in Week 6?

The market-based projections

Michael Wilson's market-based projection is 13.5 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 13 market sources. That is the 54th highest figure of the 159 players with a market-based projection.

Jalen Coker's market-based projection is 11.8 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 12 market sources. That is the 61st highest figure of the 159 players with a market-based projection.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Michael Wilson: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 40th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Jalen Coker: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 47th overall on the rest of his evidence.

This season so far

Through Week 5, Michael Wilson has been on the field for 90 percent of ARI snaps, drawn 26 percent of the targets and had 15 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 15 of the offence's 52 third down targets, had 4 of its 17 chances inside the five and seen 14 of its 37 two minute targets.

His 51 targets have averaged 10.2 air yards.

In Week 3 against SF he caught 11 of 17 targets for 89 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 4 against NYG he caught 7 of 13 targets for 95 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against DET he caught 4 of 7 targets for 30 yards and did not score.

Through Week 3, Jalen Coker has been on the field for 64 percent of CAR snaps, drawn 20 percent of the targets and had 16 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 5 of the offence's 25 third down targets, had 1 of its 8 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 20 two minute targets.

His 22 targets have averaged 11.5 air yards.

In Week 1 against CHI he caught 8 of 9 targets for 138 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.

In Week 2 against ATL he caught 8 of 9 targets for 66 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against CLE he caught 2 of 4 targets for 18 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Michael Wilson played 17 games and scored 220.6 PPR points, 13.0 a game, finishing WR10.

He caught 78 of 126 targets for 1006 yards and 7 touchdowns, with 15 red zone targets.

That came to 7.4 targets a game, a 62 percent catch rate and 12.9 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 81 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 Jalen Coker played 11 games and scored 90.4 PPR points, 8.2 a game, finishing WR69.

He caught 33 of 43 targets for 394 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 3 red zone targets.

That came to 3.9 targets a game, a 77 percent catch rate and 11.9 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 68 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Michael Wilson was available for 6 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Michael Wilson scored 13.0 PPR points a game and Jalen Coker 8.2, 4.8 a game between them.

Michael Wilson finished WR10 that year and Jalen Coker WR69.

Michael Wilson had 83 more targets than Jalen Coker, 126 to 43.

Michael Wilson had 612 more receiving yards than Jalen Coker, 1006 to 394.

This season Michael Wilson holds the bigger snap share, 90 percent against 64 percent.

This season Michael Wilson holds the bigger target share, 26 percent against 20 percent.

Byes and availability

Michael Wilson is off in Week 14 and Jalen Coker in Week 5, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

1.7 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.