Should I start Jalen Royals or Jalen Nailor in Week 6?

The market-based projections

Jalen Royals's market-based projection is 6.3 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 13 market sources. That is the 131st highest figure of the 203 players with a market-based projection.

Jalen Nailor's market-based projection is 6.1 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 12 market sources. That is the 134th highest figure of the 203 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 154th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Jalen Nailor, and the board ranks him 158th overall on the rest of his evidence.

This season through Week 4

Through Week 4, Jalen Royals has been on the field for 31 percent of KC snaps, drawn 5 percent of the targets and had 3 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 1 of the offence's 25 third down targets, had 1 of its 12 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 12 two minute targets.

His 5 targets have averaged 5.8 air yards.

In Week 2 against IND he caught 2 of 2 targets for 6 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

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.

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.

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 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.

Jalen Nailor was available for 10 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Jalen Nailor scored 5.9 PPR points a game and Jalen Royals 0.3, 5.6 a game between them.

Jalen Nailor had 50 more targets than Jalen Royals, 53 to 3.

Jalen Nailor had 440 more receiving yards than Jalen Royals, 444 to 4.

This season Jalen Nailor holds the bigger snap share, 48 percent against 31 percent.

This season Jalen Nailor holds the bigger target share, 8 percent against 5 percent.

Byes and availability

Jalen Nailor is off in Week 13. No bye is listed for Jalen Royals.

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 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.