Should I start Joshua Palmer or Jalen Nailor in Week 6?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Joshua Palmer: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 201st overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Jalen Nailor: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 204th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Joshua Palmer is 1.6 PPR points a game off 1 market across 12 market sources. That is 30 percent of what a wide receiver's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

The market-based projection for Jalen Nailor is 1.4 PPR points a game off 1 market across 11 market sources. That is 30 percent of what a wide receiver's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

Joshua Palmer's projection is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season through Week 4

Through Week 4, Joshua Palmer has been on the field for 40 percent of BUF snaps, drawn 8 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 3 of the offence's 31 third down targets, had 0 of its 13 chances inside the five and seen 5 of its 22 two minute targets.

His 9 targets have averaged 23.4 air yards.

In Week 2 against DET he caught 1 of 3 targets for 43 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 3 against LAC he was not given the ball.

In Week 4 against NE he caught 1 of 4 targets for 3 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 Joshua Palmer played 12 games and scored 52.3 PPR points, 4.4 a game, finishing WR105.

He caught 22 of 37 targets for 303 yards and 0 touchdowns, with 5 red zone targets.

That came to 3.1 targets a game, a 59 percent catch rate and 13.8 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 46 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 5 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Jalen Nailor scored 5.9 PPR points a game and Joshua Palmer 4.4, 1.6 a game between them.

Joshua Palmer finished WR105 that year and Jalen Nailor WR61.

Jalen Nailor had 16 more targets than Joshua Palmer, 53 to 37.

Jalen Nailor had 141 more receiving yards than Joshua Palmer, 444 to 303.

This season Jalen Nailor holds the bigger snap share, 48 percent against 40 percent.

Their target share this season is the same, 8 percent each.

Byes and availability

Joshua Palmer is off in Week 7 and Jalen Nailor in Week 13, so either can cover the other's bye.

Joshua Palmer is listed as questionable on the injury report.

Jalen Nailor is listed as questionable on the injury report.