Should I start Quentin Johnston or Jalen Nailor in Week 6?
Neither man carries a season projection right now, so this is their usage this season and their last full season's numbers, side by side.
Week 6 verdict
Start Quentin Johnston over Jalen Nailor
- Market projects
- 7.7
- fantasy pts
- KC D vs WR
- 20.9
- fewest to WRs (2026)
- Snap share
- 80%
- Through Week 4
- Target share
- 16%
- Through Week 4
- Market projects
- 6.2
- fantasy pts
- BUF D vs WR
- 45.1
- most to WRs (2026)
- Snap share
- 48%
- Through Week 4
- Target share
- 8%
- Through Week 4
Neither is in the consensus draft sample any more, and the market has not posted a whole projection for either of them, so there is no current market order to give between these two. What follows is what each of them has already done.
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WR77 · LAC · bye 7
2026 vs anytime td line 0-4
- Overall rank
- 200
- Draft pick
- no consensus
- Tier
- 25
WR80 · LV · bye 13
2026 vs anytime td line 0-4
- Overall rank
- 203
- Draft pick
- no consensus
- Tier
- 25
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Also deciding this week
The gap
- Pick differencenot comparable without a consensus on both
- Board size316 draftable players
Consensus average draft position has stopped updating on these two, so the figures that depend on it are left out rather than printed stale. The verdict line above restates the market price and nothing else.
Where the draft room stands
Drafters have formed no consensus on Quentin Johnston: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 200th overall on the rest of his evidence.
Drafters have formed no consensus on Jalen Nailor: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 203rd overall on the rest of his evidence.
The market-based projections
The market-based projection for Quentin Johnston is 1.5 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.
The market-based projection for Jalen Nailor is 1.3 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.
Quentin Johnston's projection is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.
This season through Week 4
Through Week 4, Quentin Johnston has been on the field for 80 percent of LAC snaps, drawn 16 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.
He has taken 6 of the offence's 37 third down targets, had 0 of its 7 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 13 two minute targets.
His 19 targets have averaged 12.5 air yards.
In Week 2 against LV he carried 1 time for 7 yards, caught 1 of 5 targets for 7 yards and did not score.
In Week 3 against BUF he caught 3 of 6 targets for 40 yards and did not score.
In Week 4 against SEA he carried 1 time for -4 yards, caught 1 of 2 targets for 44 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.
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Their 2025 seasons
In 2025 Quentin Johnston played 14 games and scored 171.2 PPR points, 12.2 a game, finishing WR34.
He caught 51 of 85 targets for 735 yards and 8 touchdowns, with 15 red zone targets.
That came to 6.1 targets a game, a 60 percent catch rate and 14.4 yards a catch.
He was on the field for 77 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 3 games more.
Head to head
In 2025 Quentin Johnston scored 12.2 PPR points a game and Jalen Nailor 5.9, 6.3 a game between them.
Quentin Johnston finished WR34 that year and Jalen Nailor WR61.
Quentin Johnston had 32 more targets than Jalen Nailor, 85 to 53.
Quentin Johnston had 291 more receiving yards than Jalen Nailor, 735 to 444.
This season Quentin Johnston holds the bigger snap share, 80 percent against 48 percent.
This season Quentin Johnston holds the bigger target share, 16 percent against 8 percent.
Byes and availability
Quentin Johnston is off in Week 7 and Jalen Nailor in Week 13, so either can cover the other's bye.
Quentin Johnston is listed as questionable on the injury report.
Jalen Nailor is listed as questionable on the injury report.
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