Should I start Jalen Royals or Jordan Watkins in Week 7?

The market-based projections

Jalen Royals's market-based projection is 5.8 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 12 market sources. That is the 132nd highest figure of the 209 players with a market-based projection.

Jordan Watkins's market-based projection is 5.0 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 12 market sources. That is the 141st highest figure of the 209 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 151st overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Jordan Watkins, and the board ranks him 163rd overall on the rest of his evidence.

This season through Week 6

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 6, Jordan Watkins has been on the field for 45 percent of SF snaps, drawn 3 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 2 of the offence's 28 third down targets, had 0 of its 11 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 22 two minute targets.

His 3 targets have averaged 16.3 air yards.

In Week 4 against DEN he was not given the ball.

In Week 5 against SEA he was not given the ball.

In Week 6 against WAS he caught 1 of 1 target for 22 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 Jordan Watkins played 4 games and scored 4.6 PPR points, 1.2 a game.

He caught 2 of 3 targets for 26 yards and 0 touchdowns, with 0 red zone targets.

That came to 0.8 targets a game, a 67 percent catch rate and 13.0 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 7 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Jalen Royals was available for 3 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Jordan Watkins scored 1.2 PPR points a game and Jalen Royals 0.3, 0.8 a game between them.

Both had 3 targets.

Jordan Watkins had 22 more receiving yards than Jalen Royals, 26 to 4.

This season Jordan Watkins holds the bigger snap share, 45 percent against 42 percent.

This season Jalen Royals holds the bigger target share, 7 percent against 3 percent.

What would change the answer

0.8 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.