Should I start Mike Gesicki or Jalen Royals in Week 7?

The market-based projections

Mike Gesicki's market-based projection is 6.4 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 13 market sources. That is the 124th highest figure of the 206 players with a market-based projection.

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 206 players with a market-based projection.

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Mike Gesicki, and the board ranks him 147th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Jalen Royals, and the board ranks him 148th overall on the rest of his evidence.

This season so far

Through Week 5, Mike Gesicki has been on the field for 46 percent of CIN snaps, drawn 9 percent of the targets and had 8 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 4 of the offence's 46 third down targets, had 3 of its 12 chances inside the five and seen 8 of its 33 two minute targets.

His 17 targets have averaged 10.4 air yards.

In Week 3 against PIT he caught 3 of 3 targets for 37 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 4 against JAX he caught 3 of 5 targets for 40 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 5 against MIA he caught 1 of 2 targets for 4 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

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.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Mike Gesicki played 13 games and scored 70.7 PPR points, 5.4 a game, finishing TE41.

He caught 28 of 42 targets for 307 yards and 2 touchdowns, with 7 red zone targets.

That came to 3.2 targets a game, a 67 percent catch rate and 11.0 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 38 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

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.

Mike Gesicki was available for 6 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Mike Gesicki scored 5.4 PPR points a game and Jalen Royals 0.3, 5.1 a game between them.

Mike Gesicki is a tight end and Jalen Royals a wide receiver, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Mike Gesicki is off in Week 6. No bye is listed for Jalen Royals.

What would change the answer

0.6 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.