Should I start Jaylin Noel or Jerry Jeudy in Week 6?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Jaylin Noel: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 214th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Jerry Jeudy: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 219th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Jaylin Noel is 1.0 PPR points a game off 1 market across 13 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 Jerry Jeudy is 0.7 PPR points a game off 1 market across 13 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.

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

This season through Week 5

Through Week 5, Jaylin Noel has been on the field for 45 percent of HOU snaps, drawn 10 percent of the targets and had 6 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 5 of the offence's 39 third down targets, had 0 of its 7 chances inside the five and seen 6 of its 30 two minute targets.

His 17 targets have averaged 10.1 air yards.

In Week 3 against IND he carried 1 time for 8 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 17 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against DAL he carried 1 time for 4 yards, caught 3 of 3 targets for 85 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against TEN he carried 1 time for 1 yards, caught 5 of 5 targets for 41 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Through Week 5, Jerry Jeudy has been on the field for 58 percent of CLE snaps, drawn 10 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 1 of the offence's 35 third down targets, had 0 of its 7 chances inside the five and seen 6 of its 22 two minute targets.

His 15 targets have averaged 9.0 air yards.

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

In Week 4 against PIT he caught 3 of 3 targets for 36 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against NYJ he caught 3 of 7 targets for 19 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Jaylin Noel played 17 games and scored 68.4 PPR points, 4.0 a game, finishing WR91.

He caught 26 of 35 targets for 292 yards and 2 touchdowns, with 5 red zone targets.

That came to 2.1 targets a game, a 74 percent catch rate and 11.2 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 27 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 Jerry Jeudy played 17 games and scored 120.7 PPR points, 7.1 a game, finishing WR52.

He caught 50 of 106 targets for 602 yards and 2 touchdowns, with 9 red zone targets.

That came to 6.2 targets a game, a 47 percent catch rate and 12.0 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 85 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Both were available for 17 games that season.

Head to head

In 2025 Jerry Jeudy scored 7.1 PPR points a game and Jaylin Noel 4.0, 3.1 a game between them.

Jaylin Noel finished WR91 that year and Jerry Jeudy WR52.

Jerry Jeudy had 71 more targets than Jaylin Noel, 106 to 35.

Jerry Jeudy had 310 more receiving yards than Jaylin Noel, 602 to 292.

This season Jerry Jeudy holds the bigger snap share, 58 percent against 45 percent.

Their target share this season is the same, 10 percent each.

Byes and availability

Jaylin Noel is off in Week 8 and Jerry Jeudy in Week 11, so either can cover the other's bye.