Should I start Josh Downs or Wan'Dale Robinson in Week 6?

The market-based projections

Josh Downs's market-based projection is 12.2 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 14 market sources. That is the 61st highest figure of the 210 players with a market-based projection.

Wan'Dale Robinson's market-based projection is 9.9 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 14 market sources. That is the 93rd highest figure of the 210 players with a market-based projection.

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Josh Downs, and the board ranks him 54th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Wan'Dale Robinson, and the board ranks him 88th overall on the rest of his evidence.

This season through Week 5

Through Week 5, Josh Downs has been on the field for 80 percent of IND snaps, drawn 20 percent of the targets and had 9 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 12 of the offence's 41 third down targets, had 0 of its 16 chances inside the five and seen 2 of its 16 two minute targets.

His 34 targets have averaged 11.1 air yards.

In Week 3 against HOU he caught 5 of 11 targets for 77 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against WAS he caught 3 of 4 targets for 16 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against PIT he caught 3 of 6 targets for 47 yards and did not score.

Through Week 5, Wan'Dale Robinson has been on the field for 68 percent of TEN snaps, drawn 21 percent of the targets and had 9 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 9 of the offence's 40 third down targets, had 2 of its 12 chances inside the five and seen 6 of its 29 two minute targets.

His 30 targets have averaged 6.0 air yards.

In Week 3 against NYG he caught 7 of 11 targets for 57 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 4 against BAL he carried 1 time for 1 yards, caught 3 of 5 targets for 19 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 5 against HOU he caught 6 of 7 targets for 53 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Josh Downs played 16 games and scored 136.4 PPR points, 8.5 a game, finishing WR44.

He caught 58 of 88 targets for 566 yards and 4 touchdowns, with 14 red zone targets.

That came to 5-6 targets a game, a 66 percent catch rate and 9.8 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 58 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 Wan'Dale Robinson played 16 games and scored 217.9 PPR points, 13.6 a game, finishing WR14.

He caught 92 of 140 targets for 1014 yards and 4 touchdowns, with 11 red zone targets.

That came to 8.8 targets a game, a 66 percent catch rate and 11.0 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 91 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Both were available for 16 games that season.

Head to head

In 2025 Wan'Dale Robinson scored 13.6 PPR points a game and Josh Downs 8.5, 5.1 a game between them.

Josh Downs finished WR44 that year and Wan'Dale Robinson WR14.

Wan'Dale Robinson had 52 more targets than Josh Downs, 140 to 88.

Wan'Dale Robinson had 448 more receiving yards than Josh Downs, 1014 to 566.

This season Josh Downs holds the bigger snap share, 80 percent against 68 percent.

This season Wan'Dale Robinson holds the bigger target share, 21 percent against 20 percent.

Byes and availability

Josh Downs is off in Week 13 and Wan'Dale Robinson in Week 9, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

2.3 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.