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Should I start Keon Coleman or Kendrick Bourne in Week 6?

Updated Oct 19, 2:31 AM ET.

Week 6 verdict

Start Keon Coleman over Kendrick Bourne

Right: 15.9 to 9.7
Start

Keon Coleman

WR · final

Market projected
8.3
pre-game
Upside
Moderate
64 of 100 at WR
Snap share
64%
Through Week 5
Target share
14%
Through Week 5
Scored
15.9
PPR pts
Sit

Kendrick Bourne

WR · final

Market projected
7.5
pre-game
Upside
Rising
67 of 100 at WR
Snap share
59%
Through Week 5
Target share
11%
Through Week 5
Scored
9.7
PPR pts
Start Coleman or Bourne? The full Week 6 breakdown

Start Keon Coleman: 65 percent of the snaps and 15 percent of the targets over their last 3 games, against Kendrick Bourne's 56 percent of the snaps and 8 percent of the targets. No market projection is posted on either of them this week, so this is a usage call, and a lower confidence one than a call made on a projection. What follows is what each of them has done.

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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.

WR38 · BUF · bye 7

2026 vs anytime td line 3-3

Market-based projection
9.4 pts a game Wk 6 price
Overall rank
102

WR52 · ARI · bye 14

2026 vs anytime td line 0-6

Market-based projection
7.5 pts a game Wk 6 price
Overall rank
144

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The gap

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Draft data is not current for these two, so the figures that depend on it are left out. The call above comes from each player's usage.

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Keon Coleman, and the board ranks him 102nd overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Kendrick Bourne, and the board ranks him 144th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

No season market is posted for Keon Coleman, so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.

No season market is posted for Kendrick Bourne, so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.

Neither carries a posted market, so this page rests on the draft room and on what the two have already done.

This season through Week 5

Through Week 5, Keon Coleman has been on the field for 64 percent of BUF snaps, drawn 14 percent of the targets and had 6 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 7 of the offence's 35 third down targets, had 1 of its 18 chances inside the five and seen 4 of its 24 two minute targets.

His 18 targets have averaged 14.2 air yards.

In Week 3 against LAC he caught 1 of 2 targets for 37 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against NE he caught 6 of 7 targets for 116 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 5 against LAR he caught 1 of 2 targets for 7 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Through Week 5, Kendrick Bourne has been on the field for 59 percent of ARI snaps, drawn 11 percent of the targets and had 7 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 8 of the offence's 52 third down targets, had 0 of its 17 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 37 two minute targets.

His 22 targets have averaged 5.8 air yards.

In Week 3 against SF he caught 2 of 3 targets for 22 yards and did not score.

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

In Week 5 against DET he caught 5 of 8 targets for 70 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Keon Coleman played 13 games and scored 102.4 PPR points, 7.9 a game, finishing WR60.

He caught 38 of 59 targets for 404 yards and 4 touchdowns, with 9 red zone targets.

That came to 4-5 targets a game, a 64 percent catch rate and 10.6 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 64 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 Kendrick Bourne played 16 games and scored 92.1 PPR points, 5.8 a game, finishing WR68.

He caught 37 of 53 targets for 551 yards and 0 touchdowns, with 2 red zone targets.

That came to 3.3 targets a game, a 70 percent catch rate and 14.9 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 57 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Kendrick Bourne was available for 3 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Keon Coleman scored 7.9 PPR points a game and Kendrick Bourne 5.8, 2.1 a game between them.

Keon Coleman finished WR60 that year and Kendrick Bourne WR68.

Keon Coleman had 6 more targets than Kendrick Bourne, 59 to 53.

Kendrick Bourne had 147 more receiving yards than Keon Coleman, 551 to 404.

This season Keon Coleman holds the bigger snap share, 64 percent against 59 percent.

This season Keon Coleman holds the bigger target share, 14 percent against 11 percent.

Byes and availability

Keon Coleman is off in Week 7 and Kendrick Bourne in Week 14, so either can cover the other's bye.

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