A.J. Brown or Rome Odunze: Week 6 result

Our Week 6 call

Start A.J. Brown over Rome Odunze in Week 6.

Market-based projections have A.J. Brown at 11.8 points and Rome Odunze at 10.4, a gap of 1.4. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. Drafters take A.J. Brown at ADP 17 and Rome Odunze at 54.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 11.8 fantasy points for A.J. Brown, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

The market-based projection for A.J. Brown is 52 receiving yards, 3-4 receptions and 0-1 touchdowns (12, 10 and 12 market sources).

Player markets imply 10.4 fantasy points for Rome Odunze, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

The market-based projection for Rome Odunze is 44 receiving yards, 3-4 receptions and 0.4 touchdowns (13, 12 and 14 market sources).

That puts A.J. Brown 1.4 points ahead of Rome Odunze on the market projections.

Week 6 matchups

A.J. Brown and NE host NYJ on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

NYJ allowed 28.5 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 5 games, the 10th fewest in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 129 yards and 0.8 touchdowns a game against NYJ.

Rome Odunze and CHI visit ATL on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

ATL allowed 37.7 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 5 games, the 6th most in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 181 yards and 0.8 touchdowns a game against ATL.

By points allowed to the position, Rome Odunze has the softer matchup.

Injury status

A.J. Brown is not on the injury report.

Rome Odunze is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 6

Through Week 1, A.J. Brown played 44 percent of NE snaps, drew 13 percent of the targets, earned 9 percent of the air yards and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

A.J. Brown, Week 1 against SEA: 31 of 71 snaps, 4 targets and 3 catches for 26 yards.

Through Week 5, Rome Odunze played 81 percent of CHI snaps, drew 18 percent of the targets, earned 32 percent of the air yards and had 5 percent of the red zone chances.

Rome Odunze, Week 2 against MIN: 62 of 74 snaps, 4 targets and 3 catches for 43 yards.

Rome Odunze, Week 3 against PHI: 61 of 72 snaps, 6 targets and 3 catches for 44 yards.

Rome Odunze, Week 4 against NYJ: 83 of 93 snaps, 7 targets and 6 catches for 94 yards.

Rome Odunze, Week 5 against GB: 68 of 69 snaps, 9 targets and 3 catches for 40 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, A.J. Brown played 15 games for PHI and scored 220.3 PPR points, 14.7 a game, finishing WR11.

He caught 78 of 121 targets for 1003 yards and 7 touchdowns, with 12 red zone targets and 735 air yards.

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

A.J. Brown, Week 17 of 2025 against BUF: 48 of 54 snaps, 7 targets and 5 catches for 68 yards, 11.8 PPR points.

A.J. Brown, Week 16 of 2025 against WAS: 61 of 70 snaps, 12 targets and 9 catches for 95 yards, 18.5 PPR points.

In 2025, Rome Odunze played 12 games for CHI and scored 146.1 PPR points, 12.2 a game, finishing WR41.

He caught 44 of 90 targets for 661 yards and 6 touchdowns, with 12 red zone targets and 447 air yards.

He was on the field for 82 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

How Week 6 went

A.J. Brown scored 5.7 PPR points and Rome Odunze scored 6.9.

The call was wrong: Rome Odunze outscored A.J. Brown by 1.2.

A.J. Brown finished 6.1 points below the 11.8 the market projected.

A.J. Brown, Week 6 against NYJ: 52 of 68 snaps, 10 targets and 3 catches for 27 yards, 5.7 PPR points.

A.J. Brown finished as the week's WR55 in PPR scoring.

Rome Odunze finished 3.5 points below the 10.4 the market projected.

Rome Odunze, Week 6 against ATL: 74 of 77 snaps, 4 targets and 3 catches for 39 yards, 6.9 PPR points.

Rome Odunze finished as the week's WR47 in PPR scoring.

Their other Week 6 calls

• Start A.J. Brown over Carnell Tate.
• Start A.J. Brown over Denzel Boston.
• Start A.J. Brown over Devaughn Vele.
• Start Rome Odunze over Adonai Mitchell.
• Start Rome Odunze over Brian Thomas Jr..
• Start Rome Odunze over Carnell Tate.