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Start Jalen Royals or Bo Melton? Week 6

Updated Oct 16, 9:31 AM ET.

Start Jalen Royals over Bo Melton

Market projects
5.2
fantasy pts
Snap share
31%
Through Week 4
Target share
5%
Through Week 4
Market projects
4.3
fantasy pts
Snap share
25%
Through Week 5
Target share
4%
Through Week 5

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Our Week 6 call

Start Jalen Royals over Bo Melton in Week 6.

Market-based projections have Jalen Royals at 5.2 points and Bo Melton at 4.3, a gap of 0.9. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip.

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What the market projects

Player markets imply 5.2 fantasy points for Jalen Royals, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

The market-based projection for Jalen Royals is 25 receiving yards, 1-2 receptions and 0.2 touchdowns (6, 6 and 13 market sources).

Player markets imply 4.3 fantasy points for Bo Melton, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

The market-based projection for Bo Melton is 16 receiving yards, 1-2 receptions and 0.2 touchdowns (13, 12 and 12 market sources).

That puts Jalen Royals 0.9 points ahead of Bo Melton on the market projections.

Injury status

Jalen Royals is not on the injury report.

Bo Melton is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 6

Through Week 4, Jalen Royals played 31 percent of KC snaps, drew 5 percent of the targets, earned 4 percent of the air yards and had 3 percent of the red zone chances.

Jalen Royals, Week 2 against IND: 12 of 80 snaps, 2 targets and 2 catches for 6 yards, 1 touchdown.

Jalen Royals, Week 3 against MIA: 10 of 52 snaps, 1 target and 1 catch for 11 yards.

Jalen Royals, Week 4 against LV: 38 of 60 snaps, 2 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Through Week 5, Bo Melton played 25 percent of GB snaps, drew 4 percent of the targets, earned 5 percent of the air yards and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

Bo Melton, Week 2 against NYJ: 9 of 59 snaps, 1 target and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Bo Melton, Week 3 against ATL: 21 of 66 snaps, 1 target and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Bo Melton, Week 4 against TB: 11 of 60 snaps, 1 target and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Bo Melton, Week 5 against CHI: 30 of 61 snaps, 4 targets and 3 catches for 20 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Jalen Royals played 7 games for KC 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 and 0 air yards.

He was on the field for 9 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

In 2025, Bo Melton played 16 games for GB and scored 24.2 PPR points, 1.5 a game, finishing WR146.

He caught 4 of 13 targets for 107 yards and 1 touchdown, with 0 red zone targets and 100 air yards.

He was on the field for 9 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 6 calls

On the draft board

Ranked ahead

WR47 · KC · bye unlisted

2026 vs anytime td line 1-3

Overall rank
139
Draft pick
no consensus
Tier
15

Ranked behind

WR50 · GB · bye unlisted

2026 vs anytime td line 0-5

Overall rank
149
Draft pick
no consensus
Tier
16

The board cards are draft figures, not the week's call. Locks at kickoff, graded after. When the start/sit engine grades week 6, the call and the result appear on the public record, wrong ones included.

The gap between them

  • Spots apart on the board10
  • Pick differencenot comparable without a consensus on both
  • Tierstier 15 and tier 16
  • Board size229 draftable players

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