Start Jalen Royals or Brian Thomas Jr.? Week 6
Start Jalen Royals over Brian Thomas Jr.
- Market projects
- 5.2
- fantasy pts
- Snap share
- 31%
- Through Week 4
- Target share
- 5%
- Through Week 4
- Market projects
- 4.4
- fantasy pts
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Our Week 6 call
Start Jalen Royals over Brian Thomas Jr. in Week 6.
Market-based projections have Jalen Royals at 5.2 points and Brian Thomas Jr. at 4.4, 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 4.4 fantasy points for Brian Thomas Jr., with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.
The market-based projection for Brian Thomas Jr. is 18 receiving yards, 1-2 receptions and 0.2 touchdowns (12, 13 and 13 market sources).
That puts Jalen Royals 0.9 points ahead of Brian Thomas Jr. on the market projections.
Injury status
Jalen Royals is not on the injury report.
Brian Thomas Jr. 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.
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.
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
WR49 · JAX · bye 7
2026 vs anytime td line 1-4
- Overall rank
- 148
- 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 board9
- Pick differencenot comparable without a consensus on both
- Tierstier 15 and tier 16
- Board size229 draftable players
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