Start Chris Godwin Jr. or Jalen Royals? Week 6
Start Jalen Royals over Chris Godwin Jr.
- Market projects
- 6.2
- fantasy pts
- Snap share
- 31%
- Through Week 4
- Target share
- 5%
- Through Week 4
- Market projects
- 7.3
- fantasy pts
- PIT D vs WR
- 27.3
- 6th fewest to WRs (2026)
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Our Week 6 call
Start Jalen Royals over Chris Godwin Jr. in Week 6.
Market-based projections have Jalen Royals at 6.2 points and Chris Godwin Jr. at 7.3, a gap of 1.1. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip.
What the market projects
Player markets imply 7.3 fantasy points for Chris Godwin Jr., with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.
The market-based projection for Chris Godwin Jr. is 28 receiving yards and 3-4 receptions, with a 18% chance to score a touchdown (13, 10 and 13 market sources).
Player markets imply 6.2 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 and 2-3 receptions, with a 18% chance to score a touchdown (5, 5 and 13 market sources).
That puts Chris Godwin Jr. 1.1 points ahead of Jalen Royals on the market projections.
Week 6 matchups
Chris Godwin Jr. and TB host PIT on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.
PIT allowed 27.3 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 5 games, the 6th fewest in the league.
Receivers caught passes for 144 yards and 0.4 touchdowns a game against PIT.
Injury status
Chris Godwin Jr. is not on the injury report.
Jalen Royals 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, Chris Godwin Jr. played 9 games for TB and scored 83.0 PPR points, 9.2 a game, finishing WR78.
He caught 33 of 51 targets for 360 yards and 2 touchdowns, with 7 red zone targets and 154 air yards.
He was on the field for 71 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.
Chris Godwin Jr., Week 18 of 2025 against CAR: 47 of 67 snaps, 1 target and 1 catch for 8 yards, 1.8 PPR points.
Chris Godwin Jr., Week 17 of 2025 against MIA: 53 of 67 snaps, 8 targets and 7 catches for 108 yards, 1 touchdown, 23.8 PPR points.
Chris Godwin Jr., Week 16 of 2025 against CAR: 41 of 64 snaps, 6 targets and 5 catches for 30 yards, 8.0 PPR points.
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
WR39 · TB · bye 10
2026 vs anytime td line 0-5
- Overall rank
- 104
- Draft pick
- no consensus
- Tier
- 10
Ranked behind
WR43 · KC · bye unlisted
2026 vs anytime td line 1-3
- Overall rank
- 126
- Draft pick
- no consensus
- Tier
- 11
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 board22
- Pick differencenot comparable without a consensus on both
- Tierstier 10 and tier 11
- Board size229 draftable players
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