Start Jalen Royals or Cody White? Week 6

Our Week 6 call

Start Jalen Royals over Cody White in Week 6.

Market-based projections have Jalen Royals at 6.2 points and Cody White at 4.0, a gap of 2.2. No player market is posted for Cody White this week yet, so his 4.0 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 4 and 5 (3.0 and 5.0); the call is rebuilt when his market posts.

What the market projects

No Week 6 player market is posted for Cody White yet. His market-based projections were 3.0 and 5.0 points in Weeks 4 and 5, an average of 4.0, which stands in until his Week 6 market posts.

The market-based projection for Cody White is 0.1 touchdowns (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, 2-3 receptions and 0.2 touchdowns (8, 7 and 13 market sources).

That puts Jalen Royals 2.2 points ahead of Cody White on these projections.

Injury status

Cody White is not on the injury report.

Jalen Royals is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 6

Through Week 5, Cody White played 35 percent of LV snaps, drew 8 percent of the targets, earned 10 percent of the air yards and had 9 percent of the red zone chances.

Cody White, Week 2 against LAC: 7 of 63 snaps, 2 targets and 2 catches for 24 yards, 2 touchdowns.

Cody White, Week 3 against NO: 15 of 70 snaps, 3 targets and 1 catch for 4 yards, 1 touchdown.

Cody White, Week 4 against KC: 52 of 84 snaps, 4 targets and 2 catches for 36 yards.

Cody White, Week 5 against NE: 37 of 60 snaps, 4 targets and 2 catches for 44 yards.

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, Cody White played 10 games for SEA and scored 18.0 PPR points, 1.8 a game.

He caught 3 of 4 targets for 90 yards and 1 touchdown, with 0 red zone targets and 32 air yards.

He was on the field for 27 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

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

• Start Bo Melton over Cody White.
• Start Brian Thomas Jr. over Cody White.
• Start Cody White over Calvin Ridley.
• Start Jalen Royals over Bo Melton.
• Start Jalen Royals over Brian Thomas Jr..
• Start Chris Godwin Jr. over Jalen Royals.