Start Makai Lemon or Cody White? Week 6

Our Week 6 call

Start Cody White over Makai Lemon in Week 6.

Market-based projections have Cody White at 4.0 points and Makai Lemon at 3.9, a gap of 0.1. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. 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 3.9 fantasy points for Makai Lemon, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

The market-based projection for Makai Lemon is 16 receiving yards, 1-2 receptions and 0.1 touchdowns (11, 11 and 13 market sources).

That puts Cody White 0.1 points ahead of Makai Lemon on these projections.

Week 6 matchups

Makai Lemon and PHI host CAR on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

CAR allowed 28.4 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 4 games, the 9th fewest in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 152 yards and 0.3 touchdowns a game against CAR.

Injury status

Cody White is not on the injury report.

Makai Lemon 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 5, Makai Lemon played 70 percent of PHI snaps, drew 15 percent of the targets, earned 10 percent of the air yards and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

Makai Lemon, Week 2 against TEN: 48 of 76 snaps, 1 carry for -5 yards, 1 target and 1 catch for 14 yards.

Makai Lemon, Week 3 against CHI: 35 of 50 snaps, 4 targets and 3 catches for 29 yards.

Makai Lemon, Week 4 against LAR: 45 of 61 snaps, 6 targets and 3 catches for 27 yards.

Makai Lemon, Week 5 against JAX: 50 of 62 snaps, 7 targets and 5 catches for 43 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.

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 Bo Melton over Makai Lemon.
• Start Brian Thomas Jr. over Makai Lemon.
• Start Chris Godwin Jr. over Makai Lemon.