Start Courtland Sutton or Jaylin Noel? Week 6

Our Week 6 call

Start Courtland Sutton over Jaylin Noel in Week 6.

Market-based projections have Courtland Sutton at 8.3 points and Jaylin Noel at 6.4, a gap of 2.0. No player market is posted for Jaylin Noel this week yet, so his 6.4 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 3, 4 and 5 (6.4, 8.1 and 4.6); the call is rebuilt when his market posts.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 8.3 fantasy points for Courtland Sutton, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

The market-based projection for Courtland Sutton is 32 receiving yards, 3-4 receptions and 0.3 touchdowns (12, 11 and 12 market sources).

No Week 6 player market is posted for Jaylin Noel yet. His market-based projections were 6.4, 8.1 and 4.6 points in Weeks 3, 4 and 5, an average of 6.4, which stands in until his Week 6 market posts.

The market-based projection for Jaylin Noel is 0.1 touchdowns (13 market sources).

That puts Courtland Sutton 2.0 points ahead of Jaylin Noel on these projections.

Injury status

Courtland Sutton is not on the injury report.

Jaylin Noel is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 6

Through Week 5, Courtland Sutton played 78 percent of DEN snaps, drew 17 percent of the targets, earned 33 percent of the air yards and had 15 percent of the red zone chances.

Courtland Sutton, Week 2 against JAX: 45 of 62 snaps, 4 targets and 3 catches for 25 yards.

Courtland Sutton, Week 3 against LAR: 58 of 67 snaps, 7 targets and 3 catches for 46 yards.

Courtland Sutton, Week 4 against SF: 48 of 65 snaps, 6 targets and 1 catch for 4 yards.

Courtland Sutton, Week 5 against LAC: 50 of 62 snaps, 3 targets and 2 catches for 18 yards, 1 touchdown.

Through Week 5, Jaylin Noel played 45 percent of HOU snaps, drew 10 percent of the targets, earned 10 percent of the air yards and had 6 percent of the red zone chances.

Jaylin Noel, Week 2 against CIN: 48 of 80 snaps, 1 carry for 13 yards, 5 targets and 1 catch for 31 yards.

Jaylin Noel, Week 3 against IND: 14 of 54 snaps, 1 carry for 8 yards, 2 targets and 2 catches for 17 yards.

Jaylin Noel, Week 4 against DAL: 34 of 55 snaps, 1 carry for 4 yards, 3 targets and 3 catches for 85 yards.

Jaylin Noel, Week 5 against TEN: 30 of 66 snaps, 1 carry for 1 yards, 5 targets and 5 catches for 41 yards, 1 touchdown.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Courtland Sutton played 17 games for DEN and scored 219.7 PPR points, 12.9 a game, finishing WR13.

He caught 74 of 124 targets for 1017 yards and 7 touchdowns, with 17 red zone targets and 795 air yards.

He was on the field for 86 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

In 2025, Jaylin Noel played 17 games for HOU and scored 68.4 PPR points, 4.0 a game, finishing WR91.

He caught 26 of 35 targets for 292 yards and 2 touchdowns, with 5 red zone targets and 193 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 Courtland Sutton over Adonai Mitchell.
• Start Courtland Sutton over Brian Thomas Jr..
• Start Carnell Tate over Courtland Sutton.
• Start Chris Godwin Jr. over Jaylin Noel.
• Start Jaylin Noel over Cooper Kupp.
• Start Jaylin Noel over DeMario Douglas.