Start Courtland Sutton or Makai Lemon? Week 6

Our Week 6 call

Start Courtland Sutton over Makai Lemon in Week 6.

Market-based projections have Courtland Sutton at 8.4 points and Makai Lemon at 6.9, a gap of 1.5. No player market is posted for Makai Lemon this week yet, so his 6.9 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 3, 4 and 5 (6.9, 6.7 and 7.2); the call is rebuilt when his market posts.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 8.4 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 and 3-4 receptions, with a 27% chance to score a touchdown (13, 10 and 12 market sources).

No Week 6 player market is posted for Makai Lemon yet. His market-based projections were 6.9, 6.7 and 7.2 points in Weeks 3, 4 and 5, an average of 6.9, which stands in until his Week 6 market posts.

The market gives Makai Lemon a 21% chance to score a touchdown (3 market sources).

That puts Courtland Sutton 1.5 points ahead of Makai Lemon on these projections.

Injury status

Courtland Sutton is not on the injury report.

Makai Lemon 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, 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, 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.

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 Makai Lemon over Chris Godwin Jr..
• Start Makai Lemon over Cooper Kupp.
• Start Makai Lemon over DeMario Douglas.