Start Courtland Sutton or Terry McLaurin? Week 6

Our Week 6 call

Start Terry McLaurin over Courtland Sutton in Week 6.

Market-based projections have Terry McLaurin at 9.5 points and Courtland Sutton at 8.5, a gap of 1.0. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. No player market is posted for Terry McLaurin this week yet, so his 9.5 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 3, 4 and 5 (7.9, 11.1 and 9.5); the call is rebuilt when his market posts.

What the market projects

No Week 6 player market is posted for Terry McLaurin yet. His market-based projections were 7.9, 11.1 and 9.5 points in Weeks 3, 4 and 5, an average of 9.5, which stands in until his Week 6 market posts.

The market gives Terry McLaurin a 33% chance to score a touchdown (12 market sources).

Player markets imply 8.5 fantasy points for Courtland Sutton, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

The market-based projection for Courtland Sutton is 33 receiving yards and 3-4 receptions, with a 27% chance to score a touchdown (13, 10 and 12 market sources).

That puts Terry McLaurin 1.0 points ahead of Courtland Sutton on these projections.

Injury status

Terry McLaurin is not on the injury report.

Courtland Sutton is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 6

Through Week 5, Terry McLaurin played 73 percent of WAS snaps, drew 22 percent of the targets, earned 29 percent of the air yards and had 9 percent of the red zone chances.

Terry McLaurin, Week 1 against PHI: 61 of 70 snaps, 4 targets and 2 catches for 14 yards.

Terry McLaurin, Week 2 against DAL: 50 of 71 snaps, 9 targets and 2 catches for 50 yards.

Terry McLaurin, Week 3 against SEA: 52 of 69 snaps, 9 targets and 6 catches for 77 yards, 1 touchdown.

Terry McLaurin, Week 5 against NYG: 36 of 62 snaps, 4 targets and 4 catches for 62 yards.

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.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Terry McLaurin played 10 games for WAS and scored 114.2 PPR points, 11.4 a game, finishing WR56.

He caught 38 of 60 targets for 582 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 7 red zone targets and 489 air yards.

He was on the field for 70 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

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 Terry McLaurin over Adonai Mitchell.
• Start Carnell Tate over Terry McLaurin.
• Start Denzel Boston over Terry McLaurin.
• Start Courtland Sutton over Adonai Mitchell.
• Start Courtland Sutton over Brian Thomas Jr..
• Start Carnell Tate over Courtland Sutton.