Start Jalen Royals or DeMario Douglas? Week 6

Our Week 6 call

Start DeMario Douglas over Jalen Royals in Week 6.

Market-based projections have DeMario Douglas at 6.2 points and Jalen Royals at 5.2, a gap of 0.9. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. No player market is posted for DeMario Douglas this week yet, so his 6.2 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 3, 4 and 5 (6.1, 5.8 and 6.6); the call is rebuilt when his market posts.

What the market projects

No Week 6 player market is posted for DeMario Douglas yet. His market-based projections were 6.1, 5.8 and 6.6 points in Weeks 3, 4 and 5, an average of 6.2, which stands in until his Week 6 market posts.

The market-based projection for DeMario Douglas is 0.3 touchdowns (13 market sources).

Player markets imply 5.2 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 and 1-2 receptions and 0.2 touchdowns (6, 6 and 13 market sources).

That puts DeMario Douglas 0.9 points ahead of Jalen Royals on these projections.

Injury status

DeMario Douglas is not on the injury report.

Jalen Royals is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 6

Through Week 5, DeMario Douglas played 53 percent of NE snaps, drew 15 percent of the targets, earned 18 percent of the air yards and had 8 percent of the red zone chances.

DeMario Douglas, Week 2 against PIT: 26 of 55 snaps, 2 targets and 1 catch for 9 yards.

DeMario Douglas, Week 3 against JAX: 37 of 63 snaps, 5 targets and 1 catch for 38 yards.

DeMario Douglas, Week 4 against BUF: 35 of 76 snaps, 3 targets and 2 catches for 15 yards.

DeMario Douglas, Week 5 against LV: 37 of 75 snaps, 5 targets and 4 catches for 65 yards, 2 touchdowns.

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, DeMario Douglas played 17 games for NE and scored 95.8 PPR points, 5.6 a game, finishing WR65.

He caught 31 of 46 targets for 447 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 7 red zone targets and 233 air yards.

He was on the field for 26 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 DeMario Douglas over Chris Godwin Jr..
• Start DeMario Douglas over Cooper Kupp.
• Start DeMario Douglas over Isaiah Williams.
• Start Jalen Royals over Bo Melton.
• Start Jalen Royals over Brian Thomas Jr..
• Start Jalen Royals over Chris Godwin Jr..