Start Dontayvion Wicks or Jalen Royals? Week 6

Our Week 6 call

Start Jalen Royals over Dontayvion Wicks in Week 6.

Market-based projections have Jalen Royals at 6.3 points and Dontayvion Wicks at 6.9, a gap of 0.6. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 6.9 fantasy points for Dontayvion Wicks, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

The market-based projection for Dontayvion Wicks is 31 receiving yards, 2-3 receptions and 0.2 touchdowns (7, 11 and 12 market sources).

Player markets imply 6.3 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, 2-3 receptions and 0.2 touchdowns (12, 12 and 13 market sources).

That puts Dontayvion Wicks 0.6 points ahead of Jalen Royals on the market projections.

Week 6 matchups

Dontayvion Wicks 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

Dontayvion Wicks is not on the injury report.

Jalen Royals is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 6

Through Week 5, Dontayvion Wicks played 82 percent of PHI snaps, drew 20 percent of the targets, earned 31 percent of the air yards and had 10 percent of the red zone chances.

Dontayvion Wicks, Week 2 against TEN: 47 of 76 snaps, 6 targets and 5 catches for 74 yards.

Dontayvion Wicks, Week 3 against CHI: 44 of 50 snaps, 5 targets and 2 catches for 32 yards.

Dontayvion Wicks, Week 4 against LAR: 56 of 61 snaps, 5 targets and 3 catches for 18 yards.

Dontayvion Wicks, Week 5 against JAX: 52 of 62 snaps, 8 targets and 5 catches for 63 yards.

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, Dontayvion Wicks played 14 games for GB and scored 75.8 PPR points, 5.4 a game, finishing WR83.

He caught 30 of 46 targets for 332 yards and 2 touchdowns, with 4 red zone targets and 265 air yards.

He was on the field for 47 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 Dontayvion Wicks over Adonai Mitchell.
• Start Carnell Tate over Dontayvion Wicks.
• Start Chris Godwin Jr. over Dontayvion Wicks.
• Start Jalen Royals over Bo Melton.
• Start Jalen Royals over Brian Thomas Jr..
• Start Chris Godwin Jr. over Jalen Royals.