Start Dontayvion Wicks or Jaylin Noel? Week 6

Our Week 6 call

Start Jaylin Noel over Dontayvion Wicks in Week 6.

Market-based projections have Jaylin Noel at 6.4 points and Dontayvion Wicks at 6.9, a gap of 0.5. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. 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 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).

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 0.2 touchdowns (13 market sources).

That puts Dontayvion Wicks 0.5 points ahead of Jaylin Noel on these 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.

Jaylin Noel 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 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, 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, 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 Dontayvion Wicks over Adonai Mitchell.
• Start Carnell Tate over Dontayvion Wicks.
• Start Chris Godwin Jr. over Dontayvion Wicks.
• Start Chris Godwin Jr. over Jaylin Noel.
• Start Jaylin Noel over Cooper Kupp.
• Start Courtland Sutton over Jaylin Noel.