Start Elic Ayomanor or Jalen Brooks? Week 6

Our Week 6 call

Start Elic Ayomanor over Jalen Brooks in Week 6.

Market-based projections have Elic Ayomanor at 4.0 points and Jalen Brooks at 3.8, a gap of 0.1. 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 4.0 fantasy points for Elic Ayomanor, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

The market-based projection for Elic Ayomanor is 16 receiving yards and 1-2 receptions, with a 14% chance to score a touchdown (11, 10 and 13 market sources).

Player markets imply 3.8 fantasy points for Jalen Brooks, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

The market-based projection for Jalen Brooks is 16 receiving yards and 1-2 receptions, with a 12% chance to score a touchdown (10, 9 and 13 market sources).

That puts Elic Ayomanor 0.1 points ahead of Jalen Brooks on the market projections.

Injury status

Elic Ayomanor is not on the injury report.

Jalen Brooks is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 6

Through Week 5, Elic Ayomanor played 60 percent of TEN snaps, drew 8 percent of the targets, earned 14 percent of the air yards and had 14 percent of the red zone chances.

Elic Ayomanor, Week 2 against PHI: 28 of 53 snaps, 3 targets and 2 catches for 69 yards.

Elic Ayomanor, Week 3 against NYG: 48 of 60 snaps, 3 targets and 1 catch for 11 yards.

Elic Ayomanor, Week 4 against BAL: 40 of 64 snaps, 1 target and 1 catch for 22 yards.

Elic Ayomanor, Week 5 against HOU: 33 of 63 snaps, 2 targets and 1 catch for 17 yards.

Through Week 5, Jalen Brooks played 15 percent of ARI snaps, drew 4 percent of the targets, earned 8 percent of the air yards and had 3 percent of the red zone chances.

Jalen Brooks, Week 2 against SEA: 2 of 50 snaps, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Jalen Brooks, Week 3 against SF: 4 of 87 snaps, 1 target and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Jalen Brooks, Week 4 against NYG: 3 of 66 snaps, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Jalen Brooks, Week 5 against DET: 39 of 73 snaps, 7 targets and 2 catches for 16 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Elic Ayomanor played 16 games for TEN and scored 116.5 PPR points, 7.3 a game, finishing WR55.

He caught 41 of 89 targets for 515 yards and 4 touchdowns, with 8 red zone targets and 400 air yards.

He was on the field for 79 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

In 2025, Jalen Brooks played 6 games for ARI and scored 6.1 PPR points, 1.0 a game.

He caught 3 of 6 targets for 51 yards and 0 touchdowns, with 0 red zone targets and 32 air yards.

He was on the field for 32 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 6 calls

• Start Bo Melton over Elic Ayomanor.
• Start Brian Thomas Jr. over Elic Ayomanor.
• Start Elic Ayomanor over Calvin Ridley.
• Start Bo Melton over Jalen Brooks.
• Start Brian Thomas Jr. over Jalen Brooks.
• Start Jalen Brooks over Calvin Ridley.