Start Elic Ayomanor or Jerry Jeudy? Week 6

Our Week 6 call

Start Jerry Jeudy over Elic Ayomanor in Week 6.

Market-based projections have Jerry Jeudy at 3.7 points and Elic Ayomanor at 4.0, a gap of 0.4. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. No player market is posted for Jerry Jeudy this week yet, so his 3.7 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 3, 4 and 5 (4.0, 3.5 and 3.5); the call is rebuilt when his market posts.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 4.1 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, 1-2 receptions and 0.2 touchdowns (10, 10 and 13 market sources).

No Week 6 player market is posted for Jerry Jeudy yet. His market-based projections were 4.0, 3.5 and 3.5 points in Weeks 3, 4 and 5, an average of 3.7, which stands in until his Week 6 market posts.

The market-based projection for Jerry Jeudy is 0.1 touchdowns (13 market sources).

That puts Elic Ayomanor 0.4 points ahead of Jerry Jeudy on these projections.

Week 6 matchups

Jerry Jeudy and CLE host BAL on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

BAL allowed 36.2 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 5 games, the 9th most in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 184 yards and 0.4 touchdowns a game against BAL.

Injury status

Elic Ayomanor is not on the injury report.

Jerry Jeudy 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, Jerry Jeudy played 58 percent of CLE snaps, drew 10 percent of the targets, earned 13 percent of the air yards and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

Jerry Jeudy, Week 2 against TB: 34 of 58 snaps, 1 target and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Jerry Jeudy, Week 3 against CAR: 36 of 70 snaps, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Jerry Jeudy, Week 4 against PIT: 24 of 64 snaps, 3 targets and 3 catches for 36 yards.

Jerry Jeudy, Week 5 against NYJ: 55 of 68 snaps, 7 targets and 3 catches for 19 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, Jerry Jeudy played 17 games for CLE and scored 120.7 PPR points, 7.1 a game, finishing WR52.

He caught 50 of 106 targets for 602 yards and 2 touchdowns, with 9 red zone targets and 436 air yards.

He was on the field for 85 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 Jerry Jeudy.
• Start Brian Thomas Jr. over Jerry Jeudy.
• Start Jerry Jeudy over Calvin Ridley.