Start Elic Ayomanor or Makai Lemon? Week 6

Our Week 6 call

Start Elic Ayomanor over Makai Lemon in Week 6.

Market-based projections have Elic Ayomanor at 4.0 points and Makai Lemon at 3.9, 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 4.1 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, 11 and 13 market sources).

Player markets imply 3.9 fantasy points for Makai Lemon, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

The market-based projection for Makai Lemon is 16 receiving yards, 1-2 receptions and 0.1 touchdowns (11, 11 and 13 market sources).

That puts Elic Ayomanor 0.1 points ahead of Makai Lemon on the market projections.

Week 6 matchups

Makai Lemon 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

Elic Ayomanor is not on the injury report.

Makai Lemon 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, Makai Lemon played 70 percent of PHI snaps, drew 15 percent of the targets, earned 10 percent of the air yards and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

Makai Lemon, Week 2 against TEN: 48 of 76 snaps, 1 carry for -5 yards, 1 target and 1 catch for 14 yards.

Makai Lemon, Week 3 against CHI: 35 of 50 snaps, 4 targets and 3 catches for 29 yards.

Makai Lemon, Week 4 against LAR: 45 of 61 snaps, 6 targets and 3 catches for 27 yards.

Makai Lemon, Week 5 against JAX: 50 of 62 snaps, 7 targets and 5 catches for 43 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.

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 Makai Lemon.
• Start Brian Thomas Jr. over Makai Lemon.
• Start Chris Godwin Jr. over Makai Lemon.