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Start Jalen Royals or Isaiah Williams? Week 6

Updated Oct 16, 9:51 AM ET.

Start Isaiah Williams over Jalen Royals

Market projects
6.1
recent weeks avg
Snap share
75%
Through Week 5
Target share
10%
Through Week 5
Market projects
5.2
fantasy pts
Snap share
31%
Through Week 4
Target share
5%
Through Week 4

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Our Week 6 call

Start Isaiah Williams over Jalen Royals in Week 6.

Market-based projections have Isaiah Williams at 6.1 points and Jalen Royals at 5.2, a gap of 0.8. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. No player market is posted for Isaiah Williams this week yet, so his 6.1 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 3, 4 and 5 (6.5, 5.8 and 6.0); the call is rebuilt when his market posts.

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What the market projects

No Week 6 player market is posted for Isaiah Williams yet. His market-based projections were 6.5, 5.8 and 6.0 points in Weeks 3, 4 and 5, an average of 6.1, which stands in until his Week 6 market posts.

The market-based projection for Isaiah Williams is 0.1 touchdowns (12 market sources).

Player markets imply 5.2 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 and 1-2 receptions and 0.2 touchdowns (6, 6 and 13 market sources).

That puts Isaiah Williams 0.8 points ahead of Jalen Royals on these projections.

Injury status

Isaiah Williams is not on the injury report.

Jalen Royals is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 6

Through Week 5, Isaiah Williams played 75 percent of NYJ snaps, drew 10 percent of the targets, earned 13 percent of the air yards and had 4 percent of the red zone chances.

Isaiah Williams, Week 2 against GB: 61 of 74 snaps, 1 carry for 14 yards, 6 targets and 6 catches for 34 yards.

Isaiah Williams, Week 3 against DET: 59 of 66 snaps, 2 targets and 1 catch for 21 yards.

Isaiah Williams, Week 4 against CHI: 30 of 32 snaps, 3 targets and 2 catches for 73 yards, 1 touchdown.

Isaiah Williams, Week 5 against CLE: 43 of 70 snaps, 1 carry for 3 yards, 2 targets and 1 catch for 16 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, Isaiah Williams played 15 games for NYJ and scored 58.7 PPR points, 3.9 a game, finishing WR98.

He caught 26 of 36 targets for 193 yards and 0 touchdowns, with 1 red zone target and 74 air yards.

He was on the field for 36 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

On the draft board

Ranked ahead

WR47 · KC · bye unlisted

2026 vs anytime td line 1-3

Overall rank
139
Draft pick
no consensus
Tier
15

Ranked behind

WR · NYJ · bye unlisted

2026 vs anytime td line 1-4

Overall rank
not on the board
Draft pick
no consensus
Tier
not tiered

The board cards are draft figures, not the week's call. Locks at kickoff, graded after. When the start/sit engine grades week 6, the call and the result appear on the public record, wrong ones included.

The gap between them

  • Spots apart on the boardone of them is not on the board
  • Pick differencenot comparable without a consensus on both
  • Tiersnot tiered
  • Board size229 draftable players

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