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Start Jalen Royals or Jalen Brooks? Week 6

Updated Oct 16, 9:31 AM ET.

Start Jalen Royals over Jalen Brooks

Market projects
5.2
fantasy pts
Snap share
31%
Through Week 4
Target share
5%
Through Week 4
Market projects
4.5
fantasy pts
Snap share
15%
Through Week 5
Target share
4%
Through Week 5

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Our Week 6 call

Start Jalen Royals over Jalen Brooks in Week 6.

Market-based projections have Jalen Royals at 5.2 points and Jalen Brooks at 4.5, a gap of 0.7. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip.

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What the market projects

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, 1-2 receptions and 0.2 touchdowns (6, 6 and 13 market sources).

Player markets imply 4.5 fantasy points for Jalen Brooks, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

The market-based projection for Jalen Brooks is 21 receiving yards, 1-2 receptions and 0.1 touchdowns (12, 13 and 13 market sources).

That puts Jalen Royals 0.7 points ahead of Jalen Brooks on the market projections.

Injury status

Jalen Royals is not on the injury report.

Jalen Brooks is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 6

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.

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, 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.

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

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

WR48 · ARI · bye unlisted

2026 vs anytime td line 0-5

Overall rank
146
Draft pick
no consensus
Tier
16

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 board7
  • Pick differencenot comparable without a consensus on both
  • Tierstier 15 and tier 16
  • Board size229 draftable players

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Week 6 on the board

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