Start Jalen Coker or Luther Burden III? Week 6

Our Week 6 call

Start Luther Burden III over Jalen Coker in Week 6.

Market-based projections have Luther Burden III at 11.9 points and Jalen Coker at 12.2, a gap of 0.3. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. Drafters take Luther Burden III at ADP 51 and Jalen Coker at 126.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 12.2 fantasy points for Jalen Coker, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

The market-based projection for Jalen Coker is 57 receiving yards, 4-5 receptions and 0.3 touchdowns (13, 10 and 13 market sources).

Player markets imply 11.9 fantasy points for Luther Burden III, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

The market-based projection for Luther Burden III is 51 receiving yards, 4-5 receptions and 0.4 touchdowns (13, 11 and 13 market sources).

That puts Jalen Coker 0.3 points ahead of Luther Burden III on the market projections.

Week 6 matchups

Jalen Coker and CAR visit PHI on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

PHI allowed 38.2 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 5 games, the 5th most in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 171 yards and 1.2 touchdowns a game against PHI.

Luther Burden III and CHI visit ATL on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

ATL allowed 37.7 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 5 games, the 6th most in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 181 yards and 0.8 touchdowns a game against ATL.

By points allowed to the position, Jalen Coker has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Jalen Coker is not on the injury report.

Luther Burden III is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 6

Through Week 3, Jalen Coker played 64 percent of CAR snaps, drew 20 percent of the targets, earned 23 percent of the air yards and had 16 percent of the red zone chances.

Jalen Coker, Week 1 against CHI: 57 of 68 snaps, 9 targets and 8 catches for 138 yards, 2 touchdowns.

Jalen Coker, Week 2 against ATL: 50 of 66 snaps, 9 targets and 8 catches for 66 yards.

Jalen Coker, Week 3 against CLE: 28 of 77 snaps, 4 targets and 2 catches for 18 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Jalen Coker played 11 games for CAR and scored 90.4 PPR points, 8.2 a game, finishing WR69.

He caught 33 of 43 targets for 394 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 3 red zone targets and 292 air yards.

He was on the field for 68 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

In 2025, Luther Burden III played 15 games for CHI and scored 127.9 PPR points, 8.5 a game, finishing WR48.

He caught 47 of 60 targets for 652 yards and 2 touchdowns, with 4 red zone targets and 318 air yards.

He was on the field for 39 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Luther Burden III, Week 18 of 2025 against DET: 1 carry for 10 yards, 4 targets and 3 catches for 35 yards, 7.5 PPR points.

Luther Burden III, Week 17 of 2025 against SF: 38 of 66 snaps, 9 targets and 8 catches for 138 yards, 1 touchdown, 27.8 PPR points.

Luther Burden III, Week 15 of 2025 against CLE: 26 of 66 snaps, 7 targets and 6 catches for 84 yards, 14.4 PPR points.

Their other Week 6 calls

• Start Jalen Coker over Adonai Mitchell.
• Start Carnell Tate over Jalen Coker.
• Start Davante Adams over Jalen Coker.
• Start Luther Burden III over Carnell Tate.
• Start CeeDee Lamb over Luther Burden III.
• Start Chris Olave over Luther Burden III.