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Start Kalif Raymond or Jalen Royals? Week 6

Updated Oct 16, 3:46 AM ET.

Start Kalif Raymond over Jalen Royals

Market projects
6.6
fantasy pts
Snap share
62%
Through Week 5
Target share
17%
Through Week 5
Market projects
6.2
fantasy pts
Snap share
31%
Through Week 4
Target share
5%
Through Week 4

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Our Week 6 call

Start Kalif Raymond over Jalen Royals in Week 6.

Market-based projections have Kalif Raymond at 6.6 points and Jalen Royals at 6.2, a gap of 0.3. 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 6.6 fantasy points for Kalif Raymond, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

The market-based projection for Kalif Raymond is 26 receiving yards and 2-3 receptions, with a 22% chance to score a touchdown (13, 10 and 12 market sources).

Player markets imply 6.2 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 2-3 receptions, with a 18% chance to score a touchdown (5, 5 and 13 market sources).

That puts Kalif Raymond 0.3 points ahead of Jalen Royals on the market projections.

Injury status

Kalif Raymond is not on the injury report.

Jalen Royals is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 6

Through Week 5, Kalif Raymond played 62 percent of CHI snaps, drew 17 percent of the targets, earned 14 percent of the air yards and had 7 percent of the red zone chances.

Kalif Raymond, Week 2 against MIN: 46 of 74 snaps, 5 targets and 5 catches for 40 yards.

Kalif Raymond, Week 3 against PHI: 54 of 72 snaps, 7 targets and 6 catches for 90 yards, 1 touchdown.

Kalif Raymond, Week 4 against NYJ: 47 of 93 snaps, 2 targets and 2 catches for 6 yards.

Kalif Raymond, Week 5 against GB: 47 of 69 snaps, 1 carry for -2 yards, 4 targets and 3 catches for 6 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, Kalif Raymond played 15 games for DET and scored 66.8 PPR points, 4.5 a game, finishing WR94.

He caught 24 of 30 targets for 289 yards and 1 touchdown, with 2 red zone targets and 132 air yards.

He was on the field for 38 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.

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On the draft board

Ranked ahead

WR42 · CHI · bye unlisted

2026 vs anytime td line 1-4

Overall rank
120
Draft pick
no consensus
Tier
11

Ranked behind

WR43 · KC · bye unlisted

2026 vs anytime td line 1-3

Overall rank
126
Draft pick
no consensus
Tier
11

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 board6
  • Pick differencenot comparable without a consensus on both
  • Tiersboth in tier 11
  • Board size229 draftable players

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