Start Makai Lemon or Jaylin Noel? Week 6

Our Week 6 call

Start Jaylin Noel over Makai Lemon in Week 6.

Market-based projections have Jaylin Noel at 6.4 points and Makai Lemon at 3.9, a gap of 2.5. No player market is posted for Jaylin Noel this week yet, so his 6.4 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 3, 4 and 5 (6.4, 8.1 and 4.6); the call is rebuilt when his market posts.

What the market projects

No Week 6 player market is posted for Jaylin Noel yet. His market-based projections were 6.4, 8.1 and 4.6 points in Weeks 3, 4 and 5, an average of 6.4, which stands in until his Week 6 market posts.

The market-based projection for Jaylin Noel is 0.2 touchdowns (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 (8, 11 and 13 market sources).

That puts Jaylin Noel 2.5 points ahead of Makai Lemon on these 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

Jaylin Noel is not on the injury report.

Makai Lemon is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 6

Through Week 5, Jaylin Noel played 45 percent of HOU snaps, drew 10 percent of the targets, earned 10 percent of the air yards and had 6 percent of the red zone chances.

Jaylin Noel, Week 2 against CIN: 48 of 80 snaps, 1 carry for 13 yards, 5 targets and 1 catch for 31 yards.

Jaylin Noel, Week 3 against IND: 14 of 54 snaps, 1 carry for 8 yards, 2 targets and 2 catches for 17 yards.

Jaylin Noel, Week 4 against DAL: 34 of 55 snaps, 1 carry for 4 yards, 3 targets and 3 catches for 85 yards.

Jaylin Noel, Week 5 against TEN: 30 of 66 snaps, 1 carry for 1 yards, 5 targets and 5 catches for 41 yards, 1 touchdown.

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, Jaylin Noel played 17 games for HOU and scored 68.4 PPR points, 4.0 a game, finishing WR91.

He caught 26 of 35 targets for 292 yards and 2 touchdowns, with 5 red zone targets and 193 air yards.

He was on the field for 27 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 6 calls

• Start Chris Godwin Jr. over Jaylin Noel.
• Start Jaylin Noel over Cooper Kupp.
• Start Courtland Sutton over Jaylin Noel.
• Start Bo Melton over Makai Lemon.
• Start Brian Thomas Jr. over Makai Lemon.
• Start Chris Godwin Jr. over Makai Lemon.