Start Josh Downs or Romeo Doubs? Week 6

Our Week 6 call

Start Josh Downs over Romeo Doubs in Week 6.

Market-based projections have Josh Downs at 12.2 points and Romeo Doubs at 7.6, a gap of 4.7. Drafters take Josh Downs at ADP 96 and Romeo Doubs at 114.

What the market projects

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

The market-based projection for Josh Downs is 52 receiving yards, 4-5 receptions and 0.4 touchdowns (14, 12 and 14 market sources).

Player markets imply 7.6 fantasy points for Romeo Doubs, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

The market-based projection for Romeo Doubs is 32 receiving yards, 2-3 receptions and 0.3 touchdowns (13, 14 and 14 market sources).

That puts Josh Downs 4.7 points ahead of Romeo Doubs on the market projections.

Week 6 matchups

Josh Downs and IND host TEN on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

TEN allowed 35.9 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 5 games, the 11th most in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 174 yards and 0.8 touchdowns a game against TEN.

Romeo Doubs and NE host NYJ on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

NYJ allowed 28.5 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 5 games, the 10th fewest in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 129 yards and 0.8 touchdowns a game against NYJ.

By points allowed to the position, Josh Downs has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Josh Downs is not on the injury report.

Romeo Doubs is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 6

Through Week 5, Josh Downs played 80 percent of IND snaps, drew 20 percent of the targets, earned 29 percent of the air yards and had 9 percent of the red zone chances.

Josh Downs, Week 2 against KC: 54 of 65 snaps, 9 targets and 7 catches for 72 yards.

Josh Downs, Week 3 against HOU: 48 of 71 snaps, 11 targets and 5 catches for 77 yards.

Josh Downs, Week 4 against WAS: 51 of 66 snaps, 4 targets and 3 catches for 16 yards.

Josh Downs, Week 5 against PIT: 60 of 71 snaps, 6 targets and 3 catches for 47 yards.

Through Week 5, Romeo Doubs played 69 percent of NE snaps, drew 15 percent of the targets, earned 26 percent of the air yards and had 14 percent of the red zone chances.

Romeo Doubs, Week 2 against PIT: 37 of 55 snaps, 4 targets and 3 catches for 96 yards.

Romeo Doubs, Week 3 against JAX: 46 of 63 snaps, 4 targets and 3 catches for 49 yards.

Romeo Doubs, Week 4 against BUF: 49 of 76 snaps, 9 targets and 6 catches for 58 yards, 2 touchdowns.

Romeo Doubs, Week 5 against LV: 62 of 75 snaps, 3 targets and 1 catch for 16 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Josh Downs played 16 games for IND and scored 136.4 PPR points, 8.5 a game, finishing WR44.

He caught 58 of 88 targets for 566 yards and 4 touchdowns, with 14 red zone targets and 422 air yards.

He was on the field for 58 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

In 2025, Romeo Doubs played 16 games for GB and scored 165.4 PPR points, 10.3 a game, finishing WR37.

He caught 55 of 85 targets for 724 yards and 6 touchdowns, with 17 red zone targets and 561 air yards.

He was on the field for 78 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 6 calls

• Start Josh Downs over Adonai Mitchell.
• Start A.J. Brown over Josh Downs.
• Start Josh Downs over Carnell Tate.
• Start Carnell Tate over Romeo Doubs.
• Start Chris Godwin Jr. over Romeo Doubs.
• Start Christian Watson over Romeo Doubs.