Start Kendrick Bourne or Quentin Johnston? Week 6

Our Week 6 call

Start Kendrick Bourne over Quentin Johnston in Week 6.

Market-based projections have Kendrick Bourne at 7.8 points and Quentin Johnston at 7.7, a gap of 0.1. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 7.8 fantasy points for Kendrick Bourne, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

The market-based projection for Kendrick Bourne is 34 receiving yards, 3-4 receptions and 0.2 touchdowns (13, 11 and 13 market sources).

Player markets imply 7.7 fantasy points for Quentin Johnston, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

The market-based projection for Quentin Johnston is 37 receiving yards, 2-3 receptions and 0.2 touchdowns (10, 11 and 11 market sources).

That puts Kendrick Bourne 0.1 points ahead of Quentin Johnston on the market projections.

Week 6 matchups

Quentin Johnston and LAC visit KC on Sunday at 4:25 PM ET.

KC allowed 21.0 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 4 games, the fewest in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 109 yards and no touchdowns a game against KC.

Injury status

Kendrick Bourne is not on the injury report.

Quentin Johnston is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 6

Through Week 5, Kendrick Bourne played 59 percent of ARI snaps, drew 11 percent of the targets, earned 9 percent of the air yards and had 7 percent of the red zone chances.

Kendrick Bourne, Week 2 against SEA: 30 of 50 snaps, 3 targets and 2 catches for 11 yards.

Kendrick Bourne, Week 3 against SF: 48 of 87 snaps, 3 targets and 2 catches for 22 yards.

Kendrick Bourne, Week 4 against NYG: 42 of 66 snaps, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Kendrick Bourne, Week 5 against DET: 36 of 73 snaps, 8 targets and 5 catches for 70 yards.

Through Week 4, Quentin Johnston played 80 percent of LAC snaps, drew 16 percent of the targets, earned 22 percent of the air yards and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

Quentin Johnston, Week 1 against ARI: 43 of 55 snaps, 6 targets and 2 catches for 17 yards.

Quentin Johnston, Week 2 against LV: 55 of 68 snaps, 1 carry for 7 yards, 5 targets and 1 catch for 7 yards.

Quentin Johnston, Week 3 against BUF: 60 of 69 snaps, 6 targets and 3 catches for 40 yards.

Quentin Johnston, Week 4 against SEA: 53 of 71 snaps, 1 carry for -4 yards, 2 targets and 1 catch for 44 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Kendrick Bourne played 16 games for SF and scored 92.1 PPR points, 5.8 a game, finishing WR68.

He caught 37 of 53 targets for 551 yards and 0 touchdowns, with 2 red zone targets and 386 air yards.

He was on the field for 57 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

In 2025, Quentin Johnston played 14 games for LAC and scored 171.2 PPR points, 12.2 a game, finishing WR34.

He caught 51 of 85 targets for 735 yards and 8 touchdowns, with 15 red zone targets and 514 air yards.

He was on the field for 77 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 6 calls

• Start Kendrick Bourne over Adonai Mitchell.
• Start Kendrick Bourne over Brian Thomas Jr..
• Start Carnell Tate over Kendrick Bourne.
• Start Chris Godwin Jr. over Quentin Johnston.
• Start Quentin Johnston over Cooper Kupp.
• Start Courtland Sutton over Quentin Johnston.