Start Ryan Flournoy or Makai Lemon? Week 6

Our Week 6 call

Start Ryan Flournoy over Makai Lemon in Week 6.

Market-based projections have Ryan Flournoy at 7.0 points and Makai Lemon at 6.9, a gap of 0.1. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. No player market is posted for Makai Lemon this week yet, so his 6.9 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 3, 4 and 5 (6.9, 6.7 and 7.2); the call is rebuilt when his market posts.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 7.1 fantasy points for Ryan Flournoy, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

The market-based projection for Ryan Flournoy is 32 receiving yards and 2-3 receptions, with a 19% chance to score a touchdown (9, 8 and 13 market sources).

No Week 6 player market is posted for Makai Lemon yet. His market-based projections were 6.9, 6.7 and 7.2 points in Weeks 3, 4 and 5, an average of 6.9, which stands in until his Week 6 market posts.

The market gives Makai Lemon a 21% chance to score a touchdown (3 market sources).

That puts Ryan Flournoy 0.1 points ahead of Makai Lemon on these projections.

Injury status

Ryan Flournoy is not on the injury report.

Makai Lemon is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 6

Through Week 5, Ryan Flournoy played 71 percent of DAL snaps, drew 15 percent of the targets, earned 12 percent of the air yards and had 9 percent of the red zone chances.

Ryan Flournoy, Week 2 against WAS: 42 of 55 snaps, 6 targets and 5 catches for 23 yards.

Ryan Flournoy, Week 3 against BAL: 49 of 74 snaps, 8 targets and 2 catches for 22 yards.

Ryan Flournoy, Week 4 against HOU: 58 of 78 snaps, 5 targets and 4 catches for 37 yards.

Ryan Flournoy, Week 5 against TB: 41 of 60 snaps, 4 targets and 3 catches for 90 yards.

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, Ryan Flournoy played 16 games for DAL and scored 114.0 PPR points, 7.1 a game, finishing WR57.

He caught 40 of 56 targets for 475 yards and 4 touchdowns, with 7 red zone targets and 271 air yards.

He was on the field for 41 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 6 calls

• Start Ryan Flournoy over Brian Thomas Jr..
• Start Ryan Flournoy over Chris Godwin Jr..
• Start Ryan Flournoy over Cooper Kupp.
• Start Makai Lemon over Chris Godwin Jr..
• Start Makai Lemon over Cooper Kupp.
• Start Courtland Sutton over Makai Lemon.