Start Makai Lemon or Xavier Hutchinson? Week 6

Our Week 6 call

Start Makai Lemon over Xavier Hutchinson in Week 6.

Market-based projections have Makai Lemon at 3.9 points and Xavier Hutchinson at 3.7, a gap of 0.2. 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 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 (11, 11 and 13 market sources).

Player markets imply 3.7 fantasy points for Xavier Hutchinson, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

The market-based projection for Xavier Hutchinson is 15 receiving yards, 1-2 receptions and 0.1 touchdowns (10, 13 and 13 market sources).

That puts Makai Lemon 0.2 points ahead of Xavier Hutchinson on the market 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

Makai Lemon is not on the injury report.

Xavier Hutchinson is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 6

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.

Through Week 5, Xavier Hutchinson played 54 percent of HOU snaps, drew 18 percent of the targets, earned 22 percent of the air yards and had 3 percent of the red zone chances.

Xavier Hutchinson, Week 2 against CIN: 65 of 80 snaps, 9 targets and 3 catches for 37 yards.

Xavier Hutchinson, Week 3 against IND: 29 of 54 snaps, 2 carries for 4 yards, 6 targets and 3 catches for 51 yards.

Xavier Hutchinson, Week 4 against DAL: 17 of 55 snaps, 5 targets and 3 catches for 46 yards.

Xavier Hutchinson, Week 5 against TEN: 27 of 66 snaps, 5 targets and 4 catches for 65 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Xavier Hutchinson played 17 games for HOU and scored 98.0 PPR points, 5.8 a game, finishing WR64.

He caught 35 of 57 targets for 428 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 6 red zone targets and 282 air yards.

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

Their other Week 6 calls

• Start Bo Melton over Makai Lemon.
• Start Brian Thomas Jr. over Makai Lemon.
• Start Chris Godwin Jr. over Makai Lemon.
• Start Bo Melton over Xavier Hutchinson.
• Start Brian Thomas Jr. over Xavier Hutchinson.
• Start Xavier Hutchinson over Calvin Ridley.