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Jalen Royals or Luther Burden

Who Should I Start? - Week 6 • Start New
Jalen Royals

Jalen Royals

WR • Kansas City Chiefs KC
Luther Burden

Luther Burden

WR • Chicago Bears CHI
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EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Royals over Burden

 
 
 
 
START BOTH START BENCH BOTH BN

Royals ... NAN%

BOTH ... NAN%

PROJECTION
FPTS: 4.88
REC REC YD REC TD FPTS
1.7 19.9 0.2 4.88
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EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Burden over Royals

 
 
 
 
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Burden ... NAN%

BOTH ... NAN%

PROJECTION
FPTS: 13.42
REC REC YD REC TD FPTS
4.92 58.05 0.22 13.42
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Outlook Luther Burden

Luther Burden at Atlanta — Primed for High-Scoring Dome Matchup

Burden enters Week 6 fully healthy and entrenched as a starting perimeter receiver for Chicago. Despite outside noise following a tough divisional loss in Green Bay, offensive coordinator Press Taylor confirmed Burden remains a focal read in the passing concepts. His role remains steady after commanding 12 targets across his last two outings.

Facing Atlanta inside a fast-paced dome with an elevated 51.5 projected game total, Burden is positioned nicely for fantasy production. Our weekly projection pegs him for roughly 13.4 PPR points on about 5 receptions for 58 yards and occasional rushing work. Fantasy managers should feel confident slotting him into their lineups as a solid starting option.

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Next Up ❱ Performance Comparison
Performance Jalen Royals
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REC YDS AVG LONG TD
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Season stats based on the past 7 days

REC YDS AVG LONG TD
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Season stats based on the past 14 days
Performance Luther Burden
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REC YDS AVG LONG TD
44711.8230
Season stats based on the past 7 days

REC YDS AVG LONG TD
811013.8230
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Next Up ❱ Redzone Touches
Redzone Touches Jalen Royals
REDZONE
WK OPP ATT TAR REC
1 DEN 🔓 🔓 🔓
2 IND 🔓 🔓 🔓
3 @MIA 🔓 🔓 🔓
4 @LV 🔓 🔓 🔓

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Redzone Touches Luther Burden
REDZONE
WK OPP ATT TAR REC
1 @CAR 🔓 🔓 🔓
2 MIN 🔓 🔓 🔓
3 PHI 🔓 🔓 🔓
4 NYJ 🔓 🔓 🔓
5 @GB 🔓 🔓 🔓

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Next Up ❱ Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START Jalen Royals
OWN
 
2%
+1.16 compared to last week
START
 
1%
+0.87 compared to last week
OWN/START Luther Burden
OWN
99%
+0.61 compared to last week
START
73%
+1.86 compared to last week
Next Up ❱ Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Jalen Royals
Not Ranked
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Luther Burden
21st
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Next Up ❱ Player Breakdowns
Breakdown Jalen Royals

    Overview

  • Experts don't even rank him among WR's. Either he is on a bye week or is just plain bad. Based on his stats from the past 30 days, he is currently ranked 111th with 7.70 total points (1.93 avg).
  • Currently 94.76 points behind the leader: Jaxon Smith-Njigba
  • Slight decline in numbers lately at 1.9 PPG.

    • Receiving Stats

  • Ranked 131st in targets and is currently among WR.
  • Top 75 in Rec TDs with 1, though that isn't saying much, and is currently ranked 62nd among WR.

    • Rushing Stats

  • He is top 75 in rush tds with 0 (0.00 per game), though that isn't saying much, and is currently ranked 74th among WR.

    • Bonus Qualities

  • Played in 1 less games this year than last year.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: Receptions: +3, Rec Yards: +17 Rec TDs: +1,

    • Season Outlook

  • REC: 17, REC YDS: 199, REC TDS: 2
Breakdown Luther Burden

    Overview

  • Experts rank this player at 21st among WR's. Based on his stats from the past 30 days, he is currently ranked 33rd with 32.80 total points (6.56 avg).
  • Currently 69.66 points behind the leader: Jaxon Smith-Njigba
  • He should be doing a bit better than this. Look for him to bounce back.

    • Receiving Stats

  • Top 25 in receptions and is currently ranked 23rd among WR.
  • Top 25 in targets and is currently ranked 21st among WR.
  • Top 6 in red zone targets and is currently ranked 5th among WR.
  • Top 3 in red zone receptions and is currently ranked 3rd among WR.
  • Top 25 in reception yards with 266 and 11.57 YPC and is currently ranked 25th among WR.
  • Top 75 in Rec TDs with 1, though that isn't saying much, and is currently ranked 63rd among WR.

    • Rushing Stats

  • Top 3 in rush attempts with 7 (1.40 per game) and is currently ranked 2nd among WR.
  • Top 10 in rush yards with 22 (4.40 per game) and is currently ranked 8th among WR.

    • Bonus Qualities

  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: Receptions: +16, Rec Yards: +167 Rec TDs: EVEN,

    • Season Outlook

  • REC: 75, REC YDS: 915, REC TDS: 6
Next Up ❱ Health Check
Injury Jalen Royals

No Injury Reported

Injury Luther Burden

No Injury Reported

Next Up ❱ Matchup Comparison
Matchups Jalen Royals

Week 6
Kansas City Chiefs VS Los Angeles Chargers

PA/G YDS/G TO INT SACK TDs FSP
25.80323.60841104.02
Compare to same point last season

Overview

  • Experts rank this player at 22nd among DST's. Based on his stats from the past 30 days, he is currently ranked 18th with 26.00 total points (5.20 avg).
  • Currently 33 points behind the leader: Vikings DST
  • He is putting up slightly better numbers than the experts expected him to.
  • Slight decline in numbers lately at 1.7 PPG.

Defensive Stats

  • Top 10 in total yards against with 323.60 per game and is currently ranked 9th among DST.
  • Top 6 in turnovers with 8 (1.60 per game) and is currently ranked 6th among DST.
  • Ranked 21st in rush defense with 593 (118.60 per game).
  • Top 8 in pass defense with 1025 (205.00 per game) and is currently ranked 8th among DST.
  • Top 12 in interceptions with 4 (0.80 per game) and currently ranked 11th among DST.
  • One of the worst in points against with 25.80 per game and currently ranked 24th among DST.
  • Currently ranked 25th in Total TDs with 0 (0.00 per game) among DST.

Bonus Qualities

  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: Total Yards Against: +102.31, Turnovers: -2 Sacks: -9, INTs: -1, TDs: EVEN, Points Allowed: +2.66,

Season Outlook

  • SACK: 49, INT: 16, TDS: 2, PA/G: 21.3, YDS/G: 303.1
Matchups Luther Burden

Week 6
Chicago Bears @ Atlanta Falcons

PA/G YDS/G TO INT SACK TDs FSP
24.40341.60411114.14
Compare to same point last season

Overview

  • Experts rank this player at 13th among DST's. Based on his stats from the past 30 days, he is currently ranked 20th with 25.00 total points (5.00 avg).
  • Currently 34 points behind the leader: Vikings DST
  • He is putting up close to the kind of numbers the experts expected him to.
  • Average points in the past two weeks have increased by 2.5 PPG.

Defensive Stats

  • Top 6 in rush defense with 401 (80.20 per game) and is currently ranked 5th among DST.
  • Ranked 27th in pass defense with 1307 (261.40 per game).
  • Top 22 in points against with 24.40 per game and currently ranked 22nd among DST.
  • Top 6 in Total TDs with 1 (0.20 per game) and currently ranked 5th among DST.

Bonus Qualities

  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: Total Yards Against: +82.1, Turnovers: -2 Sacks: +1, INTs: -2, TDs: +1, Points Allowed: +2.9,

Season Outlook

  • SACK: 51, INT: 13, TDS: 3, PA/G: 25.1, YDS/G: 347.1
Next Up ❱ Ratings Comparison
Rating Jalen Royals
3.27
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Luther Burden
18.69
FantasySP Player Rating
Next Up ❱ Career Comparison
Career Jalen Royals
RECEIVING RUSH
YEAR TEAM GP TGTS REC YD AVG TD ATT YD AVG TD
2026 KC 1 3 2 4 2.0 0 0 0 0 0
2026 KC 3 5 3 17 5.7 1 0 0 0 0
ON PACE 14 23 14 77 5.7 5 0 0 0 0
3-YEAR AVG 1 2 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 4 8 5 21 4.2 1 0 0 0 0
Career Luther Burden
RECEIVING RUSH
YEAR TEAM GP TGTS REC YD AVG TD ATT YD AVG TD
2025 CHI 16 72 53 740 14.0 2 8 48 6 0
2026 CHI 5 35 23 266 11.6 1 7 22 3.1 0
ON PACE 18 126 83 958 11.6 4 25 79 3.1 0
3-YEAR AVG 8 33 25 349 14 1 4 26 7.4 0
Totals 23 114 79 1030 13.0 3 16 70 4.4 0
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Week 6
ARI @LAR
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BAL @CLE
BUF @LV
CAR @PHI
CIN vs BYE
DAL @GB
DEN vs SEA
DET vs BYE
HOU @JAC
IND vs TEN
KC vs LAC
MIA vs BYE
MIN vs BYE
NE vs NYJ
NO @NYG
PIT @TB
SF vs WAS
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