Should I start Jalen Brooks in Week 6?

Our Week 6 projection has Jalen Brooks at 5.1 half-PPR points (6.1 PPR), WR66 at his position, tier Bench, on the road at Los Angeles Rams.

How has Jalen Brooks played in 2026?

4 games, 0.7 half-PPR points a game (0.9 PPR), WR149 in points per game among 175 WRs with 2+ games: 2-16 on 8 tgt.

WR/Arizona Cardinals

Jalen Brooks

4th season · 6'1", 201 lb · South Carolina · 2023 R7 #244

W6 @ LA · Sun 4:05 PMBye W14

Week 6WR665.1 proj · Bench

ROS rank—Not on our board

Dynasty—No market value

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Overview

2026 so far4 games

Points a game

0.7

WR149 of 175

Target share

5.1%

8 targets

Targets a game

2.0

2 catches, 16 yds

Expected PPR a game

3.9

−3.0 a game vs usage

Role: low-volume receiver

target share up from 1.3% to 8.6% (W4–W5 vs W2–W3)
share of ARI's air yards up from 3% to 14% (W4–W5 vs W2–W3)
snap share up from 5% to 29% (W4–W5 vs W2–W3)

Ranked among 103 qualified WRs this season.

Week 6

Lines Oct 16

ARI

Sun · Oct 18 · 4:05 PM ET

SoFi Stadium

LineLA -12.5Total51.5ARI implied19.5Rest7 days (LA 6)Roofindoors

Our Week 6 projection

5.1pts

WR66

Bench

2.5tgt2.1rec32yds0.14TD

Updated Oct 14, 2026, built on a ARI team total of 20. Rank is among every WR we project this week.

Los Angeles Rams defense vs WRs

#7of 32 in fantasy points allowed to WRs (1 = stingiest)

StingiestSoftest

PPR a game

28.0

targets

14.4

rec yds

102

1.4

Allowed to WRs per game across 5 games. Best games against them: Darius Cooper (W4, 18.3 PPR, 3/7 33 yds); Deebo Samuel Sr. (W1, 18 PPR, 6/7 48 yds); Mike Evans (W1, 16.9 PPR, 6/7 49 yds).

EPA ranks entering Week 6: #3 against the pass, #25 against the run (1 = best defense).

Where LA gives up receiving fantasy points to WRs

#14

LA's average rank in the zones where Brooks gets his targets, weighted by his share there (1 = stingiest, 32 = softest).

Left

Middle

Right

Deep 20+

0.6#9

2.1#20

25%0.0#1

Middle 10–19

13%2.3#16

2.3#13

13%4.1#28

Short 0–9

13%2.7#8

25%2.2#18

13%5.0#25

Behind line

0.6#19

0.0#1

0.6#13

StingySoft

Big number: receiving fantasy points LA allows a game to WRs in that zone. # = its rank of 32. Green tag = Jalen Brooks's share of his targets in that zone this season. Depth is air yards at the catch point; 5 games, through Week 6. Tap a zone for the detail.

Against LA beforelast 2

Game	Line	Pts
2025 W18@ LA · L 20-37	no stats	0.0
2025 W14vs LA · L 17-45	2-32 on 3 tgt	4.2

Week 5: projected vs. actual

Projected

0.5

WR130

Actual

2.6

Difference

+2.1

2-16 rec on 7 tgt

Do defensive matchups actually matter? Our study ›

Game log

2026 · through W6

Fantasy pointsOur projection that weekSeason average 0.7

Every gametap a game for the detail

@ LAC W 26-14

No catch, carry or pass recorded

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D# = the opponent's rank against WRs entering that week (1 = stingiest, 32 = softest). Finish = his rank at WR that week.

Usage

Snap shareTarget shareAir-yard share

What changedlast 3 full games vs. before

	W2	W3, W4, W5	Change
Snap share	4.0%	21.0%	+17.0
Target share	0.0%	5.7%	+5.7
Air-yard share	0.0%	8.4%	+8.4
Targets a game	0.0	2.7	+2.7

Games he left injured are left out of both sides.

ARI target treeshare of team targets, 2026

30.3%

26.4%

14.1%

8.4%

7.5%

6.2%

4.6%

Season to date, games each player played.

Role details2026, through Week 6

Red-zone tgt share

2 red-zone targets

First-read share

of targets as the QB’s first read

Air yards a game

aDOT 14.3

Snap share

14.4%

Play-action targets

of his targets

Targets with motion

38%

of his targets

Screen targets

of his targets

Advanced

PoorAverageGreat

Fantasy points a game2+ games

0.7

Target share2+ games

4.3%

Air-yard share2+ games

6.3%

WOPR2+ games

0.11

First-read target shareneeds 15+ targets

5.4%

Red-zone target share2+ games

6.5%

Yards per targetneeds 15+ targets

2.0

EPA per targetneeds 15+ targets

-0.51

Separation (yds)needs 15+ targets

1.96

YAC over expectedneeds 15+ targets

+0.42

Catchable-target rateneeds 15+ targets

37.5%

Drop rateneeds 15+ targets

0.0%

Average depth of targetneeds 15+ targets

14.3

Expected points a game2+ games

3.9

Percentile against the WRs on our charts (each stat's minimum is next to it), 2026 through Week 6. 50 is the middle of the pack. Tap a bubble for his rank.

Expected vs. actualPPR, from this season's play-by-play

Expected PPR a game

3.9

what his targets and carries are usually worth

Actual PPR a game

0.9

Over expected

−3.0

points a game

TDs vs. expected

0/ 0.7

−0.69

0 TDs on 0.69 expected. Expected points price every target by depth and field position and every carry by field position. Do touchdowns regress? ›

Splits

As a receiver2026 charted plays, through Week 6

Situation	Tgt	Rec-Yds-TD	Yds/tgt	EPA/tgt
All targets	8	2-16-0	2.08.2	-0.510.27
Red zone25% of targets	2	0-0-0	0.04.4	-0.880.18
Inside the 1013% of targets	1	0-0-0	0.02.4	-1.01-0.01
Third down50% of targets	4	1-7-0	1.87.1	-0.590.14
Score within 763% of targets	5	0-0-0	0.08.0	-1.040.25
Trailing by 8+38% of targets	3	2-16-0	5.38.2	0.380.29
Vs. the blitz13% of targets	1	1-7-0	7.07.9	1.550.23
No blitz88% of targets	7	1-9-0	1.38.4	-0.800.29
With motion38% of targets	3	1-7-0	2.38.3	-0.250.32

Small grey number = every WR in that situation. Green or red = a clear gap either way. 3 of his 8 charted targets were catchable; 0 drops, 0 of 4 contested caught.

Against coverage2023-2025 (2026 is not charted per player)

Coverage	Tgt	Yds/tgt	Caught	EPA/tgt
Man	28	7.1	46%	−0.47
Zone	14	6.7	57%	+0.08
Cover 1	16	6.6	38%	−0.90

Do some receivers really beat man coverage? ›

Team

ARI

Points a game

21.6

23rd of 32

Plays a game

65.8

6th of 32

EPA per play

-0.018

16th of 32

Pass rate over exp.

−0.4%

7th of 32

Red-zone plays a game

12.4

4th of 32

Motion rate

47%

13th of 32

Play-action rate

10%

27th of 32

No-huddle rate

10%

3rd of 32

Arizona Cardinals offense, 2026 through Week 6. Rank 1 = most. Scheme rates from FTN charting through Week 5.

Game by gamescore, implied total, pass rate (over expected), QB

Week	Score	Implied	Pass rate	QB
W1vs LAC	26-14	19.5	55%−2.9	Brissett37 att
W2vs SEA	7-31	18.5	64%+2.9	Brissett28 att
W3vs SF	30-36	20.5	66%−0.4	Brissett52 att
W4vs NYG	24-36	23.5	59%−6.8	Brissett35 att
W5vs DET	21-45	25.0	74%+5.6	Brissett47 att

Depth chartWR, Oct 16

WR1

Michael Wilson

WR2

Kendrick Bourne

WR3

Jalen Brooks

WR4

Reggie Virgil

WR5

Simi Fehoko

WR6

Devin Duvernay

Scheduleeach defense's current rank vs WRs

@LA

DEN

@DAL

#21

@SEA

W10

W11

@KC

W12

WAS

#29

W13

PHI

#28

W14

BYE

W15

NYJ

#10

W16

@NO

#12

W17

#20

W18

Next 4

average rank

Playoffs W15–17

#14

average rank

Bye

W14

Green = soft, red = stingy (1 = stingiest, 32 = softest), ranked on fantasy points allowed to WRs so far. Gold underline = fantasy playoffs. Does strength of schedule matter? ›

Head coach: Jonathan Gannon. QB: Jacoby Brissett (most pass attempts, Week 5).

Charts

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Career

Points a game by season

Season by season

Year	G	Rec-Yds-TD	Pts/g	xFP/g
2026ARI	4	2-16-08 tgt, 4.3% share	0.7WR149	3.9−11.9
2025ARI	5	3-51-06 tgt, 7.4% share, routes 28%	1.3	2.0−2.1
2024DAL	12	12-177-130 tgt, 6.6% share, routes 36%	2.5WR119	4.4−17.5
2023DAL	3	6-64-06 tgt, 4.9% share, routes 11%	3.1	3.4+2.1

Under points a game: his rank at WR in points a game (8+ games; 2026: 2+ games). xFP = expected PPR a game from his usage; under it, the season's points over expected. Routes = share of team dropbacks he ran a route (through 2025).

Red zone and touchdowns

2024	4 RZ tgt (6%), 3 end-zone, 1 rec TD vs 1.3 exp

Floor and ceilingPPR

Middle half of games

1.0–3.4

PPR, 20 games 2023–25

0 of his last 20 games reached 20 PPR; 20 finished under 10. Is there a floor-vs-ceiling trade-off? ›

Every game since 2023

2025 game log 5 games · DAL · 1.6 PPR a game

Game	Line	Snaps	Pts
W5@ NYJ · D15	no stats	7%	0.0
W14vs LA · D13	2-32 on 3 tgt	40%	4.2
W15@ HOU · D3	1-19 on 3 tgt	71%	2.4
W16vs ATL · D25	no stats	5%	0.0
W18@ LA · D20	no stats	27%	0.0

2024 game log 12 games · DAL · 3.0 PPR a game

Game	Line	Snaps	Pts
W1@ CLE · D4	1-18 on 1 tgt	21%	2.3
W2vs NO · D7	1-10 on 3 tgt	40%	1.5
W3vs BAL · D9	1-24 on 3 tgt	16%	2.9
W5@ PIT · D9	1-10 on 1 tgt	49%	1.5
W6vs DET · D31	1-15 on 6 tgt	71%	2.0
W8@ SF · D12	0-0 on 1 tgt	66%	0.0
W9@ ATL · D25	2-26 on 5 tgt	73%	3.6
W10vs PHI · D14	1-4 on 4 tgt	58%	0.9
W12@ WAS · D16	1-41 on 3 tgt	29%	4.6
W13vs NYG · D14	1-0 on 1 tgt	30%	0.5
W15@ CAR · D10	1-17-1 on 1 tgt	27%	8.2
W17@ PHI · D8	1-12 on 1 tgt	21%	1.7

2023 game log 3 games · DAL · 4.1 PPR a game

Game	Line	Snaps	Pts
W10vs NYG · D19	4-39 on 4 tgt	31%	5.9
W12vs WAS · D30	1-24 on 1 tgt	11%	2.9
W18@ WAS · D31	1-1 on 1 tgt	13%	0.6

Health

2026 injury reportofficial, week by week

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✓ = not listed. Letters = game status (Q, D, O) or worst practice that week (LP limited, DNP did not practice). Tap a week for the detail.

Historyofficial injury reports since 2020

Year	Weeks listed	Ruled out	Listed for
2024	4	1	Knee (3), Ankle

4 report weeks over 1 seasons; recurring: Ankle, Knee. Risk label: low.

How long do players take to recover? ›

Teammates on the report

James Conner

out

Marvin Harrison WR

Out (Coach's Decision)

Our current notes first, then Sleeper designations. What happens when a starter is ruled out? ›

Value

Market Oct 10

Risk profilepreseason, from comparable players

Keeps an alpha role for 3 years

15%

Falls off a cliff next year

70%

Dynasty trade calculatorPrice Jalen Brooks in any deal

Redraft trade calculatorRest-of-season value for this year

Profile

Draft

R7 #244

2023 · 31st WR · DAL

Size

6'1"

201 lb

College

South Carolina

Athletic profilepercentile vs WRs at the combine since 2010

Height

6'1"

Weight

201 lb

40-yard dash

4.69s

Vertical

35"

Broad jump

130"

3-cone

7.15s

Shuttle

4.31s

speed

College production

Year	G	Rec-Yds-TD	Yds share	Dominator
2022South Carolina	12	33-504-1	16.3%	10.7
2021South Carolina	5	14-181-1	17.6%	15.1
2020South Carolina	5	11-100-0	10.8%	5.4

Share = his share of his team's receiving yards. Dominator = average of his share of receiving yards and TDs.

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