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Jalen Royals

WR

KC · WR131 · Age 23 · 6'0" · 195 lbs · Bye 5

SIT

ConfidenceHigh

Bench call at WR104 in Week 8: a thin role and a low implied total leave him short of the starter line.

Clutch Score 1.9 · the WR36 starter line is 10.3 this week.

Clutch Score · Wk 8
1.9
Our WR104 this week
Consensus, wk 8
WR77
We disagree by
-27 spots

Why · what moved the number

Matchup

Hard

DEN is the 9th-toughest defense against WRs, on 2026 rates.

Pts allowed to WR / gm25.8

Game environment

×0.93

Vegas has KC at 21 implied points, below league average. O/U 40.5, spread -1.5.

Implied team total21

Volume

22

38% of the snaps and 11 touches so far, a role that needs the matchup to cooperate.

Snaps · touches38% · 11

Strength of schedule

Weeks 1–18 vs WRs: 1 easy · 7 medium · 9 hard · 4th toughest of 32

DEN
1
IND
2
@MIA
3
@LV
4
BYE
5
LAC
6
@SEA
7
@DEN
8
NYJ
9
@ATL
10
ARI
11
@BUF
12
@LAR
13
@CIN
14
NE
15
SF
16
@LAC
17
LV
18
EasyMediumHardBye 5Hover a week for the pts/gm allowed to WRs in 2026 · this week marked above

Game log · 2026 season

Projected vs actual by week (PPR)Best: 8.6 · Wk 2
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Scored We projected This week Rest of seasonRest-of-season bars are Sleeper's baseline, before matchup and Vegas.
WkOppProjFPTSStat line
1vs DEN-0.00 rec · 0 yd · 0 TD
2vs IND0.28.62 rec · 6 yd · 1 TD
3@ MIA2.12.11 rec · 11 yd · 0 TD
4@ LV2.10.00 rec · 0 yd · 0 TD
6vs LAC3.14.42 rec · 24 yd · 0 TD
7@ SEA2.30.00 rec · 0 yd · 0 TD

Consistency

How reliable this player has been week to week (PPR).

Ceiling

8.6

Best week

Floor

0.0

Worst week

Avg / game

2.5

Boom rate

0%

Games ≥ 20 pts

Bust rate

100%

Games ≤ 10 pts

Season stats

Receptions

5

Rec Yds

41

Rec TD

1

Rush Yds

0

Rush TD

0

Usage & opportunity

Volume drives fantasy scoring: snaps, touches, and red-zone looks.

Snap share

38%

Of team offense

Targets

11

6.1% of team targets

Red-zone

2

3.4% of team red-zone work

Advanced metrics

What he did with the opportunity, in 2026.

Catch rate

45.5%

Receptions per target

Yds / target

3.7

Per pass thrown his way

Yds before catch

2.6

Per reception

Yds after catch

5.6

Per reception

TD reliance

39.7%

Of PPR points

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Stats via the Sleeper API (PPR) · updated 3h ago