Jakobi Meyers vs Jalen McMillan: Who Should You Start?
Jakobi Meyers and Jalen McMillan are both viable fantasy wide receivers heading into 2026, but their 2025 production tells two different stories. Jakobi Meyers averaged 8.6 PPG across 16 games with the Jacksonville Jaguars, while Jalen McMillan posted 6.0 PPG in 4 appearances for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
A 2.6-PPG gap gives Jakobi Meyers the edge on paper, but paper does not account for Thursday night matchups, weather games, or a star defender returning from injury. The real question is not who was better in 2025, but who is the better start this specific week.
Target volume is the story here. Jakobi Meyers saw 110 targets in 2025, while Jalen McMillan drew 15. That workload gap usually translates into a higher weekly floor for Jakobi Meyers, even in weeks where Jalen McMillan posts the bigger ceiling game. Consistency-minded managers lean toward target share; boom-bust managers chase the upside.
Jakobi Meyers has his bye in Week 12, and Jalen McMillan rests in Week 11. Managers rostering both need waiver wire depth at wide receiver for those two weeks, and that is exactly the kind of planning DraftCall's matchup engine surfaces automatically so you are not scrambling on a Sunday morning.
