PositiveSleeperThu, July 23, 2026
Royals is a sleeper in a thin Chiefs WR room behind aging Kelce and troubled Rice.
Jalen RoyalsKC
Yahoo Sports identifies Royals as a sleeper pick for the 2026 Chiefs. The reasoning: Kansas City's top three pass catchers are Travis Kelce (turning 37), Rashee Rice (off-field concerns), and Xavier Worthy (only 1 TD, 532 yards despite WR1 usage in 2025). After those three, the next options are Tyquan Thornton, Cyrus Allen, Noah Gray, and Royals. The team lacks depth at receiver, and if Patrick Mahomes returns healthy, someone must step up—especially if Kelce declines or Rice faces further issues. Royals, a fourth-round rookie in 2025, did nothing as a rookie, not seeing a target until Week 18 (2 receptions for 4 yards on 3 targets).
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Sleeper: Jalen Royals, WR. Kansas City's top pass catchers are (in some order) a tight end who turns 37 in October, a wide receiver who it seems is one off-field misstep away from being out of football, and a former first-rounder who only scored one touchdown and 532 yards last year despite playing as the team's borderline WR1 much of the year.
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- What did Yahoo Sports NFL say about Jalen Royals?
- Yahoo Sports identifies Royals as a sleeper pick for the 2026 Chiefs. The reasoning: Kansas City's top three pass catchers are Travis Kelce (turning 37), Rashee Rice (off-field concerns), and Xavier Worthy (only 1 TD, 532 yards despite WR1 usage in 2025). After those three, the next options are Tyquan Thornton, Cyrus Allen, Noah Gray, and Royals. The team lacks depth at receiver, and if Patrick Mahomes returns healthy, someone must step up—especially if Kelce declines or Rice faces further issues. Royals, a fourth-round rookie in 2025, did nothing as a rookie, not seeing a target until Week 18 (2 receptions for 4 yards on 3 targets).
- Is this good or bad for Jalen Royals's fantasy football value?
- STACKED tags this as a positive fantasy football signal for Jalen Royals (KC). Royals is a sleeper in a thin Chiefs WR room behind aging Kelce and troubled Rice.
- Where can I see Jalen Royals's full 2026 fantasy outlook, projections, and ADP?
- Jalen Royals's complete 2026 fantasy football outlook — projections, ADP movement across every platform, injury context, and all source-backed STACKED insights — is on their STACKED player profile.
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