Should I start A.J. Brown or Jaylen Waddle in Week 7?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on A.J. Brown, and the board ranks him 17th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 23.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Jaylen Waddle, and the board ranks him 98th overall on the rest of his evidence.

By format he goes standard: ADP 15; 2QB: ADP 36.

The market-based projections

A.J. Brown's market-based projection is 15.4 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 12 market sources. That is the 21st highest figure of the 184 players with a market-based projection.

The market-based projection for Jaylen Waddle is 3.0 PPR points a game off 1 market across 7 market sources. That is 30 percent of what a wide receiver's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

Jaylen Waddle's projection is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season through Week 6

Through Week 6, A.J. Brown has been on the field for 60 percent of NE snaps, drawn 23 percent of the targets and had 19 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 6 of the offence's 21 third down targets, had 0 of its 1 chance inside the five and seen 4 of its 15 two minute targets.

His 14 targets have averaged 8.4 air yards.

In Week 1 against SEA he caught 3 of 4 targets for 26 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against NYJ he caught 3 of 10 targets for 27 yards and did not score.

Through Week 6, Jaylen Waddle has been on the field for 68 percent of DEN snaps, drawn 22 percent of the targets and had 7 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 13 of the offence's 50 third down targets, had 0 of its 17 chances inside the five and seen 2 of its 22 two minute targets.

His 38 targets have averaged 9.2 air yards.

In Week 4 against SF he caught 5 of 6 targets for 35 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 5 against LAC he carried 1 time for 9 yards, caught 2 of 5 targets for 19 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against SEA he caught 4 of 7 targets for 24 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 A.J. Brown played 15 games and scored 220.3 PPR points, 14.7 a game, finishing WR11.

He caught 78 of 121 targets for 1003 yards and 7 touchdowns, with 12 red zone targets.

That came to 8.1 targets a game, a 64 percent catch rate and 12.9 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 91 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 Jaylen Waddle played 16 games and scored 194.1 PPR points, 12.1 a game, finishing WR24.

He caught 64 of 100 targets for 910 yards and 6 touchdowns, with 11 red zone targets.

That came to 6.3 targets a game, a 64 percent catch rate and 14.2 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 78 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Jaylen Waddle was available for 1 game more.

Head to head

In 2025 A.J. Brown scored 14.7 PPR points a game and Jaylen Waddle 12.1, 2.6 a game between them.

A.J. Brown finished WR11 that year and Jaylen Waddle WR24.

A.J. Brown had 21 more targets than Jaylen Waddle, 121 to 100.

A.J. Brown had 93 more receiving yards than Jaylen Waddle, 1003 to 910.

This season Jaylen Waddle holds the bigger snap share, 68 percent against 60 percent.

This season A.J. Brown holds the bigger target share, 23 percent against 22 percent.

Byes and availability

A.J. Brown is off in Week 11 and Jaylen Waddle in Week 10, so either can cover the other's bye.

A.J. Brown is listed as questionable on the injury report.

Jaylen Waddle is listed as questionable on the injury report.

What would change the answer

Jaylen Waddle has only a partial projection, so the market half of this page is whole for only one of them.