Jaylen Waddle or Brian Thomas Jr.: who should I start in Week 6?

What the player markets price

The player markets price Jaylen Waddle at 11.3 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 13 market sources. That is the 25th highest figure of the 107 players the market prices.

The player markets price Brian Thomas Jr. at 4.1 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 10 market sources. That is the 51st highest figure of the 107 players the market prices.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Jaylen Waddle: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 26th overall on the rest of his evidence.

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

Drafters have formed no consensus on Brian Thomas Jr.: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 66th overall on the rest of his evidence.

This season through Week 5

Through Week 5, Jaylen Waddle has been on the field for 69 percent of DEN snaps, drawn 21 percent of the targets and had 8 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 11 of the offence's 42 third down targets, had 0 of its 14 chances inside the five and seen 2 of its 20 two minute targets.

His 31 targets have averaged 9.7 air yards.

In Week 3 against LAR he carried 1 time for 14 yards, caught 2 of 7 targets for 10 yards and did not score.

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.

Through Week 5, Brian Thomas Jr. has been on the field for 48 percent of JAX snaps, drawn 12 percent of the targets and had 7 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 4 of the offence's 35 third down targets, had 1 of its 11 chances inside the five and seen 4 of its 18 two minute targets.

His 17 targets have averaged 10.9 air yards.

In Week 3 against NE he caught 1 of 1 target for 8 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against CIN he caught 2 of 2 targets for 17 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 5 against PHI he caught 0 of 3 targets for 0 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

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.

In 2025 Brian Thomas Jr. played 14 games and scored 138.8 PPR points, 9.9 a game, finishing WR42.

He caught 48 of 91 targets for 707 yards and 2 touchdowns, with 6 red zone targets.

That came to 6.5 targets a game, a 53 percent catch rate and 14.7 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 79 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Jaylen Waddle was available for 2 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Jaylen Waddle scored 12.1 PPR points a game and Brian Thomas Jr. 9.9, 2.2 a game between them.

Jaylen Waddle finished WR24 that year and Brian Thomas Jr. WR42.

Jaylen Waddle had 9 more targets than Brian Thomas Jr., 100 to 91.

Jaylen Waddle had 203 more receiving yards than Brian Thomas Jr., 910 to 707.

This season Jaylen Waddle holds the bigger snap share, 69 percent against 48 percent.

This season Jaylen Waddle holds the bigger target share, 21 percent against 12 percent.

Byes and availability

Jaylen Waddle is off in Week 10 and Brian Thomas Jr. in Week 7, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

7.2 points a game is the entire case. The market restates it every week, and a line that moves moves the order with it.

The draft market is the half that is missing: when the consensus sample holds these two again it can order them differently from the price, and this page will follow the sample rather than the market price when it does.