Should I start Jaylen Waddle or Chris Godwin Jr. in Week 7?

The market-based projections

Jaylen Waddle's market-based projection is 11.7 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 13 market sources. That is the 65th highest figure of the 207 players with a market-based projection.

Chris Godwin Jr.'s market-based projection is 10.7 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 12 market sources. That is the 77th highest figure of the 207 players with a market-based projection.

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Jaylen Waddle, and the board ranks him 57th overall on the rest of his evidence.

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

Live drafts hold no current pick on Chris Godwin Jr., and the board ranks him 70th overall on the rest of his evidence.

By format he goes standard: ADP 21; 2QB: ADP 45.

This season through Week 6

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.

Through Week 6, Chris Godwin Jr. has been on the field for 84 percent of TB snaps, drawn 16 percent of the targets and had 2 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 7 of the offence's 53 third down targets, had 0 of its 7 chances inside the five and seen 6 of its 41 two minute targets.

His 29 targets have averaged 4.4 air yards.

In Week 4 against GB he caught 6 of 7 targets for 31 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against DAL he carried 1 time for 3 yards, caught 3 of 3 targets for 37 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against PIT he caught 4 of 8 targets for 37 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 Chris Godwin Jr. played 9 games and scored 83.0 PPR points, 9.2 a game, finishing WR78.

He caught 33 of 51 targets for 360 yards and 2 touchdowns, with 7 red zone targets.

That came to 5.7 targets a game, a 65 percent catch rate and 10.9 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 71 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Jaylen Waddle was available for 7 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Jaylen Waddle scored 12.1 PPR points a game and Chris Godwin Jr. 9.2, 2.9 a game between them.

Jaylen Waddle finished WR24 that year and Chris Godwin Jr. WR78.

Jaylen Waddle had 49 more targets than Chris Godwin Jr., 100 to 51.

Jaylen Waddle had 550 more receiving yards than Chris Godwin Jr., 910 to 360.

This season Chris Godwin Jr. holds the bigger snap share, 84 percent against 68 percent.

This season Jaylen Waddle holds the bigger target share, 22 percent against 16 percent.

Byes and availability

Both are off in Week 10, so a roster holding the pair has that one week to cover twice.

Jaylen Waddle is listed as questionable on the injury report.

What would change the answer

1.0 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 live drafts hold these two again they can order them differently from the projection, and this page will follow the drafts rather than the market-based projection when they do.