Darren Waller or Chris Rodriguez Jr.: who should I start in Week 3?

What the sportsbooks price

The player markets price Darren Waller at 6.1 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 15 books. That is the 155th highest figure of the 186 players the books price.

The player markets price Chris Rodriguez Jr. at 4.7 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 14 books. That is the 161st highest figure of the 186 players the books price.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Darren Waller: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 142nd overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Chris Rodriguez Jr.: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 147th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 175.

This season through Week 2

Through Week 2, Darren Waller has been on the field for 40 percent of CAR snaps, drawn 8 percent of the targets and had 7 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 1 of the offence's 15 third down targets, had 0 of its 7 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 7 two minute targets.

His 5 targets have averaged 6.8 air yards.

In Week 1 against CHI he caught 2 of 2 targets for 28 yards and did not score.

In Week 2 against ATL he caught 3 of 3 targets for 33 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.

Through Week 2, Chris Rodriguez Jr. has been on the field for 31 percent of JAX snaps, taken 23 percent of the carries, drawn 0 percent of the targets and had 22 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 9 third down targets, had 1 of its 5 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 6 two minute targets.

In Week 1 against CLE he carried 6 times for 23 yards and did not score.

In Week 2 against DEN he carried 6 times for 13 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Darren Waller played 9 games and scored 88.7 PPR points, 9.9 a game, finishing TE33.

He caught 24 of 34 targets for 283 yards and 6 touchdowns, with 7 red zone targets.

That came to 3.8 targets a game, a 71 percent catch rate and 11.8 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 45 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

The season feed carries no line for Chris Rodriguez Jr. in the last completed season.

Side by side

Darren Waller is a tight end and Chris Rodriguez Jr. a running back, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Darren Waller is off in Week 5 and Chris Rodriguez Jr. in Week 7, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

1.3 points a game is the entire case. The books restate 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 books when it does.