Colston Loveland or Darren Waller: who should I start in Week 3?

What the sportsbooks price

The player markets price Colston Loveland at 7.9 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 15 books. That is the 122nd highest figure of the 176 players the books price.

The player markets price Darren Waller at 6.1 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 15 books. That is the 145th highest figure of the 176 players the books price.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Colston Loveland: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 120th overall on the rest of his evidence.

By format he goes standard: ADP 20; 2QB: ADP 81.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Darren Waller: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 141st overall on the rest of his evidence.

This season through Week 2

Through Week 2, Colston Loveland has been on the field for 87 percent of CHI snaps, drawn 9 percent of the targets and had 8 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 1 of the offence's 17 third down targets, had 0 of its 6 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 13 two minute targets.

His 5 targets have averaged 8.6 air yards.

In Week 1 against CAR he caught 0 of 2 targets for 0 yards and did not score.

In Week 2 against MIN he caught 1 of 3 targets for 3 yards and did not score.

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.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Colston Loveland played 16 games and scored 165.1 PPR points, 10.3 a game, finishing TE12.

He caught 58 of 82 targets for 713 yards and 6 touchdowns, with 14 red zone targets.

That came to 5.1 targets a game, a 71 percent catch rate and 12.3 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 63 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

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.

Colston Loveland was available for 7 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Colston Loveland scored 10.3 PPR points a game and Darren Waller 9.9, 0.5 a game between them.

Colston Loveland finished TE12 that year and Darren Waller TE33.

Colston Loveland had 48 more targets than Darren Waller, 82 to 34.

Colston Loveland had 430 more receiving yards than Darren Waller, 713 to 283.

This season Colston Loveland holds the bigger snap share, 87 percent against 40 percent.

This season Colston Loveland holds the bigger target share, 9 percent against 8 percent.

Byes and availability

Colston Loveland is off in Week 10 and Darren Waller in Week 5, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

1.9 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.