Should I start Jaylen Waddle or Courtland Sutton in Week 8?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Jaylen Waddle, and the board ranks him 123rd overall on the rest of his evidence.

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

Live drafts hold no current pick on Courtland Sutton, and the board ranks him 125th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Jaylen Waddle is 2.0 PPR points a game off 1 market across 8 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.

The market-based projection for Courtland Sutton is 1.9 PPR points a game off 1 market across 8 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 7

Through Week 7, Jaylen Waddle has been on the field for 66 percent of DEN snaps, drawn 23 percent of the targets and had 8 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 14 of the offence's 58 third down targets, had 0 of its 18 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 25 two minute targets.

His 45 targets have averaged 10.1 air yards.

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.

In Week 7 against ARI he caught 4 of 7 targets for 48 yards and did not score.

Through Week 7, Courtland Sutton has been on the field for 77 percent of DEN snaps, drawn 17 percent of the targets and had 15 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 12 of the offence's 58 third down targets, had 2 of its 18 chances inside the five and seen 7 of its 25 two minute targets.

His 33 targets have averaged 11.1 air yards.

In Week 5 against LAC he caught 2 of 3 targets for 18 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 6 against SEA he caught 2 of 3 targets for 19 yards and did not score.

In Week 7 against ARI he caught 3 of 5 targets for 45 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 Courtland Sutton played 17 games and scored 219.7 PPR points, 12.9 a game, finishing WR13.

He caught 74 of 124 targets for 1017 yards and 7 touchdowns, with 17 red zone targets.

That came to 7.3 targets a game, a 60 percent catch rate and 13.7 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 86 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Courtland Sutton was available for 1 game more.

Head to head

In 2025 Courtland Sutton scored 12.9 PPR points a game and Jaylen Waddle 12.1, 0.8 a game between them.

Jaylen Waddle finished WR24 that year and Courtland Sutton WR13.

Courtland Sutton had 24 more targets than Jaylen Waddle, 124 to 100.

Courtland Sutton had 107 more receiving yards than Jaylen Waddle, 1017 to 910.

This season Courtland Sutton holds the bigger snap share, 77 percent against 66 percent.

This season Jaylen Waddle holds the bigger target share, 23 percent against 17 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.