Darren Waller or Dallas Goedert: who should I start in Week 3?

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 Dallas Goedert: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 167th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 116.

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 books have Dallas Goedert at 2.3 PPR points a game off 1 market across 1 book. That is 30 percent of what a tight end's price needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

Dallas Goedert's price is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

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, Dallas Goedert has been on the field for 54 percent of PHI snaps, drawn 13 percent of the targets and had 13 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 4 of the offence's 21 third down targets, had 0 of its 2 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 12 two minute targets.

His 7 targets have averaged 8.0 air yards.

In Week 1 against WAS he caught 4 of 5 targets for 77 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.

In Week 2 against TEN he caught 1 of 2 targets for 4 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.

In 2025 Dallas Goedert played 15 games and scored 185.1 PPR points, 12.3 a game, finishing TE7.

He caught 60 of 82 targets for 591 yards and 11 touchdowns, with 15 red zone targets.

That came to 5.5 targets a game, a 73 percent catch rate and 9.9 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 85 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Dallas Goedert was available for 6 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Dallas Goedert scored 12.3 PPR points a game and Darren Waller 9.9, 2.5 a game between them.

Darren Waller finished TE33 that year and Dallas Goedert TE7.

Dallas Goedert had 48 more targets than Darren Waller, 82 to 34.

Dallas Goedert had 308 more receiving yards than Darren Waller, 591 to 283.

This season Dallas Goedert holds the bigger snap share, 54 percent against 40 percent.

This season Dallas Goedert holds the bigger target share, 13 percent against 8 percent.

Byes and availability

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

Dallas Goedert is listed as doubtful on the injury report.

What would change the answer

Dallas Goedert is only part priced, so the books' half of this page is whole for only one of them.