Should I start Darren Waller or Isaac TeSlaa in Week 7?

The market-based projections

Darren Waller's market-based projection is 6.3 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 12 market sources. That is the 103rd highest figure of the 207 players with a market-based projection.

Isaac TeSlaa's market-based projection is 5.3 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 13 market sources. That is the 109th highest figure of the 207 players with a market-based projection.

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Darren Waller, and the board ranks him 124th overall on the rest of his evidence.

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

This season so far

Through Week 6, Darren Waller has been on the field for 46 percent of CAR snaps, drawn 12 percent of the targets and had 8 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 7 of the offence's 40 third down targets, had 0 of its 11 chances inside the five and seen 7 of its 29 two minute targets.

His 21 targets have averaged 8.8 air yards.

In Week 3 against CLE he caught 5 of 8 targets for 51 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against DET he caught 3 of 6 targets for 36 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against PHI he caught 0 of 2 targets for 0 yards and did not score.

Through Week 5, Isaac TeSlaa has been on the field for 63 percent of DET snaps, drawn 10 percent of the targets and had 6 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 3 of the offence's 45 third down targets, had 0 of its 21 chances inside the five and seen 5 of its 21 two minute targets.

His 19 targets have averaged 12.8 air yards.

In Week 3 against NYJ he caught 3 of 3 targets for 66 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against CAR he caught 4 of 8 targets for 95 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against ARI he caught 0 of 2 targets for 0 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 Isaac TeSlaa played 17 games and scored 75.9 PPR points, 4.5 a game, finishing WR82.

He caught 16 of 27 targets for 239 yards and 6 touchdowns, with 10 red zone targets.

That came to 1.6 targets a game, a 59 percent catch rate and 14.9 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 38 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Isaac TeSlaa was available for 8 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Darren Waller scored 9.9 PPR points a game and Isaac TeSlaa 4.5, 5.4 a game between them.

Darren Waller finished TE33 and Isaac TeSlaa WR82, which are two different ladders.

Darren Waller is a tight end and Isaac TeSlaa a wide receiver, 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 Isaac TeSlaa in Week 6, so either can cover the other's bye.

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.