Should I start Kendre Miller or Darren Waller in Week 6?

Updated Oct 19, 7:21 PM ET. Week 7 answers post Tuesday.

Start Darren Waller: 50 percent of the snaps and 15 percent of the targets over their last 3 games, against Kendre Miller's 24 percent of the snaps and 31 percent of the carries. No market projection is posted on either of them this week, so this is a usage call, and a lower confidence one than a call made on a projection. What follows is what each of them has done.

Should I drop Kendre Miller for Darren Waller?

Yes, on the rest of the season. Darren Waller projects 78 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (7.1 a game over 11 games), Kendre Miller 52 (5.2 a game over 10 games).

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Neither man carries a season projection right now, so this is their usage this season and their last full season's numbers, side by side.

Kendre Miller

RB40 · NO · bye 8

2026 vs anytime td line 2-3

Market-based projection: 7.0 pts a game Wk 6 price
Overall rank: 140

Darren Waller

TE25 · CAR · bye 5

2026 vs anytime td line 1-4

Market-based projection: 6.5 pts a game Wk 6 price
Overall rank: 141

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The gap

Board size330 draftable players

Draft data is not current for these two, so the figures that depend on it are left out. The call above comes from each player's usage.

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Kendre Miller, and the board ranks him 140th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Darren Waller, and the board ranks him 141st overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

No season market is posted for Kendre Miller, so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.

No season market is posted for Darren Waller, so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.

Neither carries a posted market, so this page rests on the draft room and on what the two have already done.

This season through Week 6

Through Week 6, Kendre Miller has been on the field for 26 percent of NO snaps, taken 39 percent of the carries, drawn 4 percent of the targets and had 22 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 49 third down targets, had 4 of its 17 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 34 two minute targets.

His 8 targets have come 0.9 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 4 against ATL he carried 6 times for 9 yards, caught 2 of 3 targets for 10 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against MIN he carried 10 times for 30 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 6 against NYG he carried 20 times for 70 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 0 yards and did not score.

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.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Kendre Miller played 7 games and scored 33.3 PPR points, 4.8 a game, finishing RB79.

He carried 47 times for 193 yards and 1 touchdown, and caught 5 of 5 targets for 30 more yards.

That came to 6.7 carries a game at 4.1 yards a carry and 0.7 catches a game.

He was on the field for 24 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.

Darren Waller was available for 2 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Darren Waller scored 9.9 PPR points a game and Kendre Miller 4.8, 5.1 a game between them.

Kendre Miller finished RB79 and Darren Waller TE33, which are two different ladders.

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

Byes and availability

Kendre Miller is off in Week 8 and Darren Waller in Week 5, so either can cover the other's bye.

Drop or keep

Should I drop Kendre Miller for Darren Waller?
Yes, on the rest of the season. Darren Waller projects 78 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (7.1 a game over 11 games), Kendre Miller 52 (5.2 a game over 10 games).
Should I drop Darren Waller for Kendre Miller?
No. Keep Darren Waller: he projects 78 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (7.1 a game over 11 games), Kendre Miller 52 (5.2 a game over 10 games).