Rome Odunze or Darren Waller: who should I start in Week 3?

What the sportsbooks price

The player markets price Rome Odunze at 6.3 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 15 books. That is the 149th highest figure of the 170 players the books price.

The player markets price Darren Waller at 6.2 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 16 books. That is the 150th highest figure of the 170 players the books price.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Rome Odunze: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 146th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 65.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Darren Waller: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 144th overall on the rest of his evidence.

This season through Week 2

Through Week 2, Rome Odunze has been on the field for 66 percent of CHI snaps, drawn 13 percent of the targets and had 0 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 4 of its 13 two minute targets.

His 7 targets have averaged 19.6 air yards.

In Week 1 against CAR he caught 2 of 3 targets for 52 yards and did not score.

In Week 2 against MIN he caught 3 of 4 targets for 43 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 Rome Odunze played 12 games and scored 146.1 PPR points, 12.2 a game, finishing WR41.

He caught 44 of 90 targets for 661 yards and 6 touchdowns, with 12 red zone targets.

That came to 7.5 targets a game, a 49 percent catch rate and 15.0 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 82 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.

Rome Odunze was available for 3 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Rome Odunze scored 12.2 PPR points a game and Darren Waller 9.9, 2.3 a game between them.

Rome Odunze finished WR41 and Darren Waller TE33, which are two different ladders.

Rome Odunze is a wide receiver 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

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

What would change the answer

0.1 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.