Should I start Garrett Wilson or Jaylen Waddle in Week 7?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Garrett Wilson, and the board ranks him 93rd overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Jaylen Waddle, and the board ranks him 98th overall on the rest of his evidence.

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

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Garrett Wilson is 3.2 PPR points a game off 1 market across 6 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 Jaylen Waddle is 3.0 PPR points a game off 1 market across 7 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.

Garrett Wilson's projection is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season through Week 6

Through Week 6, Garrett Wilson has been on the field for 90 percent of NYJ snaps, drawn 29 percent of the targets and had 9 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 16 of the offence's 43 third down targets, had 1 of its 8 chances inside the five and seen 4 of its 31 two minute targets.

His 48 targets have averaged 9.6 air yards.

In Week 4 against CHI he caught 3 of 4 targets for 27 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against CLE he caught 7 of 11 targets for 104 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 6 against NE he caught 4 of 6 targets for 44 yards and did not score.

Through Week 6, Jaylen Waddle has been on the field for 68 percent of DEN snaps, drawn 22 percent of the targets and had 7 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 13 of the offence's 50 third down targets, had 0 of its 17 chances inside the five and seen 2 of its 22 two minute targets.

His 38 targets have averaged 9.2 air yards.

In Week 4 against SF he caught 5 of 6 targets for 35 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

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.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Garrett Wilson played 7 games and scored 99.5 PPR points, 14.2 a game, finishing WR62.

He caught 36 of 59 targets for 395 yards and 4 touchdowns, with 2 red zone targets.

That came to 8.4 targets a game, a 61 percent catch rate and 11.0 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 89 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

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.

Jaylen Waddle was available for 9 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Garrett Wilson scored 14.2 PPR points a game and Jaylen Waddle 12.1, 2.1 a game between them.

Garrett Wilson finished WR62 that year and Jaylen Waddle WR24.

Jaylen Waddle had 41 more targets than Garrett Wilson, 100 to 59.

Jaylen Waddle had 515 more receiving yards than Garrett Wilson, 910 to 395.

This season Garrett Wilson holds the bigger snap share, 90 percent against 68 percent.

This season Garrett Wilson holds the bigger target share, 29 percent against 22 percent.

Byes and availability

Garrett Wilson is off in Week 13 and Jaylen Waddle in Week 10, so either can cover the other's bye.

Jaylen Waddle is listed as questionable on the injury report.