Should I start Jaylen Waddle or Harold Fannin in Week 6?

Updated Oct 19, 1:26 PM ET. Week 7 answers post Tuesday.

Start Harold Fannin: 89 percent of the snaps and 19 percent of the targets over their last 3 games, against Jaylen Waddle's 66 percent of the snaps and 21 percent of the targets. 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 Harold Fannin for Jaylen Waddle?

Yes, on the rest of the season. Jaylen Waddle projects 123 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (12.3 a game over 10 games), Harold Fannin 101 (10.1 a game over 10 games). Jaylen Waddle is listed questionable.

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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.

Jaylen Waddle

WR30 · DEN · bye 10

2026 vs anytime td line 1-5

Market-based projection: 10.8 pts a game Wk 6 price
Overall rank: 73

Harold Fannin

TE10 · CLE · bye 11

2026 vs anytime td line 2-4

Market-based projection: 9.9 pts a game Wk 6 price
Overall rank: 74

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Their Week 7 outlook

The gap

Board size328 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 Jaylen Waddle, and the board ranks him 73rd overall on the rest of his evidence.

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

Live drafts hold no current pick on Harold Fannin, and the board ranks him 74th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

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

No season market is posted for Harold Fannin, 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, 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.

Through Week 6, Harold Fannin has been on the field for 87 percent of CLE snaps, drawn 17 percent of the targets and had 9 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 12 of the offence's 45 third down targets, had 2 of its 8 chances inside the five and seen 5 of its 28 two minute targets.

His 30 targets have averaged 6.1 air yards.

In Week 4 against PIT he caught 3 of 5 targets for 27 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 5 against NYJ he caught 1 of 4 targets for 4 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against BAL he caught 1 of 3 targets for 9 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

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.

In 2025 Harold Fannin played 16 games and scored 186.4 PPR points, 11.7 a game, finishing TE6.

He caught 72 of 107 targets for 731 yards and 6 touchdowns, with 10 red zone targets.

That came to 6.7 targets a game, a 67 percent catch rate and 10.2 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 76 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Both were available for 16 games that season.

Side by side

In 2025 Jaylen Waddle scored 12.1 PPR points a game and Harold Fannin 11.7, 0.5 a game between them.

Jaylen Waddle finished WR24 and Harold Fannin TE6, which are two different ladders.

Jaylen Waddle is a wide receiver and Harold Fannin a tight end, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Jaylen Waddle is off in Week 10 and Harold Fannin in Week 11, so either can cover the other's bye.

Jaylen Waddle is listed as questionable on the injury report.

Drop or keep

Should I drop Harold Fannin for Jaylen Waddle?
Yes, on the rest of the season. Jaylen Waddle projects 123 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (12.3 a game over 10 games), Harold Fannin 101 (10.1 a game over 10 games). Jaylen Waddle is listed questionable.
Should I drop Jaylen Waddle for Harold Fannin?
No. Keep Jaylen Waddle: he projects 123 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (12.3 a game over 10 games), Harold Fannin 101 (10.1 a game over 10 games). Jaylen Waddle is listed questionable.