Should I start Jaylen Waddle or Jake Ferguson in Week 8?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Jaylen Waddle, and the board ranks him 118th overall on the rest of his evidence.

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

Live drafts hold no current pick on Jake Ferguson, and the board ranks him 119th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Jaylen Waddle is 2.0 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 Jake Ferguson is 2.3 PPR points a game off 1 market across 1 market source. That is 30 percent of what a tight end's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

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

This season through Week 7

Through Week 7, Jaylen Waddle has been on the field for 66 percent of DEN snaps, drawn 23 percent of the targets and had 8 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 14 of the offence's 58 third down targets, had 0 of its 18 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 25 two minute targets.

His 45 targets have averaged 10.1 air yards.

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.

In Week 7 against ARI he caught 4 of 7 targets for 48 yards and did not score.

Through Week 7, Jake Ferguson has been on the field for 66 percent of DAL snaps, drawn 9 percent of the targets and had 6 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 3 of the offence's 63 third down targets, had 1 of its 26 chances inside the five and seen 6 of its 48 two minute targets.

His 25 targets have averaged 5.0 air yards.

In Week 5 against TB he caught 3 of 6 targets for 19 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against GB he caught 2 of 3 targets for 13 yards and did not score.

In Week 7 against PHI he caught 0 of 1 target for 0 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 Jake Ferguson played 17 games and scored 188.1 PPR points, 11.1 a game, finishing TE5.

He caught 82 of 102 targets for 600 yards and 8 touchdowns, with 23 red zone targets.

That came to 6.0 targets a game, a 80 percent catch rate and 7.3 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 67 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Jake Ferguson was available for 1 game more.

Side by side

In 2025 Jaylen Waddle scored 12.1 PPR points a game and Jake Ferguson 11.1, 1.1 a game between them.

Jaylen Waddle finished WR24 and Jake Ferguson TE5, which are two different ladders.

Jaylen Waddle is a wide receiver and Jake Ferguson 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 Jake Ferguson in Week 14, so either can cover the other's bye.

Jaylen Waddle is listed as questionable on the injury report.