Should I start Jaylen Waddle or Jameson Williams in Week 7?

The market-based projections

Jaylen Waddle's market-based projection is 13.3 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 9 market sources. That is the 54th highest figure of the 201 players with a market-based projection.

Jameson Williams's market-based projection is 11.4 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 13 market sources. That is the 63rd highest figure of the 201 players with a market-based projection.

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Jaylen Waddle, and the board ranks him 39th overall on the rest of his evidence.

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

Live drafts hold no current pick on Jameson Williams, and the board ranks him 45th overall on the rest of his evidence.

This season so far

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 5, Jameson Williams has been on the field for 90 percent of DET snaps, drawn 15 percent of the targets and had 4 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 7 of the offence's 45 third down targets, had 0 of its 21 chances inside the five and seen 5 of its 21 two minute targets.

His 29 targets have averaged 16.5 air yards.

In Week 3 against NYJ he caught 4 of 4 targets for 49 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against CAR he caught 6 of 8 targets for 102 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against ARI he caught 2 of 4 targets for 47 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.

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 Jameson Williams played 17 games and scored 219.9 PPR points, 12.9 a game, finishing WR12.

He caught 65 of 102 targets for 1117 yards and 7 touchdowns, with 8 red zone targets.

That came to 6.0 targets a game, a 64 percent catch rate and 17.2 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 90 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Jameson Williams was available for 1 game more.

Head to head

In 2025 Jameson Williams scored 12.9 PPR points a game and Jaylen Waddle 12.1, 0.8 a game between them.

Jaylen Waddle finished WR24 that year and Jameson Williams WR12.

Jameson Williams had 2 more targets than Jaylen Waddle, 102 to 100.

Jameson Williams had 207 more receiving yards than Jaylen Waddle, 1117 to 910.

This season Jameson Williams holds the bigger snap share, 90 percent against 68 percent.

This season Jaylen Waddle holds the bigger target share, 22 percent against 15 percent.

Byes and availability

Jaylen Waddle is off in Week 10 and Jameson Williams in Week 6, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

1.9 points a game is the entire case. The market restates it every week, and a line that moves moves the order with it.

The draft market is the half that is missing: when live drafts hold these two again they can order them differently from the projection, and this page will follow the drafts rather than the market-based projection when they do.