Should I start Jaylen Waddle or Jordan Addison in Week 7?

The market-based projections

Jaylen Waddle's market-based projection is 13.2 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 10 market sources. That is the 60th highest figure of the 214 players with a market-based projection.

Jordan Addison's market-based projection is 9.6 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 12 market sources. That is the 84th highest figure of the 214 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 43rd overall on the rest of his evidence.

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

Live drafts hold no current pick on Jordan Addison, and the board ranks him 76th 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 4, Jordan Addison has been on the field for 92 percent of MIN snaps, drawn 22 percent of the targets and had 5 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 11 of the offence's 42 third down targets, had 0 of its 2 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 9 two minute targets.

His 22 targets have averaged 12.4 air yards.

In Week 2 against CHI he caught 2 of 5 targets for 21 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against TB he caught 5 of 9 targets for 90 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 4 against MIA he carried 1 time for -1 yards, caught 4 of 6 targets for 52 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 Jordan Addison played 14 games and scored 135.1 PPR points, 9.7 a game, finishing WR45.

He caught 42 of 79 targets for 610 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 13 red zone targets.

That came to 5.6 targets a game, a 53 percent catch rate and 15 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 85 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Jaylen Waddle was available for 2 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Jaylen Waddle scored 12.1 PPR points a game and Jordan Addison 9.7, 2.5 a game between them.

Jaylen Waddle finished WR24 that year and Jordan Addison WR45.

Jaylen Waddle had 21 more targets than Jordan Addison, 100 to 79.

Jaylen Waddle had 300 more receiving yards than Jordan Addison, 910 to 610.

This season Jordan Addison holds the bigger snap share, 92 percent against 68 percent.

Their target share this season is the same, 22 percent each.

Byes and availability

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

Jaylen Waddle is listed as questionable on the injury report.

What would change the answer

3.6 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.