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

Updated Oct 26, 1:56 AM ET. Week 8 answers post Tuesday.

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Oct 25, 7:43 PM ET: Jaylen Waddle: Listed Questionable (Undisclosed) (Sleeper injury feed)
Oct 21, 7:43 PM ET: Jaylen Waddle: Listed Questionable (Chest) (Sleeper injury feed)
Oct 21, 4:43 PM ET: Jordan Love: Listed Questionable (Back) (Sleeper injury feed)

Start Jordan Love: 99 percent of the snaps and 0 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 Jaylen Waddle for Jordan Love?

Yes, on the rest of the season. Jordan Love projects 145 market-implied PPR points from Week 8 through Week 17 (16.1 a game over 9 games), Jaylen Waddle 110 (12.2 a game over 9 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

WR25 · DEN · bye 10

2026 vs anytime td line 1-6

Market-based projection: 12.1 pts a game Wk 7 price
Overall rank: 58

Jordan Love

QB6 · GB · bye 11

2026 vs pass yds line 4-3

Market-based projection: 17.9 pts a game Wk 7 price
Overall rank: 72

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The gap

Board size337 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 58th 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 Love, and the board ranks him 72nd overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 21.

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 Jordan Love, 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, Jordan Love has been on the field for 99 percent of GB snaps, dropped back 240 times and thrown 8.8 air yards an attempt.

He has been sacked or hit on 46 of 240 dropbacks and scrambled 1 time.

In Week 4 against TB he completed 22 of 30 passes for 197 yards, threw 2 touchdowns and 1 interception and ran 1 time for 4 yards.

In Week 5 against CHI he completed 25 of 31 passes for 367 yards, threw 2 touchdowns and 0 interceptions and ran 1 time for 6 yards.

In Week 6 against DAL he completed 23 of 41 passes for 276 yards, threw 1 touchdown and 1 interception and ran 2 times for 14 yards.

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 Love played 15 games and scored 241.1 PPR points, 16.1 a game, finishing QB15.

He threw for 3381 yards on 439 attempts with 23 touchdowns and 6 interceptions, and ran for 199 yards and 0 touchdowns.

That came to 29.3 attempts a game at 7.7 yards an attempt.

He was on the field for 94 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Jaylen Waddle was available for 1 game more.

Side by side

In 2025 Jordan Love scored 16.1 PPR points a game and Jaylen Waddle 12.1, 3.9 a game between them.

Jaylen Waddle finished WR24 and Jordan Love QB15, which are two different ladders.

Jaylen Waddle is a wide receiver and Jordan Love a quarterback, 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 Jordan Love 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 Jaylen Waddle for Jordan Love?
Yes, on the rest of the season. Jordan Love projects 145 market-implied PPR points from Week 8 through Week 17 (16.1 a game over 9 games), Jaylen Waddle 110 (12.2 a game over 9 games). Jaylen Waddle is listed questionable.
Should I drop Jordan Love for Jaylen Waddle?
No. Keep Jordan Love: he projects 145 market-implied PPR points from Week 8 through Week 17 (16.1 a game over 9 games), Jaylen Waddle 110 (12.2 a game over 9 games). Jaylen Waddle is listed questionable.