Should I start Keenan Allen or Jaylen Waddle in Week 6?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Keenan Allen, and the board ranks him 67th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Jaylen Waddle, and the board ranks him 75th overall on the rest of his evidence.

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

The market-based projections

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

No season market is posted for Jaylen Waddle, 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 5

Through Week 5, Keenan Allen has been on the field for 59 percent of IND snaps, drawn 21 percent of the targets and had 11 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 9 of the offence's 31 third down targets, had 1 of its 13 chances inside the five and seen 5 of its 11 two minute targets.

His 29 targets have averaged 6.5 air yards.

In Week 2 against KC he caught 1 of 5 targets for 5 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against HOU he caught 6 of 9 targets for 63 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 5 against PIT he caught 5 of 9 targets for 45 yards and did not score.

Through Week 5, Jaylen Waddle has been on the field for 68 percent of DEN snaps, drawn 21 percent of the targets and had 8 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 11 of the offence's 42 third down targets, had 0 of its 14 chances inside the five and seen 2 of its 20 two minute targets.

His 31 targets have averaged 9.7 air yards.

In Week 3 against LAR he carried 1 time for 14 yards, caught 2 of 7 targets for 10 yards and did not score.

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.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Keenan Allen played 17 games and scored 182.7 PPR points, 10.7 a game, finishing WR29.

He caught 81 of 122 targets for 777 yards and 4 touchdowns, with 15 red zone targets.

That came to 7.2 targets a game, a 66 percent catch rate and 9.6 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 55 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

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.

Keenan Allen was available for 1 game more.

Head to head

In 2025 Jaylen Waddle scored 12.1 PPR points a game and Keenan Allen 10.7, 1.4 a game between them.

Keenan Allen finished WR29 that year and Jaylen Waddle WR24.

Keenan Allen had 22 more targets than Jaylen Waddle, 122 to 100.

Jaylen Waddle had 133 more receiving yards than Keenan Allen, 910 to 777.

This season Jaylen Waddle holds the bigger snap share, 68 percent against 59 percent.

Their target share this season is the same, 21 percent each.

Byes and availability

Keenan Allen is off in Week 13 and Jaylen Waddle in Week 10, so either can cover the other's bye.

Jaylen Waddle is listed as questionable on the injury report.