Jaylen Waddle or Luther Burden III: who should I start in Week 5?

What the player markets price

The player markets price Jaylen Waddle at 12.3 PPR points a game, built from 4 markets across 14 market sources. That is the 65th highest figure of the 200 players the market prices.

The player markets price Luther Burden III at 11.5 PPR points a game, built from 4 markets across 14 market sources. That is the 70th highest figure of the 200 players the market prices.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Jaylen Waddle: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 39th overall on the rest of his evidence.

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

Drafters have formed no consensus on Luther Burden III: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 45th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 39.

This season through Week 4

Through Week 4, Jaylen Waddle has been on the field for 69 percent of DEN snaps, drawn 21 percent of the targets and had 7 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 11 of the offence's 35 third down targets, had 0 of its 11 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 16 two minute targets.

His 26 targets have averaged 10.7 air yards.

In Week 2 against JAX he caught 8 of 10 targets for 138 yards and did not score.

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.

Through Week 4, Luther Burden III has been on the field for 61 percent of CHI snaps, drawn 24 percent of the targets and had 11 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 5 of the offence's 33 third down targets, had 1 of its 21 chances inside the five and seen 6 of its 21 two minute targets.

His 29 targets have averaged 8.2 air yards.

In Week 2 against MIN he caught 3 of 7 targets for 32 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against PHI he carried 1 time for 7 yards, caught 7 of 11 targets for 61 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 4 against NYJ he carried 1 time for 11 yards, caught 4 of 6 targets for 63 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 Luther Burden III played 15 games and scored 127.9 PPR points, 8.5 a game, finishing WR48.

He caught 47 of 60 targets for 652 yards and 2 touchdowns, with 4 red zone targets.

That came to 4.0 targets a game, a 78 percent catch rate and 13.9 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 39 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Jaylen Waddle was available for 1 game more.

Head to head

In 2025 Jaylen Waddle scored 12.1 PPR points a game and Luther Burden III 8.5, 3.6 a game between them.

Jaylen Waddle finished WR24 that year and Luther Burden III WR48.

Jaylen Waddle had 40 more targets than Luther Burden III, 100 to 60.

Jaylen Waddle had 258 more receiving yards than Luther Burden III, 910 to 652.

This season Jaylen Waddle holds the bigger snap share, 69 percent against 61 percent.

This season Luther Burden III holds the bigger target share, 24 percent against 21 percent.

Byes and availability

Both are off in Week 10, so a roster holding the pair has that one week to cover twice.

What would change the answer

0.8 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 the consensus sample holds these two again it can order them differently from the price, and this page will follow the sample rather than the market price when it does.