Should I start Jaylen Waddle or Michael Wilson in Week 7?
Updated Oct 26, 1:51 AM ET. Week 8 answers post Tuesday.
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- : Jaylen Waddle: Listed Questionable (Undisclosed) (Sleeper injury feed)
- : Jaylen Waddle: Listed Questionable (Chest) (Sleeper injury feed)
Week 7 verdict
Start Jaylen Waddle over Michael Wilson
Wrong: 8.8 to 10.6
- Market projected
- 12.0
- pre-game
- ARI D vs WR
- 34.9
- 10th most to WRs (2026)
- Snap share
- 68%
- Through Week 6
- Target share
- 22%
- Through Week 6
- Scored
- 8.8
- PPR pts
- Market projected
- 11.5
- pre-game
- DEN D vs WR
- 29.3
- 7th fewest to WRs (2026)
- Snap share
- 90%
- Through Week 6
- Target share
- 25%
- Through Week 6
- Scored
- 10.6
- PPR pts
Week 7 result: the call to start Jaylen Waddle over Michael Wilson was wrong. Waddle scored 8.8 PPR points to 10.6 for Wilson. Projected 12.0 to 11.5 before kickoff.
Should I drop Michael Wilson for Jaylen Waddle?
Yes, on the rest of the season. Jaylen Waddle projects 110 market-implied PPR points from Week 8 through Week 17 (12.2 a game over 9 games), Michael Wilson 103 (11.4 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.
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
WR26 · ARI · bye 14
2026 vs anytime td line 1-6
- Market-based projection
- 11.6 pts a game Wk 7 price
- Overall rank
- 65
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The gap
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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 Michael Wilson, and the board ranks him 65th overall on the rest of his evidence.
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 Michael Wilson, 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, Michael Wilson has been on the field for 90 percent of ARI snaps, drawn 25 percent of the targets and had 13 percent of the red zone chances.
He has taken 15 of the offence's 63 third down targets, had 4 of its 19 chances inside the five and seen 14 of its 40 two minute targets.
His 58 targets have averaged 10.4 air yards.
In Week 4 against NYG he caught 7 of 13 targets for 95 yards and did not score.
In Week 5 against DET he caught 4 of 7 targets for 30 yards and did not score.
In Week 6 against LAR he caught 4 of 7 targets for 32 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 Michael Wilson played 17 games and scored 220.6 PPR points, 13.0 a game, finishing WR10.
He caught 78 of 126 targets for 1006 yards and 7 touchdowns, with 15 red zone targets.
That came to 7.4 targets a game, a 62 percent catch rate and 12.9 yards a catch.
He was on the field for 81 percent of the snaps in the games he played.
Michael Wilson was available for 1 game more.
Head to head
In 2025 Michael Wilson scored 13.0 PPR points a game and Jaylen Waddle 12.1, 0.8 a game between them.
Jaylen Waddle finished WR24 that year and Michael Wilson WR10.
Michael Wilson had 26 more targets than Jaylen Waddle, 126 to 100.
Michael Wilson had 96 more receiving yards than Jaylen Waddle, 1006 to 910.
This season Michael Wilson holds the bigger snap share, 90 percent against 68 percent.
This season Michael Wilson holds the bigger target share, 25 percent against 22 percent.
Byes and availability
Jaylen Waddle is off in Week 10 and Michael Wilson in Week 14, so either can cover the other's bye.
Jaylen Waddle is listed as questionable on the injury report.
Drop or keep
Should I drop Michael Wilson for Jaylen Waddle?
Yes, on the rest of the season. Jaylen Waddle projects 110 market-implied PPR points from Week 8 through Week 17 (12.2 a game over 9 games), Michael Wilson 103 (11.4 a game over 9 games). Jaylen Waddle is listed questionable.
Should I drop Jaylen Waddle for Michael Wilson?
No. Keep Jaylen Waddle: he projects 110 market-implied PPR points from Week 8 through Week 17 (12.2 a game over 9 games), Michael Wilson 103 (11.4 a game over 9 games). Jaylen Waddle is listed questionable.
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