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Should I start Reggie Virgil or Jaylen Waddle in Week 10?

Updated Nov 11, 10:31 PM ET.

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  • : Michael Wilson: Out to IR (Neck, Fracture) (Sleeper injury feed)
  • : Jaylen Waddle: Questionable to Out (Head) (Sleeper injury feed)
  • : Jaylen Waddle: Listed Questionable (Head) (Sleeper injury feed)

Start Jaylen Waddle: 38 percent of the snaps and 16 percent of the targets over their last 3 games, against Reggie Virgil's 27 percent of the snaps and 5 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 Reggie Virgil for Jaylen Waddle?

Yes, on the rest of the season. Jaylen Waddle projects 84 market-implied PPR points from Week 10 through Week 17 (12.0 a game over 7 games), Reggie Virgil 30 (4.3 a game over 7 games). Jaylen Waddle is listed out.

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Both players' season market-based projection, their usage this season and their last full season's numbers.

WR52 · ARI · bye unlisted

2026 vs anytime td line 0-5

Market-based projection
4.8 pts a game

WR · DEN · on bye this week

2026 vs anytime td line 2-7

Market-based projection
11.5 pts a game Wk 9 price
Overall rank
254

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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 Reggie Virgil, and the board ranks him 146th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Jaylen Waddle, and the board ranks him 254th overall on the rest of his evidence.

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

The market-based projections

Reggie Virgil's market-based projection is 4.8 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 8 market sources. That is the 143rd highest figure of the 217 players with a market-based projection.

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

This season through Week 9

Through Week 9, Reggie Virgil has been on the field for 21 percent of ARI snaps, drawn 6 percent of the targets and had 3 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 4 of the offence's 58 third down targets, had 0 of its 16 chances inside the five and seen 2 of its 25 two minute targets.

His 11 targets have averaged 17.5 air yards.

In Week 7 against DEN he was not given the ball.

In Week 8 against DAL he caught 0 of 2 targets for 0 yards and did not score.

In Week 9 against SEA he caught 1 of 4 targets for 25 yards and did not score.

Through Week 9, Jaylen Waddle has been on the field for 58 percent of DEN snaps, drawn 20 percent of the targets and had 7 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 16 of the offence's 72 third down targets, had 1 of its 29 chances inside the five and seen 4 of its 32 two minute targets.

His 52 targets have averaged 10.0 air yards.

In Week 7 against ARI he caught 4 of 7 targets for 48 yards and did not score.

In Week 8 against KC he caught 3 of 6 targets for 39 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 9 against CAR he caught 1 of 1 target for 22 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

Reggie Virgil is a rookie, so there is no NFL season behind him to price him against.

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.

Head to head

This season Jaylen Waddle holds the bigger snap share, 58 percent against 21 percent.

This season Jaylen Waddle holds the bigger target share, 20 percent against 6 percent.

Byes and availability

Jaylen Waddle is off in Week 10. No bye is listed for Reggie Virgil.

Jaylen Waddle is listed as out on the injury report.

What would change the answer

Jaylen Waddle has no posted market, so one half of the evidence on this page exists for only one of them.

Drop or keep

  • Should I drop Reggie Virgil for Jaylen Waddle?

    Yes, on the rest of the season. Jaylen Waddle projects 84 market-implied PPR points from Week 10 through Week 17 (12.0 a game over 7 games), Reggie Virgil 30 (4.3 a game over 7 games). Jaylen Waddle is listed out.

  • Should I drop Jaylen Waddle for Reggie Virgil?

    No. Keep Jaylen Waddle: he projects 84 market-implied PPR points from Week 10 through Week 17 (12.0 a game over 7 games), Reggie Virgil 30 (4.3 a game over 7 games). Jaylen Waddle is listed out.

Both players in full

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