Should I start Jaylen Waddle or Ricky Pearsall in Week 10?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Jaylen Waddle, and the board ranks him 237th overall on the rest of his evidence.

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

Live drafts hold no current pick on Ricky Pearsall, and the board ranks him 241st 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 Ricky Pearsall, 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 9

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.

The usage feed holds no snap or target counts for Ricky Pearsall this season.

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 Ricky Pearsall played 9 games and scored 88.6 PPR points, 9.8 a game, finishing WR72.

He caught 36 of 53 targets for 528 yards and 0 touchdowns, with 4 red zone targets.

That came to 5.9 targets a game, a 68 percent catch rate and 14.7 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 70 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Jaylen Waddle was available for 7 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Jaylen Waddle scored 12.1 PPR points a game and Ricky Pearsall 9.8, 2.3 a game between them.

Jaylen Waddle finished WR24 that year and Ricky Pearsall WR72.

Jaylen Waddle had 47 more targets than Ricky Pearsall, 100 to 53.

Jaylen Waddle had 382 more receiving yards than Ricky Pearsall, 910 to 528.

Byes and availability

Jaylen Waddle is off in Week 10 and Ricky Pearsall in Week 8, so either can cover the other's bye.

Jaylen Waddle is listed as out on the injury report.

Ricky Pearsall is listed as ir on the injury report.