Jaylen Waddle or Terry McLaurin: who should I start in Week 6?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Jaylen Waddle: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 55th overall on the rest of his evidence.

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

Drafters have formed no consensus on Terry McLaurin: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 151st overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

Jaylen Waddle's market-based projection is 11.1 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 13 market sources. That is the 71st highest figure of the 161 players with a market-based projection.

The market-based projection for Terry McLaurin is 2.4 PPR points a game off 1 market across 12 market sources. That is 30 percent of what a wide receiver's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

Terry McLaurin's projection is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season through Week 5

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.

Through Week 5, Terry McLaurin has been on the field for 73 percent of WAS snaps, drawn 22 percent of the targets and had 9 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 5 of the offence's 31 third down targets, had 1 of its 7 chances inside the five and seen 4 of its 15 two minute targets.

His 26 targets have averaged 12.5 air yards.

In Week 2 against DAL he caught 2 of 9 targets for 50 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against SEA he caught 6 of 9 targets for 77 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 5 against NYG he caught 4 of 4 targets for 62 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 Terry McLaurin played 10 games and scored 114.2 PPR points, 11.4 a game, finishing WR56.

He caught 38 of 60 targets for 582 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 7 red zone targets.

That came to 6.0 targets a game, a 63 percent catch rate and 15.3 yards a catch.

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

Jaylen Waddle was available for 6 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Jaylen Waddle scored 12.1 PPR points a game and Terry McLaurin 11.4, 0.7 a game between them.

Jaylen Waddle finished WR24 that year and Terry McLaurin WR56.

Jaylen Waddle had 40 more targets than Terry McLaurin, 100 to 60.

Jaylen Waddle had 328 more receiving yards than Terry McLaurin, 910 to 582.

This season Terry McLaurin holds the bigger snap share, 73 percent against 68 percent.

This season Terry McLaurin holds the bigger target share, 22 percent against 21 percent.

Byes and availability

Jaylen Waddle is off in Week 10 and Terry McLaurin in Week 7, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

Terry McLaurin is only part priced, so the market half of this page is whole for only one of them.