Travis Kelce or Jaylen Waddle: who should I start in Week 3?

What the sportsbooks price

The player markets price Travis Kelce at 12.7 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 15 books. That is the 68th highest figure of the 186 players the books price.

The player markets price Jaylen Waddle at 12.6 PPR points a game, built from 4 markets across 15 books. That is the 69th highest figure of the 186 players the books price.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Travis Kelce: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 42nd overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 155.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Jaylen Waddle: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 43rd overall on the rest of his evidence.

By format he goes standard: ADP 15; 2QB: ADP 73.

This season through Week 2

Through Week 2, Travis Kelce has been on the field for 79 percent of KC snaps, drawn 24 percent of the targets and had 5 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 4 of the offence's 18 third down targets, had 0 of its 8 chances inside the five and seen 2 of its 9 two minute targets.

His 16 targets have averaged 5.3 air yards.

In Week 1 against DEN he caught 3 of 5 targets for 71 yards and did not score.

In Week 2 against IND he caught 9 of 11 targets for 101 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Through Week 2, Jaylen Waddle has been on the field for 67 percent of DEN snaps, drawn 23 percent of the targets and had 7 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 7 of the offence's 15 third down targets, had 0 of its 4 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 2 two minute targets.

His 13 targets have averaged 12.8 air yards.

In Week 1 against KC he caught 1 of 3 targets for 2 yards and did not score.

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

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Travis Kelce played 17 games and scored 193.2 PPR points, 11.4 a game, finishing TE3.

He caught 76 of 108 targets for 851 yards and 5 touchdowns, with 11 red zone targets.

That came to 6.4 targets a game, a 70 percent catch rate and 11.2 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 81 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

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.

Travis Kelce was available for 1 game more.

Side by side

In 2025 Jaylen Waddle scored 12.1 PPR points a game and Travis Kelce 11.4, 0.8 a game between them.

Travis Kelce finished TE3 and Jaylen Waddle WR24, which are two different ladders.

Travis Kelce is a tight end and Jaylen Waddle a wide receiver, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Travis Kelce is off in Week 5 and Jaylen Waddle in Week 10, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

0.1 points a game is the entire case. The books restate 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 books when it does.