Should I start Tre' Harris or Jaylen Waddle in Week 8?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Tre' Harris, and the board ranks him 120th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Jaylen Waddle, and the board ranks him 123rd overall on the rest of his evidence.

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

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Tre' Harris is 2.1 PPR points a game off 1 market across 1 market source. That is 30 percent of what a wide receiver's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

The market-based projection for Jaylen Waddle is 2.0 PPR points a game off 1 market across 8 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.

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

This season so far

Through Week 5, Tre' Harris has been on the field for 71 percent of LAC snaps, drawn 18 percent of the targets and had 8 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 8 of the offence's 44 third down targets, had 0 of its 7 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 19 two minute targets.

His 25 targets have averaged 11.4 air yards.

In Week 3 against BUF he caught 6 of 7 targets for 76 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against SEA he caught 3 of 5 targets for 60 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against DEN he caught 2 of 4 targets for 16 yards and did not score.

Through Week 7, Jaylen Waddle has been on the field for 66 percent of DEN snaps, drawn 23 percent of the targets and had 8 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 14 of the offence's 58 third down targets, had 0 of its 18 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 25 two minute targets.

His 45 targets have averaged 10.1 air yards.

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.

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

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Tre' Harris played 17 games and scored 69.4 PPR points, 4.1 a game, finishing WR90.

He caught 30 of 43 targets for 324 yards and 1 touchdown, with 4 red zone targets.

That came to 2-3 targets a game, a 70 percent catch rate and 10.8 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 45 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.

Tre' Harris was available for 1 game more.

Head to head

In 2025 Jaylen Waddle scored 12.1 PPR points a game and Tre' Harris 4.1, 8.1 a game between them.

Tre' Harris finished WR90 that year and Jaylen Waddle WR24.

Jaylen Waddle had 57 more targets than Tre' Harris, 100 to 43.

Jaylen Waddle had 586 more receiving yards than Tre' Harris, 910 to 324.

This season Tre' Harris holds the bigger snap share, 71 percent against 66 percent.

This season Jaylen Waddle holds the bigger target share, 23 percent against 18 percent.

Byes and availability

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

Tre' Harris is listed as questionable on the injury report.

Jaylen Waddle is listed as questionable on the injury report.