Should I start Tre Tucker or Jaylen Waddle in Week 8?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Tre Tucker, and the board ranks him 89th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Jaylen Waddle, and the board ranks him 90th 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 Tucker is 2.2 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 2.2 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.

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

This season through Week 7

Through Week 7, Tre Tucker has been on the field for 66 percent of LV snaps, drawn 19 percent of the targets and had 8 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 15 of the offence's 71 third down targets, had 0 of its 15 chances inside the five and seen 13 of its 43 two minute targets.

His 47 targets have averaged 13.2 air yards.

In Week 5 against NE he carried 2 times for -6 yards, caught 4 of 5 targets for 41 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against BUF he caught 5 of 7 targets for 97 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.

In Week 7 against LAR he caught 5 of 12 targets for 103 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Through Week 7, Jaylen Waddle has been on the field for 68 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 Tucker played 17 games and scored 161.7 PPR points, 9.5 a game, finishing WR38.

He caught 57 of 92 targets for 696 yards and 5 touchdowns, with 9 red zone targets.

That came to 5.4 targets a game, a 62 percent catch rate and 12.2 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 95 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 Tucker was available for 1 game more.

Head to head

In 2025 Jaylen Waddle scored 12.1 PPR points a game and Tre Tucker 9.5, 2.6 a game between them.

Tre Tucker finished WR38 that year and Jaylen Waddle WR24.

Jaylen Waddle had 8 more targets than Tre Tucker, 100 to 92.

Jaylen Waddle had 214 more receiving yards than Tre Tucker, 910 to 696.

This season Jaylen Waddle holds the bigger snap share, 68 percent against 66 percent.

This season Jaylen Waddle holds the bigger target share, 23 percent against 19 percent.

Byes and availability

Tre Tucker is off in Week 13 and Jaylen Waddle in Week 10, so either can cover the other's bye.

Jaylen Waddle is listed as questionable on the injury report.