Tucker Kraft or Jaylen Waddle: who should I start in Week 5?

What the player markets price

The player markets price Tucker Kraft at 11.5 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 4 market sources. That is the 22nd highest figure of the 107 players the market prices.

The player markets price Jaylen Waddle at 11.2 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 13 market sources. That is the 23rd highest figure of the 107 players the market prices.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Tucker Kraft: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 36th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Jaylen Waddle: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 35th overall on the rest of his evidence.

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

This season through Week 5

Through Week 5, Tucker Kraft has been on the field for 82 percent of GB snaps, drawn 16 percent of the targets and had 12 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 3 of the offence's 50 third down targets, had 2 of its 12 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 26 two minute targets.

His 29 targets have averaged 5.4 air yards.

In Week 3 against ATL he caught 4 of 8 targets for 26 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against TB he carried 1 time for 3 yards, caught 6 of 7 targets for 42 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 5 against CHI he carried 1 time for 2 yards, caught 5 of 5 targets for 64 yards and did not score.

Through Week 5, Jaylen Waddle has been on the field for 69 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.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Tucker Kraft played 8 games and scored 117.2 PPR points, 14.7 a game, finishing TE24.

He caught 32 of 44 targets for 489 yards and 6 touchdowns, with 12 red zone targets.

That came to 5.5 targets a game, a 73 percent catch rate and 15.3 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 86 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.

Jaylen Waddle was available for 8 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Tucker Kraft scored 14.7 PPR points a game and Jaylen Waddle 12.1, 2.5 a game between them.

Tucker Kraft finished TE24 and Jaylen Waddle WR24, which are two different ladders.

Tucker Kraft 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

Tucker Kraft is off in Week 11 and Jaylen Waddle in Week 10, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

0.4 points a game is the entire case. The market restates 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 market price when it does.