Start Jaylen Waddle or Brian Thomas Jr.? Week 6
Locks at kickoff, graded after.
Start Jaylen Waddle over Brian Thomas Jr.
- Market projects
- 11.3
- fantasy pts
- SEA D vs WR
- 24.3
- 3rd fewest to WRs (2026)
- Snap share
- 68%
- Through Week 5
- Target share
- 21%
- Through Week 5
- Market projects
- 4.1
- fantasy pts
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Our Week 6 call
Start Jaylen Waddle over Brian Thomas Jr. in Week 6.
Market-based projections have Jaylen Waddle at 11.3 points and Brian Thomas Jr. at 4.1, a gap of 7.2.
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What the market projects
Player markets imply 11.3 fantasy points for Jaylen Waddle, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.
The market has Jaylen Waddle at 49.5 receiving yards and 4.5 receptions, with a 27% chance to score a touchdown (12, 11 and 13 market sources).
Player markets imply 4.1 fantasy points for Brian Thomas Jr., with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.
The market has Brian Thomas Jr. at 15.5 receiving yards and 1.5 receptions, with a 15% chance to score a touchdown (9, 10 and 11 market sources).
That puts Jaylen Waddle 7.2 points ahead of Brian Thomas Jr. on the market projections.
Week 6 matchups
Jaylen Waddle and DEN host SEA on Thursday at 8:15 PM ET.
SEA allowed 24.3 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 5 games, the 3rd fewest in the league.
Receivers caught passes for 109 yards and 0.8 touchdowns a game against SEA.
Injury status
Jaylen Waddle is not on the injury report.
Brian Thomas Jr. is not on the injury report.
Usage before Week 6
Through Week 5, Jaylen Waddle played 68 percent of DEN snaps, drew 21 percent of the targets, earned 35 percent of the air yards and had 8 percent of the red zone chances.
Jaylen Waddle, Week 2 against JAX: 38 of 62 snaps, 10 targets and 8 catches for 138 yards.
Jaylen Waddle, Week 3 against LAR: 49 of 67 snaps, 1 carry for 14 yards, 7 targets and 2 catches for 10 yards.
Jaylen Waddle, Week 4 against SF: 45 of 65 snaps, 6 targets and 5 catches for 35 yards, 1 touchdown.
Jaylen Waddle, Week 5 against LAC: 40 of 62 snaps, 1 carry for 9 yards, 5 targets and 2 catches for 19 yards.
Their 2025 seasons
In 2025, Jaylen Waddle played 16 games for MIA 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 and 682 air yards.
He was on the field for 78 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.
Their other Week 6 calls
On the draft board
Ranked ahead
WR13 · DEN · bye 10
2026 vs anytime td line 1-4
- Overall rank
- 26
- Draft pick
- no consensus
- Tier
- 9
Ranked behind
WR22 · JAX · bye 7
2026 vs anytime td line 1-4
- Overall rank
- 66
- Draft pick
- no consensus
- Tier
- 15
The board cards are draft figures, not the week's call. Locks at kickoff, graded after. When the start/sit engine grades week 6, the call and the result appear on the public record, wrong ones included.
The gap between them
- Spots apart on the board40
- Pick differencenot comparable without a consensus on both
- Tierstier 9 and tier 15
- Board size168 draftable players
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