Start Jaylen Waddle or Dalton Schultz? Week 3

Our Week 3 call

Start Dalton Schultz over Jaylen Waddle in Week 3.

De-vigged player props project Dalton Schultz at 13.1 points and Jaylen Waddle at 12.5, a gap of 0.6. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. Dalton Schultz's number is scaled up from a partial market: the books have not posted every stat the position needs, so the rest is estimated from what they have.

What the books imply

Player prop markets imply 13.1 fantasy points for Dalton Schultz, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

The books have Dalton Schultz at 49.5 receiving yards and 5.5 receptions, with a 31% chance to score a touchdown (13, 10 and 15 books).

Player prop markets imply 12.5 fantasy points for Jaylen Waddle, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

The books have Jaylen Waddle at 57.5 receiving yards and 4.5 receptions, with a 31% chance to score a touchdown (10, 11 and 15 books).

That puts Dalton Schultz 0.6 points ahead of Jaylen Waddle on the books.

Week 3 matchups

Jaylen Waddle and DEN host LAR on Sunday at 8:20 PM ET.

LAR allowed 30.4 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 2 games, the 15th most in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 113 yards and 1.5 touchdowns a game against LAR.

Injury status

Dalton Schultz is not on the injury report.

Jaylen Waddle is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 3

Through Week 2, Jaylen Waddle played 67 percent of DEN snaps, drew 23 percent of the targets, earned 46 percent of the air yards and had 7 percent of the red zone chances.

Jaylen Waddle, Week 1 against KC: 38 of 51 snaps, 3 targets and 1 catch for 2 yards.

Jaylen Waddle, Week 2 against JAX: 38 of 62 snaps, 10 targets and 8 catches for 138 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.

Jaylen Waddle, Week 17 of 2025 against TB: 14 of 55 snaps, 1 carry for 7 yards, 1 target and 0 catches for 0 yards, 0.7 PPR points.

Their other Week 3 calls

• Start Dalton Schultz over Dalton Kincaid.
• Start George Pickens over Dalton Schultz.
• Start Dalton Schultz over Ladd McConkey.
• Start Jaylen Waddle over Christian Watson.
• Start Dalton Kincaid over Jaylen Waddle.
• Start DeVonta Smith over Jaylen Waddle.