Darren Waller or Darnell Washington: Week 6 result

Our Week 6 call

Start Darren Waller over Darnell Washington in Week 6.

Market-based projections have Darren Waller at 6.5 points and Darnell Washington at 6.5, a gap of 0.1. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 6.5 fantasy points for Darren Waller, with 100 percent of the markets a TE needs posted.

The market-based projection for Darren Waller is 25 receiving yards, 2-3 receptions and 0.2 touchdowns (13, 13 and 13 market sources).

Player markets imply 6.5 fantasy points for Darnell Washington, with 100 percent of the markets a TE needs posted.

The market-based projection for Darnell Washington is 26 receiving yards, 2-3 receptions and 0.2 touchdowns (13, 12 and 13 market sources).

That puts Darren Waller 0.1 points ahead of Darnell Washington on the market projections.

Injury status

Darren Waller is not on the injury report.

Darnell Washington is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 6

Through Week 4, Darren Waller played 46 percent of CAR snaps, drew 13 percent of the targets, earned 10 percent of the air yards and had 10 percent of the red zone chances.

Darren Waller, Week 1 against CHI: 24 of 68 snaps, 2 targets and 2 catches for 28 yards.

Darren Waller, Week 2 against ATL: 29 of 66 snaps, 3 targets and 3 catches for 33 yards, 2 touchdowns.

Darren Waller, Week 3 against CLE: 39 of 77 snaps, 8 targets and 5 catches for 51 yards.

Darren Waller, Week 4 against DET: 40 of 75 snaps, 6 targets and 3 catches for 36 yards.

Through Week 5, Darnell Washington played 65 percent of PIT snaps, drew 9 percent of the targets, earned 5 percent of the air yards and had 11 percent of the red zone chances.

Darnell Washington, Week 2 against NE: 37 of 70 snaps, 2 targets and 1 catch for 7 yards.

Darnell Washington, Week 3 against CIN: 47 of 62 snaps, 4 targets and 3 catches for 67 yards.

Darnell Washington, Week 4 against CLE: 51 of 72 snaps, 5 targets and 3 catches for 27 yards, 1 touchdown.

Darnell Washington, Week 5 against IND: 38 of 60 snaps, 3 targets and 2 catches for 12 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Darren Waller played 9 games for MIA and scored 88.7 PPR points, 9.9 a game, finishing TE33.

He caught 24 of 34 targets for 283 yards and 6 touchdowns, with 7 red zone targets and 210 air yards.

He was on the field for 45 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

In 2025, Darnell Washington played 16 games for PIT and scored 73.4 PPR points, 4.6 a game, finishing TE39.

He caught 31 of 43 targets for 364 yards and 1 touchdown, with 8 red zone targets and 135 air yards.

He was on the field for 57 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

How Week 6 went

Darren Waller scored 0.0 PPR points and Darnell Washington scored 12.5.

The call was wrong: Darnell Washington outscored Darren Waller by 12.5.

Darren Waller finished 6.5 points below the 6.5 the market projected.

Darren Waller, Week 6 against PHI: 2 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Darnell Washington finished 6.0 points above the 6.5 the market projected.

Darnell Washington, Week 6 against TB: 6 targets and 4 catches for 25 yards, 1 touchdown, 12.5 PPR points.

Darnell Washington finished as the week's TE10 in PPR scoring.

Their other Week 6 calls

• Start Darren Waller over AJ Barner.
• Start Brenton Strange over Darren Waller.
• Start Cade Otton over Darren Waller.
• Start AJ Barner over Darnell Washington.
• Start Cade Otton over Darnell Washington.
• Start Darnell Washington over Charlie Kolar.