Start Jaylen Waddle or Davante Adams? Week 2

Our Week 2 call

Start Jaylen Waddle over Davante Adams in Week 2.

De-vigged player props project Jaylen Waddle at 12.9 points and Davante Adams at 12.3, a gap of 0.6. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. Both numbers are 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. Drafters take Jaylen Waddle at ADP 43 and Davante Adams at 42.

What the books imply

Player prop markets imply 12.3 fantasy points for Davante Adams, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

Player prop markets imply 12.9 fantasy points for Jaylen Waddle, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

That puts Jaylen Waddle 0.6 points ahead of Davante Adams on the books.

Week 2 matchups

Davante Adams and LAR host NYG on Monday at 8:15 PM ET.

NYG allowed 29.2 fantasy points to WRs in its one game this season, the 15th most in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 112 yards and a touchdown against NYG.

Jaylen Waddle and DEN host JAX on Sunday at 4:05 PM ET.

JAX allowed 26.3 fantasy points to WRs in its one game this season, the 15th fewest in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 128 yards and a touchdown against JAX.

By points allowed to the position, Davante Adams has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Davante Adams is not on the injury report.

Jaylen Waddle is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 2

Through Week 1, Davante Adams played 54 percent of LAR snaps, drew 22 percent of the targets, earned 29 percent of the air yards and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

Davante Adams, Week 1 against SF: 33 of 61 snaps, 6 targets and 3 catches for 26 yards.

Through Week 1, Jaylen Waddle played 75 percent of DEN snaps, drew 11 percent of the targets, earned 14 percent of the air yards and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

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

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Davante Adams played 14 games for LAR and scored 222.9 PPR points, 15.9 a game, finishing WR9.

He caught 60 of 114 targets for 789 yards and 14 touchdowns, with 31 red zone targets and 671 air yards.

He was on the field for 70 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Davante Adams, Week 15 of 2025 against DET: 33 of 72 snaps, 9 targets and 4 catches for 71 yards, 11.1 PPR points.

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.

Jaylen Waddle, Week 16 of 2025 against CIN: 42 of 59 snaps, 9 targets and 5 catches for 72 yards, 12.2 PPR points.

Their other Week 2 calls

• Start DJ Moore over Davante Adams.
• Start Davante Adams over Emeka Egbuka.
• Start Jameson Williams over Davante Adams.
• Start Jaylen Waddle over Christian Watson.
• Start DeVonta Smith over Jaylen Waddle.
• Start DJ Moore over Jaylen Waddle.