Keenan Allen or Jaylen Waddle: Week 6 result

Our Week 6 call

Start Keenan Allen over Jaylen Waddle in Week 6.

Market-based projections have Keenan Allen at 10.4 points and Jaylen Waddle at 10.8, a gap of 0.5. 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 10.8 fantasy points for Jaylen Waddle, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

The market-based projection for Jaylen Waddle is 47 receiving yards, 4-5 receptions and 0.3 touchdowns (13, 11 and 12 market sources).

Player markets imply 10.4 fantasy points for Keenan Allen, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

The market-based projection for Keenan Allen is 42 receiving yards, 4-5 receptions and 0.3 touchdowns (13, 10 and 13 market sources).

That puts Jaylen Waddle 0.5 points ahead of Keenan Allen 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 listed as questionable with a shoulder injury.

Keenan Allen 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.

Through Week 5, Keenan Allen played 59 percent of IND snaps, drew 21 percent of the targets, earned 16 percent of the air yards and had 11 percent of the red zone chances.

Keenan Allen, Week 1 against BAL: 36 of 54 snaps, 6 targets and 6 catches for 32 yards.

Keenan Allen, Week 2 against KC: 33 of 65 snaps, 5 targets and 1 catch for 5 yards.

Keenan Allen, Week 3 against HOU: 52 of 71 snaps, 9 targets and 6 catches for 63 yards, 1 touchdown.

Keenan Allen, Week 5 against PIT: 32 of 71 snaps, 9 targets and 5 catches for 45 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.

In 2025, Keenan Allen played 17 games for LAC and scored 182.7 PPR points, 10.7 a game, finishing WR29.

He caught 81 of 122 targets for 777 yards and 4 touchdowns, with 15 red zone targets and 546 air yards.

He was on the field for 55 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

How Week 6 went

Keenan Allen scored 16.2 PPR points and Jaylen Waddle scored 6.4.

The call was right: Keenan Allen outscored Jaylen Waddle by 9.8.

Keenan Allen finished 5.8 points above the 10.4 the market projected.

Keenan Allen, Week 6 against TEN: 11 targets and 8 catches for 82 yards, 16.2 PPR points.

Keenan Allen finished as the week's WR16 in PPR scoring.

Jaylen Waddle finished 4.4 points below the 10.8 the market projected.

Jaylen Waddle, Week 6 against SEA: 39 of 60 snaps, 7 targets and 4 catches for 24 yards, 6.4 PPR points.

Jaylen Waddle finished as the week's WR52 in PPR scoring.

Their other Week 6 calls

• Start Jaylen Waddle over Brian Thomas Jr..
• Start Carnell Tate over Jaylen Waddle.
• Start CeeDee Lamb over Jaylen Waddle.
• Start Keenan Allen over Adonai Mitchell.
• Start A.J. Brown over Keenan Allen.
• Start Carnell Tate over Keenan Allen.