Start Jaylen Waddle or Luther Burden III? Week 5
Locks at kickoff, graded after.
Start Luther Burden III over Jaylen Waddle
- Market projects
- 11.5
- fantasy pts
- Market projects
- 12.3
- fantasy pts
- LAC D vs WR
- 33.4
- 15th most to WRs (2026)
- Snap share
- 69%
- Through Week 4
- Target share
- 21%
- Through Week 4
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Our Week 5 call
Start Luther Burden III over Jaylen Waddle in Week 5.
Market-based projections have Luther Burden III at 11.5 points and Jaylen Waddle at 12.3, a gap of 0.8. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip.
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What the market projects
Player markets imply 12.3 fantasy points for Jaylen Waddle, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.
The market has Jaylen Waddle at 54.5 receiving yards and 4.5 receptions, with a 33% chance to score a touchdown (14, 12 and 14 market sources).
Player markets imply 11.5 fantasy points for Luther Burden III, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.
The market has Luther Burden III at 48.5 receiving yards and 4.5 receptions, with a 30% chance to score a touchdown (12, 12 and 14 market sources).
That puts Jaylen Waddle 0.8 points ahead of Luther Burden III on the market projections.
Week 5 matchups
Jaylen Waddle and DEN visit LAC on Sunday at 4:05 PM ET.
LAC allowed 33.4 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 4 games, the 15th most in the league.
Receivers caught passes for 148 yards and a touchdown a game against LAC.
Injury status
Jaylen Waddle is not on the injury report.
Luther Burden III is not on the injury report.
Usage before Week 5
Through Week 4, Jaylen Waddle played 69 percent of DEN snaps, drew 21 percent of the targets, earned 38 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.
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.
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 5 calls
On the draft board
Ranked ahead
WR19 · DEN · bye 10
2026 vs anytime td line 1-3
- Overall rank
- 39
- Draft pick
- no consensus
- Tier
- 11
Ranked behind
WR20 · CHI · bye 10
2026 vs anytime td line 1-3
- Overall rank
- 45
- Draft pick
- no consensus
- Tier
- 12
The board cards are draft figures, not the week's call. Locks at kickoff, graded after. When the start/sit engine grades week 5, the call and the result appear on the public record, wrong ones included.
The gap between them
- Spots apart on the board6
- Pick differencenot comparable without a consensus on both
- Tierstier 11 and tier 12
- Board size258 draftable players
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