Start Luther Burden III or Jaylen Waddle? Week 6
Start Luther Burden III over Jaylen Waddle
- Market projects
- 11.9
- fantasy pts
- Market projected
- 10.8
- pre-game
- SEA D vs WR
- 24.3
- 3rd fewest to WRs (2026)
- Snap share
- 68%
- Through Week 5
- Target share
- 21%
- Through Week 5
- Scored
- 6.4
- PPR pts
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Our Week 6 call
Start Luther Burden III over Jaylen Waddle in Week 6.
Market-based projections have Luther Burden III at 11.9 points and Jaylen Waddle at 10.8, a gap of 1.1. 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 11.9 fantasy points for Luther Burden III, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.
The market-based projection for Luther Burden III is 51 receiving yards, 4-5 receptions and 0.4 touchdowns (13, 10 and 13 market sources).
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).
That puts Luther Burden III 1.1 points ahead of Jaylen Waddle 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
Luther Burden III is not on the injury report.
Jaylen Waddle is listed as questionable with a shoulder injury.
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.
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 6 calls
On the draft board
Ranked ahead
WR18 · CHI · bye 10
2026 vs anytime td line 1-4
- Overall rank
- 45
- Draft pick
- no draft data
- Tier
- 12
Ranked behind
WR27 · DEN · bye 10
2026 vs anytime td line 1-5
- Overall rank
- 73
- Draft pick
- no draft data
- Tier
- 14
The board cards are draft figures, not the week's call. This call locked at kickoff and was not edited after. When the start/sit engine grades week 6, the call and the result appear on the public record, wrong ones included.
The gap between them
- Spots apart on the board28
- Draft positionno current draft data for both
- Tierstier 12 and tier 14
- Board size326 draftable players
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