Should I start Michael Wilson or Jaylen Waddle in Week 8?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Michael Wilson, and the board ranks him 20th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Jaylen Waddle, and the board ranks him 93rd overall on the rest of his evidence.

By format he goes standard: ADP 15; 2QB: ADP 36.

The market-based projections

No season market is posted for Michael Wilson, so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.

The market-based projection for Jaylen Waddle is 2.2 PPR points a game off 1 market across 1 market source. That is 30 percent of what a wide receiver's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

This season through Week 7

Through Week 7, Michael Wilson has been on the field for 90 percent of ARI snaps, drawn 24 percent of the targets and had 14 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 18 of the offence's 76 third down targets, had 7 of its 24 chances inside the five and seen 17 of its 45 two minute targets.

His 66 targets have averaged 10.3 air yards.

In Week 5 against DET he caught 4 of 7 targets for 30 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against LAR he caught 4 of 7 targets for 32 yards and did not score.

In Week 7 against DEN he carried 2 times for 11 yards, caught 4 of 8 targets for 55 yards and did not score.

Through Week 7, Jaylen Waddle has been on the field for 68 percent of DEN snaps, drawn 23 percent of the targets and had 8 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 14 of the offence's 58 third down targets, had 0 of its 18 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 25 two minute targets.

His 45 targets have averaged 10.1 air yards.

In Week 5 against LAC he carried 1 time for 9 yards, caught 2 of 5 targets for 19 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against SEA he caught 4 of 7 targets for 24 yards and did not score.

In Week 7 against ARI he caught 4 of 7 targets for 48 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Michael Wilson played 17 games and scored 220.6 PPR points, 13.0 a game, finishing WR10.

He caught 78 of 126 targets for 1006 yards and 7 touchdowns, with 15 red zone targets.

That came to 7.4 targets a game, a 62 percent catch rate and 12.9 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 81 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 Jaylen Waddle played 16 games 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.

That came to 6.3 targets a game, a 64 percent catch rate and 14.2 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 78 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Michael Wilson was available for 1 game more.

Head to head

In 2025 Michael Wilson scored 13.0 PPR points a game and Jaylen Waddle 12.1, 0.8 a game between them.

Michael Wilson finished WR10 that year and Jaylen Waddle WR24.

Michael Wilson had 26 more targets than Jaylen Waddle, 126 to 100.

Michael Wilson had 96 more receiving yards than Jaylen Waddle, 1006 to 910.

This season Michael Wilson holds the bigger snap share, 90 percent against 68 percent.

This season Michael Wilson holds the bigger target share, 24 percent against 23 percent.

Byes and availability

Michael Wilson is off in Week 14 and Jaylen Waddle in Week 10, so either can cover the other's bye.

Jaylen Waddle is listed as questionable on the injury report.