Start Jaylen Waddle or Rome Odunze? Week 6

Our Week 6 call

Start Jaylen Waddle over Rome Odunze in Week 6.

Market-based projections have Jaylen Waddle at 11.3 points and Rome Odunze at 9.3, a gap of 2.0.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 11.3 fantasy points for Jaylen Waddle, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

The market has Jaylen Waddle at 49.5 receiving yards and 4.5 receptions, with a 27% chance to score a touchdown (12, 11 and 13 market sources).

Player markets imply 9.4 fantasy points for Rome Odunze, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

The market has Rome Odunze at 41.5 receiving yards and 2.5 receptions, with a 36% chance to score a touchdown (8, 6 and 10 market sources).

That puts Jaylen Waddle 2.0 points ahead of Rome Odunze 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 not on the injury report.

Rome Odunze 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, Rome Odunze played 81 percent of CHI snaps, drew 18 percent of the targets, earned 32 percent of the air yards and had 5 percent of the red zone chances.

Rome Odunze, Week 2 against MIN: 62 of 74 snaps, 4 targets and 3 catches for 43 yards.

Rome Odunze, Week 3 against PHI: 61 of 72 snaps, 6 targets and 3 catches for 44 yards.

Rome Odunze, Week 4 against NYJ: 83 of 93 snaps, 7 targets and 6 catches for 94 yards.

Rome Odunze, Week 5 against GB: 68 of 69 snaps, 9 targets and 3 catches for 40 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, Rome Odunze played 12 games for CHI and scored 146.1 PPR points, 12.2 a game, finishing WR41.

He caught 44 of 90 targets for 661 yards and 6 touchdowns, with 12 red zone targets and 447 air yards.

He was on the field for 82 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 6 calls

• Start Jaylen Waddle over Brian Thomas Jr..
• Start CeeDee Lamb over Jaylen Waddle.
• Start Chris Olave over Jaylen Waddle.
• Start Rome Odunze over Brian Thomas Jr..
• Start CeeDee Lamb over Rome Odunze.
• Start Christian Watson over Rome Odunze.