Start Jaylen Waddle or Stefon Diggs? Week 6

Our Week 6 call

Start Stefon Diggs over Jaylen Waddle in Week 6.

Market-based projections have Stefon Diggs at 11.1 points and Jaylen Waddle at 10.8, a gap of 0.3. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. No player market is posted for Stefon Diggs this week yet, so his 11.1 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 3, 4 and 5 (7.3, 13.5 and 12.5); the call is rebuilt when his market posts.

What the market projects

No Week 6 player market is posted for Stefon Diggs yet. His market-based projections were 7.3, 13.5 and 12.5 points in Weeks 3, 4 and 5, an average of 11.1, which stands in until his Week 6 market posts.

The market-based projection for Stefon Diggs is 0.4 touchdowns (12 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 Stefon Diggs 0.3 points ahead of Jaylen Waddle on these 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

Stefon Diggs is listed as questionable with a hamstring injury.

Jaylen Waddle is listed as questionable with a shoulder injury.

Usage before Week 6

Through Week 4, Stefon Diggs played 59 percent of WAS snaps, drew 24 percent of the targets, earned 21 percent of the air yards and had 12 percent of the red zone chances.

Stefon Diggs, Week 1 against PHI: 44 of 70 snaps, 9 targets and 4 catches for 55 yards, 1 touchdown.

Stefon Diggs, Week 2 against DAL: 36 of 71 snaps, 6 targets and 5 catches for 47 yards, 2 touchdowns.

Stefon Diggs, Week 3 against SEA: 41 of 69 snaps, 7 targets and 4 catches for 33 yards.

Stefon Diggs, Week 4 against IND: 42 of 64 snaps, 9 targets and 5 catches for 35 yards.

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, Stefon Diggs played 17 games for NE and scored 210.3 PPR points, 12.4 a game, finishing WR17.

He caught 85 of 102 targets for 1013 yards and 4 touchdowns, with 12 red zone targets and 659 air yards.

He was on the field for 54 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

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

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