Start Jaylen Waddle or Terry McLaurin? Week 6

Our Week 6 call

Start Terry McLaurin over Jaylen Waddle in Week 6.

Market-based projections have Terry McLaurin at 9.5 points and Jaylen Waddle at 11.1, a gap of 1.6. No player market is posted for Terry McLaurin this week yet, so his 9.5 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 3, 4 and 5 (7.9, 11.1 and 9.5); the call is rebuilt when his market posts.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 11.1 fantasy points for Jaylen Waddle, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

The market-based projection for Jaylen Waddle is 48 receiving yards and 4-5 receptions, with a 28% chance to score a touchdown (13, 11 and 12 market sources).

No Week 6 player market is posted for Terry McLaurin yet. His market-based projections were 7.9, 11.1 and 9.5 points in Weeks 3, 4 and 5, an average of 9.5, which stands in until his Week 6 market posts.

The market gives Terry McLaurin a 33% chance to score a touchdown (12 market sources).

That puts Jaylen Waddle 1.6 points ahead of Terry McLaurin 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

Jaylen Waddle is not on the injury report.

Terry McLaurin 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, Terry McLaurin played 73 percent of WAS snaps, drew 22 percent of the targets, earned 29 percent of the air yards and had 9 percent of the red zone chances.

Terry McLaurin, Week 1 against PHI: 61 of 70 snaps, 4 targets and 2 catches for 14 yards.

Terry McLaurin, Week 2 against DAL: 50 of 71 snaps, 9 targets and 2 catches for 50 yards.

Terry McLaurin, Week 3 against SEA: 52 of 69 snaps, 9 targets and 6 catches for 77 yards, 1 touchdown.

Terry McLaurin, Week 5 against NYG: 36 of 62 snaps, 4 targets and 4 catches for 62 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, Terry McLaurin played 10 games for WAS and scored 114.2 PPR points, 11.4 a game, finishing WR56.

He caught 38 of 60 targets for 582 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 7 red zone targets and 489 air yards.

He was on the field for 70 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 6 calls

• Start Jaylen Waddle over Brian Thomas Jr..
• Start Carnell Tate over Jaylen Waddle.
• Start CeeDee Lamb over Jaylen Waddle.
• Start Terry McLaurin over Adonai Mitchell.
• Start Carnell Tate over Terry McLaurin.
• Start Terry McLaurin over Courtland Sutton.