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Darren Waller

TE

CAR · TE26 · Age 34 · 6'6" · 238 lbs · Bye 5

SIT

ConfidenceHigh

Bench call at TE26 in Week 7: a high implied total is not enough to lift him to the starter line.

Clutch Score 8.0 · the TE12 starter line is 10.0 this week.

Clutch Score · Wk 7
8.0
Our TE26 this week
Consensus, wk 7
TE24
We disagree by
-2 spots

Why · what moved the number

Matchup

Medium

TB is the 12th-softest defense against TEs, on 2026 rates.

Pts allowed to TE / gm13.3

Game environment

×1.06

Vegas has CAR at 23.8 implied points, above league average. O/U 44.5, spread -3.

Implied team total23.8

Volume

41

46% of the snaps and 21 touches so far, a role that needs the matchup to cooperate.

Snaps · touches46% · 21

Strength of schedule

Weeks 1–18 vs TEs: 6 easy · 6 medium · 5 hard · 13th easiest of 32

CHI
1
@ATL
2
@CLE
3
DET
4
BYE
5
@PHI
6
TB
7
@GB
8
DEN
9
@NO
10
BAL
11
@TB
12
@MIN
13
NO
14
CIN
15
@PIT
16
SEA
17
ATL
18
EasyMediumHardBye 5Hover a week for the pts/gm allowed to TEs in 2026 · this week marked above

Handcuff

The next man up who’d inherit the workload if Darren Waller misses time, worth stashing on your bench.

TETommy TrembleCAR · TE66 · ECR #39232proj

Game log · 2026 season

Projected vs actual by week (PPR)Best: 18.3 · Wk 2
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Scored We projected This week Rest of seasonRest-of-season bars are Sleeper's baseline, before matchup and Vegas.
WkOppProjFPTSStat line
1vs CHI6.74.82 rec · 28 yd · 0 TD
2@ ATL6.718.33 rec · 33 yd · 2 TD
3@ CLE7.710.15 rec · 51 yd · 0 TD
4vs DET9.96.63 rec · 36 yd · 0 TD
6@ PHI7.40.00 rec · 0 yd · 0 TD
7vs TB8.112.01 rec · 50 yd · 1 TD

Consistency

How reliable this player has been week to week (PPR).

Ceiling

18.3

Best week

Floor

0.0

Worst week

Avg / game

8.6

Boom rate

0%

Games ≥ 20 pts

Bust rate

50%

Games ≤ 10 pts

Season stats

Receptions

13

Rec Yds

148

Rec TD

2

Rush Yds

0

Rush TD

0

Usage & opportunity

Volume drives fantasy scoring: snaps, touches, and red-zone looks.

Snap share

46%

Of team offense

Targets

21

11.5% of team targets

Red-zone

4

8.3% of team red-zone work

Advanced metrics

What he did with the opportunity, in 2026.

Catch rate

61.9%

Receptions per target

Yds / target

7.1

Per pass thrown his way

Yds before catch

7.1

Per reception

Yds after catch

4.3

Per reception

TD reliance

30.2%

Of PPR points

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