Jaylen Waddle

WRQ

DEN · WR21 · Age 27 · 5'10" · 185 lbs · Bye 10

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ConfidenceLow

Startable WR23 in Week 7: a high implied total carries him clear of the starter line despite a questionable tag.

Clutch Score 12.4 · the WR36 starter line is 9.6 this week.

Clutch Score · Wk 7: 12.4; Our WR23 this week
Consensus, wk 7: WR25
We disagree by: +2 spots

Why · what moved the number

Matchup

Medium

ARI is the 11th-softest defense against WRs, on 2026 rates.

Pts allowed to WR / gm32.2

Game environment

×1.09

Vegas has DEN at 24.5 implied points, above league average. O/U 44.5, spread -4.5.

Implied team total24.5

Volume

68% of the snaps and 40 touches so far, a role that needs the matchup to cooperate.

Snaps · touches68% · 40

Strength of schedule

Weeks 1–18 vs WRs: 2 easy · 6 medium · 9 hard · 4th toughest of 32

@KC

JAX

LAR

@SF

@LAC

SEA

@ARI

@CAR

BYE

@PIT

MIA

@NYJ

@LV

BUF

@NE

LAC

EasyMediumHardBye 10Hover a week for the pts/gm allowed to WRs in 2026 · this week marked above

Game log · 2026 season

Projected vs actual by week (PPR)Best: 21.8 · Wk 2

boom · 20

bust · 10

Scored We projected This week Rest of seasonRest-of-season bars are Sleeper's baseline, before matchup and Vegas.

Wk	Opp	Proj	FPTS	Stat line
1	@ KC	12.0	1.2	1 rec · 2 yd · 0 TD
2	vs JAX	13.5	21.8	8 rec · 138 yd · 0 TD
3	vs LAR	12.9	6.4	2 rec · 10 yd · 0 TD
4	@ SF	11.2	14.5	5 rec · 35 yd · 1 TD
5	@ LAC	12.5	4.8	2 rec · 19 yd · 0 TD
6	vs SEA	10.2	6.4	4 rec · 24 yd · 0 TD
7	@ ARI	13.8	8.8	4 rec · 48 yd · 0 TD

Consistency

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

Ceiling

21.8

Best week

Floor

1.2

Worst week

Avg / game

9.1

Boom rate

14%

Games ≥ 20 pts

Bust rate

71%

Games ≤ 10 pts

Season stats

Receptions

Rec Yds

228

Rec TD

Rush Yds

Rush TD

Usage & opportunity

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

Snap share

68%

Of team offense

Targets

22.2% of team targets

Carries

1.4% of team carries

Red-zone

7% of team red-zone work

Advanced metrics

What he did with the opportunity, in 2026.

Catch rate

57.9%

Receptions per target

Yds / target

6.0

Per pass thrown his way

Yds before catch

6.9

Per reception

Yds after catch

3.5

Per reception

TD reliance

10.9%

Of PPR points

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Stats via the Sleeper API (PPR) · updated 14h ago