Jaylen Waddle Week 4 Outlook - Colts at Dolphins

By Pat Fitzmaurice (FantasyPros), Wed, Sep 29th 2021, 4:09pm EDT

Is the rookie Miami's No. 1 receiver? He had a bizarre stat line in Week 3, catching 12 of 13 targets for 58 yards. One of those catches was for a safety, with Jacoby Brissett taking the snap, immediately firing the ball wide left to Waddle, who was instantly tackled - a strange play call indeed. Waddle has lethal speed, but his average depth of target is just 4.2 yards. Maybe the fast-guy-with-low-aDOT thing can work for Waddle. It sort of worked for Curtis Samuel last year, though Samuel's 7.3 aDOT wasn't as shallow as Waddle's, and it kind of worked for Deebo Samuel last year, though Deebo isn't the burner that Waddle is. Maybe Waddle just need to change his last name to Samuel to make his current role work. I'm still a little wary of using the Dolphins' prized rookie. Miami has two other pretty good WRs and a good pass-catching TE, and Brissett isn't talented enough to support four fantasy-viable pass catchers. Waddle falls into midrange WR4 territory for me this week.