Jaylen Waddle

It's Jaylen Waddle SZN! I can't wait to see him ball out in the Denver passing attack. Waddle should get a wonderful infusion of volume this season, moving from an offense that was 29th in neutral passing rate to one that was fourth in that metric last season. Overall, Denver was fourth in passing attempts behind only Arizona, Cincy, and Dallas last year. Waddle is a stud no matter what metric you look at. Last year, among 109 qualifying wide receivers (per Fantasy Points Data), he was 12th in target per route run rate, 12th in yards per route run, seventh in first downs per route run, 12th in separation score, and 11th in route win rate. He also bested Courtland Sutton in each of those metrics with the exception of route win rate (15.3% vs. 15.5%). Waddle is a flag plant player for me this year. You can easily draft him as a WR2 for your teams this season that has WR1 upside.

Jaylen Waddle has been traded to the Denver Broncos for a first, third, and fourth round pick. Miami is sending a fourth back to Denver along with Waddle.

Fantasy Impact

This is massive news for the Miami Dolphins, who just brought in Malik Willis at QB and now send away his top target. Watch for them to make a move on some veteran free agents who are still on the market, such as Jauan Jennings, and to bring in some help via the draft, as no one on the roster can come close to filling in the hole Waddle will leave. As for Waddle, he now gets to play on Broncos who were a Bo Nix injury away from a potential Super Bowl bid. Courtland Sutton will see a downgrade in targets, and this hurts the breakout potential of guys like Troy Franklin and Pat Bryant.