Jaylen Waddle for Sam LaPorta (2026)
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Jaylen Waddle WR - DEN  Jaylen Waddle WR - DEN | Sam LaPorta TE - DET  Sam LaPorta TE - DET |  | |
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| Rest of Season | # 47 | # 82 | - |
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| Opponent | at KC | vs. NO | - |
| Matchup Rating | This is a 3 star matchup. WRs perform close to their average vs KC | This is a 3 star matchup. TEs perform close to their average vs NO | - |
| Fantasy Points | |||
| Season Total | 130.1 | 66.9 | - |
| Avg Game | 8.1 | 7.4 | - |
| Schedule | |||
| SOS Rank | 28 | 13 | - |
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Jaylen Waddle WR - DEN Jaylen Waddle WR - DEN | Sam LaPorta TE - DET Sam LaPorta TE - DET | |
| 2026 Schedule | ||
| Week 1 | at KC | vs. NO |
| Week 2 | vs. JAC | at BUF |
| Week 3 | vs. LAR | vs. NYJ |
| Week 4 | at SF | at CAR |
| Week 5 | at LAC | at ARI |
| Week 6 | vs. SEA | BYE WEEK |
| Week 7 | at ARI | vs. GB |
| Week 8 | vs. KC | vs. MIN |
| Week 9 | at CAR | at MIA |
| Week 10 | BYE WEEK | vs. NE |
| Week 11 | vs. LV | vs. TB |
| Week 12 | at PIT | vs. CHI |
| Week 13 | vs. MIA | at ATL |
| Week 14 | at NYJ | vs. TEN |
| Week 15 | at LV | at MIN |
| Week 16 | vs. BUF | vs. NYG |
| Week 17 | at NE | at CHI |
| Week 18 | vs. LAC | at GB |
Jaylen Waddle WR - DEN Jaylen Waddle WR - DEN | Sam LaPorta TE - DET Sam LaPorta TE - DET | |
| 2025 Points | ||
| Week 1 | 3.0 | 7.9 |
| Week 2 | 12.8 | 2.6 |
| Week 3 | 9.9 | 3.3 |
| Week 4 | 4.8 | 3.9 |
| Week 5 | 17.0 | 15.2 |
| Week 6 | 9.8 | 11.5 |
| Week 7 | 1.5 | 1.5 |
| Week 8 | 15.9 | ‐ |
| Week 9 | 8.2 | 15.7 |
| Week 10 | 14.4 | 5.3 |
| Week 11 | 5.2 | ‐ |
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| Week 13 | 4.0 | ‐ |
| Week 14 | 13.1 | ‐ |
| Week 15 | 2.6 | ‐ |
| Week 16 | 7.2 | ‐ |
| Week 17 | 0.7 | ‐ |
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| Total | 130.1 | 66.9 |
| Average | 8.1 | 7.4 |
Jaylen Waddle WR - DEN Jaylen Waddle WR - DEN | Sam LaPorta TE - DET Sam LaPorta TE - DET | |
| Expert | ||
| Andrew Erickson FantasyPros | Jaylen Waddle's 2025 season looked disappointing on the surface, but Miami's run-heavy approach masked another highly efficient campaign from the former first-round pick (13th in yards per route run). Now in Denver after a blockbuster trade, Waddle steps into a pass-heavy offense where he projects as the featured receiver. His explosiveness and efficiency have consistently kept him on the WR1 fringe despite frequent nagging injuries and inconsistent volume in Miami alongside Tyreek Hill. But if Bo Nix and the Broncos offense continue ascending, 2026 could finally be the season Waddle delivers a true top-tier fantasy breakout. | |
| Pat Fitzmaurice FantasyPros | After finishing TE1 in fantasy scoring as a rookie in 2023, Sam LaPorta has been less productive the last two seasons, although he hasn't been *that* much less productive on a per-game basis, and injuries may partly explain the dip. LaPorta played through a sprained ankle early in the 2024 season and missed one game that November with a sprained AC joint in his shoulder. In 2025, he herniated a disc in his back in Week 10 and missed Detroit's last eight games. After scoring 10 touchdowns as a rookie, LaPorta had seven TDs in 2024 and three in 2025. But LaPorta hit career highs in catch rate (81.6%), yards per target (10.0) and yards per route run (2.00) last season, suggesting there has been no drop-off in his quality of play. But after averaging 7.1 targets per game as a rookie, LaPorta has averaged only 4.9 targets in his 27 regular-season games the last two years. Perhaps he'll see a target uptick under new Lions offensive coordinator Drew Petzing, who was calling the plays in Arizona the last three years while Cardinals TE Trey McBride blossomed into a superstar. | |
| Derek Brown FantasyPros | 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. | Before his 2025 season was lost to a back injury, Sam LaPorta was the TE7 in fantasy points per game. Despite the injury-shortened season, LaPorta was still one of the most explosive tight ends in the NFL on a per-route basis. Among 59 qualifying tight ends, he ranked tenth in target share (17.8%), sixth in receiving yards per game (54.3), fifth in yards per route run (2.14), and eighth in first downs per route run (0.100, per Fantasy Points Data). The concerning thing for LaPorta during those nine games was his six red zone targets and only one end zone target. Considering that light usage near paydirt, it's not shocking that he had only three touchdowns. That is worrisome, but touchdowns can be a fickle game to project year-to-year. Painting a positive light on that usage is the fact that despite those numbers, LaPorta was still second on the team in not only target share but red zone targets during that stretch. The arrival of Drew Petzing as the offensive coordinator should be viewed as a plus for LaPorta if we are to extract anything from his time in Arizona and his usage of Trey McBride. LaPorta should turn in a strong 2026 season as a top-eight fantasy tight end with top-five upside. |
| Chris Welsh FantasyPros | - Den 4th in pass attempts in 2025 - | |
